Nicholas43
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My wife and I are arriving at Hoek on Saturday morning 28 May and continuing to Köln, in no particular hurry. We will of course have day chipcards valid to any Dutch station. My plan was to stop and have a wander in Utrecht. But from 26 to 29 May ICE trains Amsterdam > Köln and beyond are diverted via, or starting at, Amersfoort. See
http://bauarbeiten.bahn.de/docs/fernverkehr/ICE_78.pdf
Rather oddly (to my mind) the DB website will currently sell me tickets (for 19 each) on (for example) the not-running 1302 departure from Utrecht (ICE125), with a warning asking me to check nearer the date: I presume I will eventually be told to get a local train to Amersfoort.
What do forum readers recommend?
(a) Buy tickets Utrecht>Köln. On the day, travel > Rotterdam > Amersfoort, and take a look at Amersfoort. I note that Amersfoort Centraal appears to have Bagagekluizen.
(b) Go via Venlo. DB offers tickets Venlo > Köln (with a 4-minute connection at Mönchengladbach) for 20.50 each.
(c) Some other option?
http://bauarbeiten.bahn.de/docs/fernverkehr/ICE_78.pdf
Rather oddly (to my mind) the DB website will currently sell me tickets (for 19 each) on (for example) the not-running 1302 departure from Utrecht (ICE125), with a warning asking me to check nearer the date: I presume I will eventually be told to get a local train to Amersfoort.
What do forum readers recommend?
(a) Buy tickets Utrecht>Köln. On the day, travel > Rotterdam > Amersfoort, and take a look at Amersfoort. I note that Amersfoort Centraal appears to have Bagagekluizen.
(b) Go via Venlo. DB offers tickets Venlo > Köln (with a 4-minute connection at Mönchengladbach) for 20.50 each.
(c) Some other option?