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In Barcelona, select Barcelona Sants. In Verona, select Verona Porta Nuova. In Lisbon, select Lisbon Santa Apolonia. When the search results appear , click on show details to the left of each train service to see a detailed breakdown of the journey. To see an end-to-end timetable for a train with all calling points , click on show details then click on the train number. It only has data for main rail operators: It doesn't hold data for all trains everywhere. Notably it does not cover:.

So don't be surprised if it shows no trains at all running in late December if you ask it in August, as that's beyond the mid-December timetable change. Simply make an enquiry for a date this side of the timetable change and assume that trains won't change much. If you get strange results you can try the railway operator's own website instead, for example www. There's a complete list of rail websites on the useful links page. You can adjust interchange times: You can set it to offer longer interchange times between trains by changing Duration of transfer standard to another value.

Remember that by default it only allows the minimum theoretical time to change trains, whether changing into a local train that runs every 30 minutes or into a sleeper train which you cannot afford to miss. Also remember that on a through ticket you're legally entitled to later onward travel if a delay means a missed connection, but with separate non-refundable train-specific tickets you carry the risk so you should allow more than the minimum interchange time which the system shows. So make a reasonable allowance for delays, more about how long to allow for connections here.

For British train times it's better to use www. If you want to check fares for other journeys, see the How to buy European train tickets page. Apps for your smartphone DB Navigator is a free online train timetable app for all of Europe, the app version of the German Railways all-Europe online timetable at bahn. It provided a journey planner, train details, and calling points, though it needs a WiFi or mobile data connection.

It's blisteringly quick and covers almost all the train covered by the DB Navigator app. The whole European timetable sits on your smartphone, with updates automatically downloaded every month. It's created with Eurail and InterRail passholders in mind, but is useful for anyone. Download for iPhone or Android at www. To check scheduled train departures from or arrivals at any given station across most of Europe see www. This is an online equivalent of the printed departure posters displayed at stations. It shows real-time information for stations in Germany if you pick today's date, but for 'real time' information in other countries, see the real-time section below.

Published since , it had just celebrated years of publication when Thomas Cook pulled the plug on their entire publishing department, and the August edition was the last to be published by Thomas Cook. The good news is that the dedicated ex-Thomas Cook team set up a private venture and a reborn European Rail Timetable is now available, on sale at www. Although you can look up train times across most of Europe at www.

There are various private operators too. To get the cheapest prices with convenient print-you-own or collect-at-station tickets and no added booking fee or mark-up, you need to use the right website for the right journey. Sometimes you need to book different parts of a multi-train journey on different sites, too. But don't worry, this is precisely why I set up seat 61! But below is some general advice on how to check fares But here are the general rules of thumb Rule-of-thumb 1 , if you know that the train you want is run by a specific operator, go to that operator's website:.

Rule-of-thumb 2 , otherwise, simply go to the national train website for the country where your journey starts. Polish Railways haven't yet enabled online booking for international trains, other than Berlin-Warsaw. You can book from Warsaw to Germany at www. You can arrange all other international tickets starting in Poland through reliable ticketing agency www.

Rule-of-thumb 3 , don't be afraid to break the journey down. I have lost count of the times I've advised travellers to split the booking and book each section of the journey, or if necessary, each individual train, at the relevant operator's website. Similarly, Prague to Venice can't be booked online anywhere, but the Czech Railways site www.

Further examples abound, all over Europe, and some creative thinking is often required! Again, you'll find more advice for specific journeys at the How to buy cheap European train tickets page. Rule-of-thumb 4 , remember that more exotic trips, such as journeys to Ukraine or Istanbul, simply cannot be booked online so will need to be booked by phone or at the station.

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I'll say it again, for advice on which website to use for which specific European train journey, see the How to buy European train tickets page. It matters whom you call! Some agencies are better for some journeys than others because of the ticketing systems they use. You'll find a list of agencies with detailed advice on who to call for what specific journey on the How to buy train tickets by phone page.

In the meantime, here's my advice in an nutshell, if you live in the UK if you live outside Europe, stick to booking online:. They use the German Railways reservation system, so have all the cheap fares available for journeys to, from and within Germany. More exotic journeys, for example to Russia, Ukraine or Istanbul can be booked with German Railway's UK office with no booking fee if you know exactly what you want and persevere if staff seem uncertain about a complex journey, but it's often better to call a smaller agency such as International Rail on 3 lines open Start with this online rail map of Europe which is a good basic online map of the European railway network which gives a good idea of the extent of the European rail system.

For more detail, try this free online zoom-able map of European and indeed world railways: You'll also find detailed online rail maps on a country-by-country basis at www. For the best and official map of the UK rail system, click here. For the best and official map of the Swiss rail system, click here. But for a decent map of all European train routes, you really need to buy one of the printed rail maps listed below Here are two excellent printed rail maps of Europe which you can buy and take with you. If you're going to do any sort of tour of Europe by train, I'd definitely buy one of these, I use the European Rail Map myself all the time.

There are rail atlases too, but these are more detailed than the average traveller needs. Click to buy in the Netherlands with postage worldwide. The equally-excellent and highly-regarded Thomas Cook Rail Map of Europe has been updated and reissued under new management. Covers the whole of Europe from Portugal to Moscow and Istanbul and from Sicily to Finland, with high-speed and scenic routes highlighted, great for planning or to take with you. See an extract from the map.

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Buy online at www. Travellers' Railway Map of Europe: Click to buy Also highly recommended! An excellent detailed map of European rail routes, ideal for travelling around Europe by train. On the back are detailed maps of Switzerland, Benelux and Germany, plus city plans showing the stations in major cities. Scenic and high-speed routes are highlighted. All the usual credit cards are accepted. Buy online from Netherlands-based Treinreiswinkel at www. You pay by bank transfer.

If you own bank charges high fees for this, try using https: Rail Atlas of Europe by Ian Allan: You can also buy it in the USA at Amazon. There's another highly-detailed European Railway atlas covering the whole of Europe, www. As with buying your ticket, there's no one website where you'll find out about delays, strikes or other problems affecting all European trains. You need to know which website to look at, so here is some guidance: It may not be available in English so use Google Chrome translate if necessary.

You can search for problems or delays affecting a specified train number, route or station yesterday, today or in the next few days. It covers French domestic trains and international trains to and from France but for some reason not Eurostar! Where's that train, in France: Includes Eurostar trains when in France, if you know the train number. If your train is a Thalys to Brussels or Paris, see www.

That link disappears if you switch it to English! For service updates, go to www. It may also be worth checking the German site see below if your train then crosses Germany. Like the French, Trenitalia has a separate website for real-time train running and service updates. Use Google translate or the Google Chrome browser automatic translation as necessary, as the updates are in Spanish.

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You can also go to the Spanish infrastructure operator's site www. If your train crosses Germany, see http: For general info about delays due to engineering work, search www. Both pages are quite difficult to find from their home page! Alternatively, if you bring up a train that's currently running using the www. For other countries , the place to start is the national rail operator website for that country, see here for a list. Most journeys from the UK to Europe now start with a trip on Eurostar.

All 1st class fares include complimentary drinks and a meal, and all passengers have access to a bar car serving drinks and snacks. Remember that you need to check-in for Eurostar trains at least 30 minutes before departure 10 minutes for passengers with certain types of premium 1st class ticket, 60 minutes for Eurostars to the French Alps to allow for an airline-style security check. Eurostar does not run on Christmas Day.

Train journeys from the UK into Europe often involve a change of train and station in Paris. Eurostar arrives at the Gare du Nord , which is a 10 minute walk from the Gare de l'Est but a metro or taxi ride from the other Paris stations such as the Gare de Lyon. The Paris metro website is www. If you want to spend some time in Paris, by all means take an earlier Eurostar on the outward journey or a later one on your return.

There are left luggage lockers at several Paris rail stations if you need to leave your luggage somewhere. You can avoid the hassle of crossing Paris when travelling to many French destinations, by changing at Lille , see the London to France page. It's Brussels' main hub station, and it includes the Eurostar terminal. All long-distance trains use Brussels Midi station, including trains to Amsterdam, Cologne, Paris and all other destinations in Belgium, so changing trains is easy and only takes a few minutes.

See the Brussels Midi page for more information about changing in Brussels. Most people now start their journey to Europe by Eurostar, but the ferry alternatives are well worth considering, especially to Amsterdam or Spain. It takes far longer about 9 hours , is far less convenient and usually costs more than a cheap fare on Eurostar, but you avoid the Channel Tunnel if that's an issue for you, you get to sail across the Channel from the White Cliffs of Dover, and it can sometimes be cheaper if you have to travel at short notice and all the cheap Eurostar tickets have sold out.

Brittany Ferries to Spain Brittany Ferries operate excellent cruise ferries all year round from the UK to Spain, a stress-free and highly-recommended way to get there. See the UK to Spain by ferry page. Other useful ferry routes UK to Scandinavia by ferry: Unfortunately, the last passenger ferry from the UK to Norway was withdrawn in September , the last ferry from the UK to Sweden in and the last ferry to Denmark in September There are now no ferries to anywhere in Scandinavia, you need to go by train via Brussels and Copenhagen, or by ferry to Hoek van Holland then train via Copenhagen.

North of England or Scotland to mainland Europe by ferry: If you live in the north of England or Scotland, there are direct cruise ferries from Newcastle to IJmuiden Amsterdam with www. These can sometimes be better than taking a train to London and Eurostar onwards. West Country or South Coast to mainland Europe by ferry: If you live in the West Country or along the South Coast, you may prefer taking a ferry direct to France, then a train to Paris. This is a TGV Duplex. Tables for 2 as well as tables for 4.

There's no need to pay for a 1st class ticket to travel in comfort these days, even in Eastern Europe, especially on the fast modern air-conditioned express trains. If you're on a budget, don't bother with 1st class unless you are offered prices that make it silly not to upgrade. For most of us, 2nd class is the norm unless the Company is paying. If you're visiting Europe from overseas, rest assured that there are very few peasants and chickens in 2nd class these days First class gets you wider seats, plusher seats, more leg and elbow room, and fewer passengers per coach.

In most cases, assume that is all. Luggage room is exactly the same, perhaps with fewer passengers per coach using it, but this is not a sensible reason for paying a 1st class fare as there's always room for luggage in any class. Unless you're told otherwise, you should assume that a 1st class ticket simply gets you a nicer seat with more leg and elbow room, surrounded by more business travellers with laptops and fewer families with kids. So in a typical first class car you'll find tables for two and solo seats as well as tables for four - if you're a couple, facing each other across an intimate table for two, both of you getting a window seat that's also an aisle seat is a key advantage of going 1st class.

As is booking a 'solo' seat if you're travelling alone. Train seat numbering plans: Click here for train seating plans. Don't decide until you see the price! In these circumstances, you'd be crazy not to pay a bit extra to treat yourself to the extra comfort. On sleeper trains, whether you have a 1st or 2nd class ticket is almost irrelevant, as your comfort depends on the type of sleeping accommodation you pay for: Ordinary seat, couchette, or sleeper. A 2nd class couchette is more comfortable and more secure than a 1st class seat.

A 2nd class sleeper is more comfortable than a 1st class couchette where such things exist! In fact, on many routes only a 2nd class ticket is now needed even for a 2-berth sleeper. On nightjet sleeper trains , for example, all accommodation is now classified as 2nd class, even deluxe sleepers with shower! The options for travelling on overnight trains are explained here.

Which seats are reserved and which free? On trains with optional reservation, there will either be a small electronic display or a slot for paper reservation labels above each seat. The photo above is unusual, this Berlin-Prague train has both! Should you make a seat reservation?

Such trains don't usually have any displays showing which seats are free and which reserved, as all passengers are assumed to have a reserved seat. Seat reservation is usually optional and a small fee is charged if you want to reserve a seat. Electronic displays on the wall above each seat or on older trains, a little printed ticket show which seats are reserved.

If you don't have a reservation you can sit anywhere you like, just check that it's not a seat that's been reserved by someone else. Travelling alone I don't normally bother making a reservation, especially if I'm joining at the station where the train starts so I can have my pick of the seats and can choose one that lines up with a window. But if making a long journey or travelling on a busy Friday or Sunday afternoon, it's a good idea to make a reservation to be sure of a seat. If travelling as a family or in a small group, a reservation means you're sure of getting seats together.

You are usually offered the option of adding a seat reservation when buying a ticket online, but if you decline it's not always possible to go back and make a 'reservation only' booking later as relatively few websites will do that. Although you can of course do this by phone or at the station. I know from experience that American visitors in particular if you'll forgive me for saying so are obsessed with facing forwards. Europeans less so, as we are used to trains with half the seats facing one way, half the other, and we know that it's no big deal as trains run smoothly on rails - think cruise liner restaurant, where half the diners are going backwards at 18 knots without noticing!

On most European trains you cannot specify which way your seat faces - the reservation system knows the carriage seat layout, but it cannot predict which way round the train will enter service that day. There are a few cases where a forward-facing seat can be requested. You can often select a seat from a graphic seating plan when you book such trains direct with the relevant operator, the direction of travel is often indicated on the plan so you can see which seats face which way. In the UK, we have traditionally had a much simpler low-tech system.

Two seats facing each other have the same number, say 15, the one facing is 15F and the one going backwards is 15B. Remember that on trains where reservation is optional domestic trains in Benelux countries, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, and much of Eastern Europe you can sit where you like, and if you find your reserved seats not to your liking just sit elsewhere. However, in France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, all long-distance trains are all-reserved so you usually have to stick with your reserved seats.

My favourite arrangement in first class on most European trains is a face-to-face table for two. Both of you get a window seat, and both an aisle seat, and one seat is always facing forwards. My wife usually gets that! On a few routes the best scenery is on one particular side of the train - for example the left hand side going south along the Rhine Valley between Cologne and Mainz, or the Elbe River Valley from Dresden to Prague, and the right hand side through the Arlberg Pass from Zurich to Innsbruck - I try and mention which side to sit on the relevant pages of this site, if it matters.

Just be aware that most train reservation systems won't let you choose which side of the train to sit as the train or carriage could enter service either way round, but remember that on trains where reservation is optional domestic trains in Benelux countries, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark, much of Eastern Europe you can sit where you like if your reserved seat is on the 'wrong' side.

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A typical first class lounge. There are similar lounges at other major stations in Germany. In some countries, you'll find first class lounges at stations, usually with complimentary tea, coffee, soft drinks or even beer and wine available. WiFi and an internet PC may also be available. Sometimes the lounge is for anyone with a first class ticket which may or may not include those with first class railpasses , but in some countries the lounges are only for holders of the most expensive business-orientated first class tickets or for holders of that particular train operator's special frequent traveller loyalty card.

Opening times vary, the lounges may or may not be of use when catching a late-night sleeper. Here's a quick guide:. These are open to holders of full-price Business Premier first class tickets and holders of Eurostar's top-rank Carte Blanche loyalty card, but not to holders of Standard Premier first class tickets, or to first class railpass holders.

The following countries have lounges for first class passengers at their major stations open to anyone with any first class ticket including reduced-rate ones and in some cases first class Eurail or InterRail passes. The lounges have complimentary refreshments and other benefits such as WiFi.

Tea, coffee, soft drinks and snacks available. It can be used by anyone with any type of 1st class international ticket including 1st class InterRail or Eurail passes. You also can't get in if you only have an extra-cheap supersparpreis fare, although 1st class sparpreis fares will get you in. Complimentary tea, coffee, soft drinks, wine, beer and snacks are available.

Soft drinks and snacks available, alcoholic drinks are only available after You can use the lounge for up to 90 minutes before or after your journey. Typically open from You can use them from 2 hours before your train leaves until departure. Tea, coffee, soft drinks, beer and snacks available. For details search www. Budapest has a business lounge near platform 9, open Not open to railpass holders. CD Czech Railways has a lounge at Prague Hlavni with newspaper and free WiFi, but it's also open to 2nd class passengers with tickets for the higher categories of train such as EuroCity and SuperCity so it's more upmarket waiting room than 1st class lounge.

Passengers with 1st class tickets for trains to Stockholm or Germany can also use it. They cannot be used just by anyone with a 1st class ticket. If you are a 1st class passenger on Thalys and want to use the Grand Voyageur lounge at Paris Gare du Nord or the Thalys lounge at Brussels Midi with armchair seating and free drinks, you need get hold of a special Thalys card: If you intend travelling on Thalys in 1st class, go to www.

Then buy your 1st class Thalys tickets at www. Your actual card will only be sent to you by post after you make the first booking using your TheCard number. A typical 2-berth sleeper, berths made up. Couchettes, 6-berth , with the bunks folded out. Much more room per passenger! Taking a sleeper train Sleeper trains are a very time-effective and romantic way to travel - although as each year goes by, they seem to get rarer. Huge distances can be covered while you sleep, using up less daytime time than flying and often saving a hotel bill too. On overnight trains, your comfort depends on whether you choose an ordinary seat, an economical couchette, or a comfortable bed in the sleeping-car.

A 2nd class sleeper is more comfortable than a 1st class couchette! In fact, all accommodation on nightjet sleeper trains is now technically 2nd class, even a deluxe single-bed sleeper with shower! Incidentally, trains don't have sterns or bows or port or starboard. They also don't have cabins , as they are not a ship. The correct term is sleeper or couchette compartment. A sleeping-car is the equivalent of a hotel: A cosy bedroom, with comfortable beds, washbasin, and room service. For the daytime parts of a journey, the beds fold away to reveal a sofa. Sleepers come in 1, 2, 3 and in a few cases 4-berth varieties, depending on the route, whether you have a 1st or 2nd class ticket, and the price you want to pay.

If you are travelling alone and don't want to pay for a 1st class single room, you can normally book just one berth in a 2 or 3-berth room and share with other passengers of the same sex though this is not possible in Spanish preferente or gran classe sleepers. In addition to the normal lock, sleeper compartments have a security lock which cannot be opened from outside even with a staff key, so you'll be both safe and snug.

The most modern sleepers now have CCTV in the corridor, too. For more detailed information about what to expect when travelling by sleeper, see the Travelling by Sleeping-car or Couchette page or the information about specific sleeper trains, including:. A couchette is rail's answer to a youth hostel or 'pensione': In addition to the normal lock, couchette compartments have a security lock which cannot be opened from outside, even with a staff key, so you'll be quite safe.

There's more detailed information about what to expect when travelling by couchette on the Travelling by Couchette or Sleeping-car page.

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For more specific information, if your journey involves a nightjet, see the nightjet sleeper train page. If it involves the Paris to Venice Thello sleeper train, see the Thello sleeper train page. Although it's the cheapest option, travelling overnight in an ordinary seat is a false economy and not recommended however tight your budget, either for comfort or security.

There's no lock on the compartment door, and no staff on duty. Think of it as the equivalent almost! Always budget for at least the couchette supplement for a comfortable night's journey. Some trains have reclining seats French overnight trains and some Spanish overnight trains , but although better than a normal seat they still don't offer the flat bed and safely locked compartment of a couchette or sleeper. It's easy to find your train. If you can find your flight at an airport, you can find your train at a station.

Train formation display , showing where along the platform each car of a train will stop. This saves you running up and down looking for your car. You can be waiting in the right place when your train comes in! Above is a printed German version. Below is an electronic French railways version. Do you need to check in for a train? This often gets asked by overseas visitors unfamiliar with train travel, even if it's obvious to a European familiar with train travel. Generally speaking, there's no check-in for a train whatsoever.

You simply walk off the street into the station, glance at the departure boards, walk to the relevant platform and step onto the train. It really is as simple as that. To spell it out, if a train is due to leave at If you are on board at If you're not, you get left behind. At most European railway stations there is no physical barrier at all between the street outside, the station concourse, the platforms and the train.

So even if you weren't catching a train and didn't have a ticket, you could wander into the station, walk up to the train and peer in through the windows. Or indeed, step on board - many of the photos on this website were taken that way! A refreshing contrast to air travel. Tickets are generally only checked on board the train during the journey, not at the station.

You'll generally only find ticket barriers or automatic ticket gates at suburban or metro-style stations. Obviously, this doesn't mean you should cut it fine. It's best allow plenty of time to get to the station and find your train. It may leave from a remote platform a minute or two's walk from the main concourse, for example. Don't expect a train to be ready for boarding three hours before it leaves. Even at the station where a train starts, the platform number might be posted only 20 minutes before departure - or for a local train, perhaps just 10 minutes before.

So don't panic if the platform isn't shown half an hour before it leaves, just wait patiently until it comes up on the departure boards. This is perfectly normal. It shows the formation of each train using that platform and where along the platform each car number will stop. If you are reserved in a specific car, this helps you find the right place to wait along the platform, it saves you running up and down the platform looking for your car when the train comes in.

On international trains, is there passport control before boarding? On international trains, passport control generally takes place on board the train at the border station en route. That's if there is any passport control, of course, as these days many western European countries belong to the Schengen zone and there isn't any, other than spot checks.

So there's no passport control when you board, and no passport control when you get off. If it's done at all, it's done at the border stop during the journey. Eurostar is an exception, with a minimum 30 minute check-in Eurostar has a minimum 30 minute check-in so that passports and X-ray security checks can take place before boarding.

When you arrive at your destination, you just walk off the platform into the station with no further checks. You'll find more information about checking in for Eurostar on the Eurostar page. One other exception worth noting that in Spain there is a brief X-ray luggage scan before accessing the departure area for AVE, Alvia, Altaria and other high-speed trains. Tickets are then checked before boarding. This may all take only a few minutes, but it's best not to arrive 30 seconds before your train leaves! This gets asked a lot. I spend half my time reassuring people that a 10 minute connection into a frequent local train is fine, or that an 8-minute cross-platform interchange in Germany on a through ticket is fine, the other half of my time telling people to allow a whole hour not just a few minutes between an mile sleeper train and an onward mile daytime train on their epic trip right across Europe, especially where each train has its own train-specific ticket so missing the onward train may mean buying a new ticket.

So I've attempted the impossible, combining sometimes seemingly-contradictory advice into one coherent section for newbie travellers covering all eventualities. Just remember I said attempted! Here it is, Train Connections It usually takes just minutes to change trains It physically takes just 90 seconds to step off one train, cross the platform and step onto another train. Or perhaps 2 minutes to step off one train, go down the steps or escalator into the station subway, walk a few metres across to another platform, go up onto that platform and step onto your next train.

There is no check-in, and no physical barrier between stepping off one train and stepping onto another. So switching trains is usually quick and easy, it's not like changing planes. The real issue that determines how long you allow for a connection is not how long it takes you to walk from one train to the other - whether this takes 2 minutes 36 seconds or 3 minutes 24 seconds is a mere detail.

It is all about risk management. How long you allow between trains depends on how likely the first train is to be late, and what the consequences are if you miss your connection. The chances of a European high-speed train being significantly late are relatively small. You can try booking through from Montpellier to your final Swiss destination at www. Regular full-flex Swiss train fares can be used on any train that day and cannot sell out, you can buy at the station on the day if you like. Regular full-flex Swiss domestic tickets can be expensive.

You can save money by pre-booking a cheap Supersaver fare at www. Non-Swiss citizens might consider using a Swiss Transfer Ticket if making a round trip to Switzerland if that is cheaper. Change in Basel or Zurich for Swiss domestic trains to anywhere in Switzerland. You'll also see some options via Paris, in this case an easy same-station change at Paris Gare de Lyon , so not a problem. Book this at www. These Thello train run 3 times a day. Make sure you allow at least an hour between trains in Nice in case of delay.

Book from Nice to anywhere in Italy at www. Book these trains at www. Fares work like air fares so book ahead for the cheapest prices. Check times and buy tickets at www. You print your own tickets. Step 2 for Valencia and Alicante: Change in Madrid and take a high-speed train from Madrid Atocha to any of these destinations.

Alternatively, take an evening train from Montpellier to Barcelona, stay overnight, and catch a morning train next day to any of these destinations. One of the highest peaks in the mighty Pyrenees, the 2,m 9, feet high Mt Canigou dominates the skyline on the right all the way from Perpignan to Girona, see en.

You arrive in San Sebastian or Bilbao in the evening. Check times and buy tickets for this train at www. Option 2, via Hendaye. Step 1, travel from Montpellier to Hendaye on the Spanish border. There are various departures with 1 easy change, usually in Bordeaux, a leisurely journey taking most of the day. Step 2, transfer from Hendaye to San Sebastian by Euskotren metro On arrival at Hendaye, walk out of the station and turn right, walk to the little Euskotren station in the corner of the forecourt. It only has one platform. See the photos below for more tips.

The trains used on this route are similar to the Hendaye-San Sebastian trains pictured above , along a route with some good countryside and coastal views. In Bilbao, Matiko station is 18 minutes walk from the Guggenheim Museum, Zazpi Kaleak station is further from the Guggenheim 22 minutes walk but closer to both the old quarter and the 19th century new town. The adult one-way fare is shown as 'ida'. Buy a ticket from the staffed counter or the machines.

There is only one platform, and it's where the trains start. So no worries, you can't get on the wrong train, they all go to Irun and San Sebastian-Donostia Amara. These air-conditioned metro trains leave every 30 minutes, a turn-up-and-go metro service called Metro Donostialdea. There's plenty of space for luggage and they even have a wheelchair-accessible toilet. Enjoy an afternoon in Madrid. Transfer from Madrid Atocha to Madrid Chamartin by local train as shown here. Buy tickets at www. The trainhotel at Madrid Chamartin I'd allow at least 45 minutes between trains in Lyon in case of delay, which means leaving around Book this train at www.

You can reach almost anywhere in Germany the same day you leave Montpellier. Book from Lyon to any German destination at either www. It's worth trying both sites as they calculate fares in slightly different ways. Wider choice of departures, but means changing stations in Paris..

You can buy tickets at www. Option 1, via Mannheim. Buy tickets from Montpellier to Lyon at www. Stay overnight in Hamburg or Berlin. Suggested hotels in Hamburg. Suggested hotels in Berlin. You'll find more detail for this part of the journey on the Trains from Hamburg page or the Trains from Berlin page. Book this journey at www. Also suitable for travel to Scandinavia, Poland, Russia, but usually a more expensive routing Allow at least 60 minutes between trains for this, but for mission-critical connections I'd allow at least 2 hours.

Option 3, via Milan. Have dinner in Milan. Step 2, travel from Milan to Vienna overnight by excellent Nightjet sleeper train as shown on the Trains from Milan page. Step 3, travel from Vienna to Bratislava, Prague, Budapest in just a few hours as shown on the Trains from Vienna page. For Slovenia , travel from Montpellier to Milan on day 1, stay overnight, then take a train to Trieste and on to Ljubljana on day 2. Back to home page. The Man in Seat Home About News Contact Guestbook. Train travel in Britain I want to go from Montpellier to Europe by train introduction.

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