Comments on: European Train Travel: Some important considerations before booking tickets https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/european-train-travel-some-important-considerations-before-booking-train-tickets.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 By: Wiwik https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/european-train-travel-some-important-considerations-before-booking-train-tickets.html#comment-54086 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:31:33 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=8517#comment-54086 Very interesting article, thanks! Help me thinking of my train travel plan in central europe this fall. I plan on solo to travel from Prague – Bratislava – Budapest – Italy/Switzerland (22 days), and still thinking whether it’s cheaper using train or bus.

I am Asian girl plan to travel alone in Central Europe, do you think it is safe to travel alone to those countries. Can you recommend small country at those place, I’m interested in places that is not too touristy, so hidden places (and safe for girl traveling alone) will be very useful info.

Thanks!

]]> 8517 54086 2010-07-27 11:31:33 By: Nicky from hidden europe https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/european-train-travel-some-important-considerations-before-booking-train-tickets.html#comment-52217 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:06:59 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=8517#comment-52217 Hi Jennifer

Berlin to Gydnia is a simple journey, although it does always involve at least one change of train. An example would be 0811 from Berlin Ost gets in Gydnia at 1449, with an easy change of train (35 minutes wait) at Szczecin. There are three later departures from Berlin each day. €49 one way. No price advantage in booking in advance.

Paris to Nijmegen is even simpler. Hourly trains from Paris Nord from dawn till dusk. The journey can be done with just one change of train (in Amsterdam) but you can clip 30 minutes off the journey time by changing twice (EITHER Rotterdam and Utrecht OR Bruxelles and Rosendaal). In all, it is a 4 to 5 hour journey. €45 to €100 one way, depending on how long you book in advance and which route you take.

Nicky

]]> 8517 52217 2010-04-29 06:06:59 By: Jennifer https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/european-train-travel-some-important-considerations-before-booking-train-tickets.html#comment-52210 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:01:16 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=8517#comment-52210 Thank you so much for your response. I plan to travel from Paris to Nijmegen, Netherlands and from Berlin to Gydnia, Poland. Any idea if I can do it by rail?

]]> 8517 52210 2010-04-28 21:01:16 By: Nicky and Susanne from hidden europe https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/european-train-travel-some-important-considerations-before-booking-train-tickets.html#comment-52200 Wed, 28 Apr 2010 15:38:18 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=8517#comment-52200 Jennifer
The book you absolutely need is that mentioned above, viz. the Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable, which lists all principal train services in Europe. A new edition is published each month. There are few parts of Europe to which the rail network does not extend. Why not just mention here the places you plan to visit, and someone here on EuroCheapo will surely be able quickly to confirm whether they are served by train.
Susanne and Nicky
editors / hidden europe magazine

]]> 8517 52200 2010-04-28 15:38:18 By: Jennifer https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/european-train-travel-some-important-considerations-before-booking-train-tickets.html#comment-52179 Tue, 27 Apr 2010 21:09:48 +0000 http://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=8517#comment-52179 Hi,

Sorry to bother you but I’ve been using your site to plan part of my trip this summer and I seem to have hit a road block everywhere. Is there a website, or a book I can order that will tell me if it is even possible to take the train to and from several of my locations?

Any help would be most appreciated.

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