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I stayed in Bohinjska Bistricia in 2019, on the Bled line. There is a car train that loads there to allow cars to avoid driving over the mountain roads - the train goes through a long tunnel. It is worth watching this load/unload. I travelled in using the direct Vienna to Ljubljana service...

I was travelling back home from Bled in 2019. I changed at Jessenice then Schwarzach st veit. 1st class is mostly in 6 seat compartments on this train. Then through to Zurich. There is a Good restaurant car on the Zurich train. I stayed overnight in Zurich - a few train stops from the...

I found the same - ÖBB charged in Euros and SBB charged in Swiss Francs. The exchange rate difference meant is was cheaper using ÖBB. For booking the ÖBB sleepers to Vienna I had to use the ÖBB site to be able to pick the required cabin type. DB could only book seated reservations. I used...

The platforms (or lack of) at Bohinjska Bistricia in Slovenia. Walk between the car train and loco to access the main platforms for boarding the service to Jesenice! Also liked the 1m gauge train from Lucerne which came to a rack section and then went uphill to serve a village the the top of...

BBC news reporting just now that Germany is partially closing the land borders tomorrow with France, Switzerland and Austria. The implications of this for cross border rail services was not yet clear.

Seat61 shows The details of several options. https://www.seat61.com/Hungary.htm

Thanks for your suggestions. I am now looking at coming back via an overnight stop in Zurich instead of Munich. It is then fairly easy to get from Basel to Strasbourg.

I am looking how to book the compulsory reservation on the Stuttgart/Mannheim-Paris TGV services. I will hold a 1st class Interrail pass for the relevant day. That day I will be travelling back to London from Munich. The Seat61 site says that passholder reservation for these specific services...

One of the advantages of interrail ticket is the flexibility if you need to change your travel plans at short notice. I am going to Slovenia in a couple of months and I think the interrail ticket is still the best option. point to point tickets may be cheaper overall but for example if there is...

According to an article in the Evening Standard last night after their luggage had been scanned every passenger was being asked where they lived, what their jobs were and if they were carrying any money or drugs...

I went to Vienna last month using Eurostar to Brussels and ICE to Cologne. Then used the Cologne to Vienna overnight sleeper. a very smooth ride overnght - slept much better than on the occasions I have used the sleeper to Scotland! If you are sharing one cabin for 4 people it should be...

I had about 5 hours in Cologne last month before catching the 21:20 sleeper on to Vienna. I left my case in left luggage at the station and went round the cathedral. then wondered round a couple of the squares and got a meal and just walked by the river for a bit. I saw a number of large...

I was on the ICE from Brussels to Cologne last month - Belgian Police came though between Liege and Aachen and were asking people at random for their ID. They seemed to ask about 12 people in the coach - I think one couple were removed from the train at Aachen as they didn't have any acceptable ID.

I had this problem a few weeks ago. GTR had removed most of the fares from GN stations to London International. You can get an off-peak CIV return form Stevenage and stations further north (I needed a single for use on a weekday morning so that was no good to me) . singles are only available...

I'll be doing a similar connection onwards to Cologne on the 10:58 from St Pancras on Wednesday. I'm in standard class for that leg - it was coach 18 when I booked but because it is now a 320 when I collected my ticket is was rebooked in to coach 7. (front 3 coaches are 1st) though should be...

Seen on this page: https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Disruptions#a_8f4b7d56-9ad0-4d03-850e-dec9bdee832c I am changing at Brussels next week from Eurostar to ICE for Cologne. (22 minute connection) The information above does not say if this affects passengers using the Couloir-sud short-cut...

I recently booked a 1st class passholder reservation (standard premier) for eurostar via the SNCB site: https://www.b-europe.com/EN That site gave a bit more control over the reservation - it asked for preferences (e.g. window/aisle etc). the Voyages SNCF site just seems t give a...

Thanks for all of your replies & suggestions.

I will be travelling next month from Brig to Strasbourg having alighted at Brig from the Glacier Express. I'm then staying 1 night in Strasbourg. I see there are engineering works near Mulhouse so there are limited trains running Basel to Strasbourg for most of July and most journeys require...

I booked the sleeper in the other direction a few weeks ago - the ÖBB site accepted my visa credit card (UK issued by Nationwide) without any problems. I was booking for July - the date I wanted was not shown on the DB site at that time (DB only had bookings available for dates until mid-June)...