the sniper
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Hello folks. This month I'm taking a short trip to Switzerland using FIP coupons, I'm going out via France and coming back via Germany. I've just got a few things I want to ask/confirm as I haven't done much FIP travelling.
1. This seems like a stupid question, but travelling out on the TGV with FIP Coupon and seat reservation, am I right to assume that you don't have to 'validate' your seat reservation ticket in the 'Compostez votre billet' machine, you can just get on?
2. Do you have to sit in the seat you've reserved or like here are you free to move around if other seats are free?
3. Coming back I intend to go from Basel to Brussels (changing at Frankfurt Airport) by DB ICE. If I travel from Basel Bad Bf, would I need to use my Swiss Coupon or just the DB one?
4. Just to confirm, I can travel on the cross border DB service between Frankfurt and Brussels using DB and SNCB coupons, without reservation, can't I? I can't find anything to say there's a global fare.
5. One of the days I'm there I'm thinking of hanging around somewhere where there's a lot of freight, would I be right in thinking that the Gotthard Pass and/or BLS route to Italy have a lot of freight, and can anyone recommend any scenic stations along these lines from which to 'spectate'?
6. Just to confirm, an SP Coupon is valid on the Rhaetian Railway route into Tirano, even though it's in Italy? I believe FIP jurisdiction is done on infrastructure rather than borders normally, but I'd like to confirm it rather than be caught out.
Thanks in advance for any answers. If anybody's got any suggestions for things to visit in Switzerland, like railway museums, I'd be appreciate seeing them.
1. This seems like a stupid question, but travelling out on the TGV with FIP Coupon and seat reservation, am I right to assume that you don't have to 'validate' your seat reservation ticket in the 'Compostez votre billet' machine, you can just get on?
2. Do you have to sit in the seat you've reserved or like here are you free to move around if other seats are free?
3. Coming back I intend to go from Basel to Brussels (changing at Frankfurt Airport) by DB ICE. If I travel from Basel Bad Bf, would I need to use my Swiss Coupon or just the DB one?
4. Just to confirm, I can travel on the cross border DB service between Frankfurt and Brussels using DB and SNCB coupons, without reservation, can't I? I can't find anything to say there's a global fare.
5. One of the days I'm there I'm thinking of hanging around somewhere where there's a lot of freight, would I be right in thinking that the Gotthard Pass and/or BLS route to Italy have a lot of freight, and can anyone recommend any scenic stations along these lines from which to 'spectate'?
6. Just to confirm, an SP Coupon is valid on the Rhaetian Railway route into Tirano, even though it's in Italy? I believe FIP jurisdiction is done on infrastructure rather than borders normally, but I'd like to confirm it rather than be caught out.
Thanks in advance for any answers. If anybody's got any suggestions for things to visit in Switzerland, like railway museums, I'd be appreciate seeing them.