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Your journey was all within the Schengen zone, there are no border checks. Are you sure about why you were woken up?

by rjsw 2y ago

pedvide 2y ago
There are a lot of "temporary" internal border checks within Schengen [1], especially in the last 5 years. Wiki has lots of info [2] I've personally been checked in trains crossing from the east towards Germany multiple times, including the night train. 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/17yy61g/current_reestablished_border_controls_in_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/17yy61g/current_re... 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area under "regulation of internal borders"
noduerme 2y ago
German police do check passports on trains within Germany. I was questioned on a train going from Munich to Prague, and as I had overstayed in Schengen, things got a bit tense. Ultimately they decided it wasn't worth it; they got off one stop before the Czech border and let me continue.
- seabass-labrax 2y ago
  I can attest this too; at Aachen Hbf. in April of this year, I witnessed a group of policemen verbally (in English) warning a passenger for travelling across the Belgo-German border without ID. On a tangential topic, the behaviour of railway staff when checking passports was interesting. With a paper Interrail ticket, they would always ask to see my passport or ID card, yet I don't think I have been asked once when using the electronic Interrail ticket - this is despite the rules being identical for both types.
jazzyjackson 2y ago
All I know is they were banging on every door for passports, I can't say whether I was at the border, only assumed. Between Venice and Stuttgart.
davchana 2y ago
French Guards board train at Italian border & check everybody immigration (either a EU card or visa and passport), at least in 2016. They take passports with them, saying something in French, and bring it back after about an hour. Longest hour of my life.

Your journey was all within the Schengen zone, there are no border checks. Are you sure about why you were woken up?

by rjsw 2y ago

Your journey was all within the Schengen zone, there are no border checks. Are you sure about why you were woken up?

There are a lot of "temporary" internal border checks within Schengen [1], especially in the last 5 years. Wiki has lots of info [2] I've personally been checked in trains crossing from the east towards Germany multiple times, including the night train. 1. https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/17yy61g/current_reestablished_border_controls_in_the/ https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/17yy61g/current_re... 2. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schengen_Area under "regulation of internal borders"

noduerme 2y ago

German police do check passports on trains within Germany. I was questioned on a train going from Munich to Prague, and as I had overstayed in Schengen, things got a bit tense. Ultimately they decided it wasn't worth it; they got off one stop before the Czech border and let me continue.

seabass-labrax 2y ago
I can attest this too; at Aachen Hbf. in April of this year, I witnessed a group of policemen verbally (in English) warning a passenger for travelling across the Belgo-German border without ID. On a tangential topic, the behaviour of railway staff when checking passports was interesting. With a paper Interrail ticket, they would always ask to see my passport or ID card, yet I don't think I have been asked once when using the electronic Interrail ticket - this is despite the rules being identical for both types.

jazzyjackson 2y ago

All I know is they were banging on every door for passports, I can't say whether I was at the border, only assumed. Between Venice and Stuttgart.

davchana 2y ago

French Guards board train at Italian border & check everybody immigration (either a EU card or visa and passport), at least in 2016. They take passports with them, saying something in French, and bring it back after about an hour. Longest hour of my life.