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Even with the current train connections, it would be a great improvement to book a single ticket for multi-country journeys. Right now, I need a ticket for Ger

by 0b0001 7y ago

Even with the current train connections, it would be a great improvement to book a single ticket for multi-country journeys. Right now, I need a ticket for Germany, France and Spain to get to Barcelona. If any of the trains runs late and I miss a train, I'd have to buy a new ticket for the connecting train. So a single booking agency with guaranteed connecting trains would be great.

intsunny 7y ago
Within the EU Rail team network, missed connections are largely covered: http://www.railteam.eu/en/for-your-journey/network-map/ http://www.railteam.eu/en/for-your-journey/network-map/ Unfortunately the network seems to be mostly Belgium, France German, the Netherlands, with egress into Italy, Spain and the UK.
claudius 7y ago
I thought you could buy tickets from Germany to e.g. Barcelona with Deutsche Bahn? The "only" problems are that one needs to visit a physical office of theirs as online booking is not possible and you may pay a lot more than buying individual cheap tickets with the operators.
- 0b0001 7y ago
  TGV tickets are sold there, but separately - without any liability for missed connections.
  - _-___________-_ 7y ago
    I thought EU Rail Team sorted out the missed connections issue? Germany through France to Spain should be covered.
pja 7y ago
There’s at least some single ticketing in Europe - we bought a ticket from the UK to the south of Germany this summer & it was a single ticket changing in Brussels and Frankfurt, with automatic carry over for missed connections caused by train delays.
- _-___________-_ 7y ago
  DB is quite good at these through tickets to and from Germany, though it seems to be underutilised. A few months ago I booked a through ticket, with missed connections protected, from London to Berlin (Eurostar + Thalys + DB ICE) for €70, the day before departure.
  - 0b0001 7y ago
    At the DB counter or online? The website never shows prices for me. The DB assistants couldn't tell me why -- yet, within the next month, the booking will be available online /only/ :-)
    - _-___________-_ 7y ago
      I've only ever booked online. It always shows prices for me...

by 0b0001 7y ago

intsunny 7y ago

Within the EU Rail team network, missed connections are largely covered: http://www.railteam.eu/en/for-your-journey/network-map/ http://www.railteam.eu/en/for-your-journey/network-map/ Unfortunately the network seems to be mostly Belgium, France German, the Netherlands, with egress into Italy, Spain and the UK.

claudius 7y ago

I thought you could buy tickets from Germany to e.g. Barcelona with Deutsche Bahn? The "only" problems are that one needs to visit a physical office of theirs as online booking is not possible and you may pay a lot more than buying individual cheap tickets with the operators.

0b0001 7y ago
TGV tickets are sold there, but separately - without any liability for missed connections.
- _-___________-_ 7y ago
  I thought EU Rail Team sorted out the missed connections issue? Germany through France to Spain should be covered.

pja 7y ago

There’s at least some single ticketing in Europe - we bought a ticket from the UK to the south of Germany this summer & it was a single ticket changing in Brussels and Frankfurt, with automatic carry over for missed connections caused by train delays.

_-___________-_ 7y ago
DB is quite good at these through tickets to and from Germany, though it seems to be underutilised. A few months ago I booked a through ticket, with missed connections protected, from London to Berlin (Eurostar + Thalys + DB ICE) for €70, the day before departure.
- 0b0001 7y ago
  At the DB counter or online? The website never shows prices for me. The DB assistants couldn't tell me why -- yet, within the next month, the booking will be available online /only/ :-)
  - _-___________-_ 7y ago
    I've only ever booked online. It always shows prices for me...