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You're kidding, right? Two years ago I visited Germany and was able to find and buy train tickets with options including various connections of long-distance t
by blahedo 8y ago
You're kidding, right? Two years ago I visited Germany and was able to find and buy train tickets with options including various connections of long-distance trains, local transit, and walking (with statable preferences on how much walking and waiting was allowable), which included connections in random cities as short as five minutes (but which worked!), store it all on my phone, and show it to a conductor, who took it all in stride. (Although some apologetically asked to see the credit card I'd used to buy it because the shitty US credit system hadn't caught up with European state of the art.)
It was a substantially better experience than I could get in most of the US at the time, although Amtrak has gotten better about not looking surprised when my ticket is on my phone, and some cities have moved in good directions there too.
- JauntyHatAngle 8y agoYeah not sure what he means. In Germany you can buy a train ticket using the app, show the QR code to the ticket inspector and he scans it. Done.
- xioxox 8y agoIt's not always so simple, as I found when I bought a "flexible" ticket from Germany to South Tyrol online. The ticket couldn't be printed, but had to be posted (an extra 4.50 euros!). It also wasn't possible to cancel online, but had to be posted back to the train company with a post mark dated before the date of travel. I tried to cancel it at the train station, but again this was not possible.
- influx 8y agoOur group was six people, try buying six tickets online at once, and let me know how it goes :)
- JauntyHatAngle 8y agoI've done it a few times, just travelled there with 6 people for a week one month ago. Different experiences, different people, who knows who's the edge case eh?