Transportation within Germany
Aug 26th 2003, 3:25 am
#1
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Transportation within Germany
Hi everybody,
I am going to spend the end of September and the beginning of October in
Germany and I would like to know a few things about transportation over
there.
I know that the train is the convenient and cheap way get from point A
to point B over there, but I wonder what's the smartest choice to make
since I'm going to be there for 17 days.
How do their German Rail Passes work? I see things such as 4-day to
10-day passes on the Deutsche Bahn Web site. Does a 5-day pass allow me
to travel on 5 different days or is it a "consecutive 5-day" pass? I
want to take a few days to visit the towns and cities where I want to
go, so I wonder if their passes are flexible or if I need to buy tickets
to get what I want.
Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
where I can sleep.
Extra question:
There are two youth hostels in Munich. The Thalkirchen and the
Neuhausen. If I believe the German youth hostels site, both have a
subway station nearby. Are there reasons to choose one of the two to
stay when I'm going to be in Munich?
I am going to spend the end of September and the beginning of October in
Germany and I would like to know a few things about transportation over
there.
I know that the train is the convenient and cheap way get from point A
to point B over there, but I wonder what's the smartest choice to make
since I'm going to be there for 17 days.
How do their German Rail Passes work? I see things such as 4-day to
10-day passes on the Deutsche Bahn Web site. Does a 5-day pass allow me
to travel on 5 different days or is it a "consecutive 5-day" pass? I
want to take a few days to visit the towns and cities where I want to
go, so I wonder if their passes are flexible or if I need to buy tickets
to get what I want.
Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
where I can sleep.
Extra question:
There are two youth hostels in Munich. The Thalkirchen and the
Neuhausen. If I believe the German youth hostels site, both have a
subway station nearby. Are there reasons to choose one of the two to
stay when I'm going to be in Munich?
Aug 26th 2003, 4:15 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
Franken Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
> How do their German Rail Passes work? I see things such as 4-day to
> 10-day passes on the Deutsche Bahn Web site. Does a 5-day pass allow me
> to travel on 5 different days or is it a "consecutive 5-day" pass? I
> want to take a few days to visit the towns and cities where I want to
> go, so I wonder if their passes are flexible or if I need to buy tickets
> to get what I want.
It is any five days within the period. We did seven days in a month in 2001.
The way it works is this: When you get the pass it will have a grid for the
number of days you have purchased. When you get on a train for the first time
in a day, the conductor will date one of the grids and punch it. Then you
can use that rail pass all day that day without using another grid. The next
day you use the train they will use another grid.
> Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
> to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
> where I can sleep.
Yes, but you have to pay an extra fee for the couchette or sleeper car. Note
that the pass is only good for the day you board the train, so if you then
transfer (in the morning) to another train, I believe you use up another day.
EXTRA INFO:
You can travel on teh KD Steamship line boats using the German Rail Pass,
but you do use up a day. What we did was sleep in ERfurt youth hostel, then
take a very early train in the morning (like 5:30) arriving in Koblenz in time
to catch the 11:00 boat south.
It was great.
> Extra question:
> There are two youth hostels in Munich. The Thalkirchen and the
> Neuhausen. If I believe the German youth hostels site, both have a
> subway station nearby. Are there reasons to choose one of the two to
> stay when I'm going to be in Munich?
I don't know wince I don't stay there in Munich. I have stayed at the CVJM
(the YMCA, as it were) or an independant hostel, as I am over 26.
--
Julie
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http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm
> How do their German Rail Passes work? I see things such as 4-day to
> 10-day passes on the Deutsche Bahn Web site. Does a 5-day pass allow me
> to travel on 5 different days or is it a "consecutive 5-day" pass? I
> want to take a few days to visit the towns and cities where I want to
> go, so I wonder if their passes are flexible or if I need to buy tickets
> to get what I want.
It is any five days within the period. We did seven days in a month in 2001.
The way it works is this: When you get the pass it will have a grid for the
number of days you have purchased. When you get on a train for the first time
in a day, the conductor will date one of the grids and punch it. Then you
can use that rail pass all day that day without using another grid. The next
day you use the train they will use another grid.
> Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
> to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
> where I can sleep.
Yes, but you have to pay an extra fee for the couchette or sleeper car. Note
that the pass is only good for the day you board the train, so if you then
transfer (in the morning) to another train, I believe you use up another day.
EXTRA INFO:
You can travel on teh KD Steamship line boats using the German Rail Pass,
but you do use up a day. What we did was sleep in ERfurt youth hostel, then
take a very early train in the morning (like 5:30) arriving in Koblenz in time
to catch the 11:00 boat south.
It was great.
> Extra question:
> There are two youth hostels in Munich. The Thalkirchen and the
> Neuhausen. If I believe the German youth hostels site, both have a
> subway station nearby. Are there reasons to choose one of the two to
> stay when I'm going to be in Munich?
I don't know wince I don't stay there in Munich. I have stayed at the CVJM
(the YMCA, as it were) or an independant hostel, as I am over 26.
--
Julie
**********
Check out my Travel Pages (non-commercial) at
http://www.dragonsholm.org/travel.htm
Aug 26th 2003, 7:08 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
"Juliana L Holm" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
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> > Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
> > to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
> > where I can sleep.
> Yes, but you have to pay an extra fee for the couchette or sleeper car.
Note
> that the pass is only good for the day you board the train, so if you then
> transfer (in the morning) to another train, I believe you use up another
day.
No it's not working so. If on a through night train departing after 19:00
you have to mark the next arrival day as travel date.
So leaving on a night train dep. say Thu 21:00 and arrival next day Friday
07:00 you mark the Friday and you're then entitled to travel as you like
until Friday night 24:00.
Be aware that the night trains are now reservation only, not only in
couchette and sleeper but you need a reservation as well if travelling in a
seat car.
news:[email protected]...
> > Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
> > to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
> > where I can sleep.
> Yes, but you have to pay an extra fee for the couchette or sleeper car.
Note
> that the pass is only good for the day you board the train, so if you then
> transfer (in the morning) to another train, I believe you use up another
day.
No it's not working so. If on a through night train departing after 19:00
you have to mark the next arrival day as travel date.
So leaving on a night train dep. say Thu 21:00 and arrival next day Friday
07:00 you mark the Friday and you're then entitled to travel as you like
until Friday night 24:00.
Be aware that the night trains are now reservation only, not only in
couchette and sleeper but you need a reservation as well if travelling in a
seat car.
Aug 26th 2003, 7:32 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
In article <[email protected]>, Franken Stein
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am going to spend the end of September and the beginning of October in
> Germany and I would like to know a few things about transportation over
> there.
We may pass en route 8-)
> I know that the train is the convenient and cheap way get from point A
> to point B over there, but I wonder what's the smartest choice to make
> since I'm going to be there for 17 days.
When I'm doing all my travel IN Germany, I always get the German Rail
Flexi-Pass for the number of days I'm going to be spending largely in
trains--cheapest and handiest. I like to stay a couple days each place I
stop, and they're often far apart, so this normally works best for me.
This time I'm not staying in Germany for the whole time I'll be there,
so I'll be buying separate tickets.
>
> How do their German Rail Passes work? I see things such as 4-day to
> 10-day passes on the Deutsche Bahn Web site. Does a 5-day pass allow me
> to travel on 5 different days or is it a "consecutive 5-day" pass?
Sounds as if you're looking at the Flexi-Pass. Once you validate it
at the beginning train station, you write in the date yourself for each
day you use it.
> Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
> to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
> where I can sleep.
I don't know about night trains, but you don't have to pay extra for
fast ones.
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am going to spend the end of September and the beginning of October in
> Germany and I would like to know a few things about transportation over
> there.
We may pass en route 8-)
> I know that the train is the convenient and cheap way get from point A
> to point B over there, but I wonder what's the smartest choice to make
> since I'm going to be there for 17 days.
When I'm doing all my travel IN Germany, I always get the German Rail
Flexi-Pass for the number of days I'm going to be spending largely in
trains--cheapest and handiest. I like to stay a couple days each place I
stop, and they're often far apart, so this normally works best for me.
This time I'm not staying in Germany for the whole time I'll be there,
so I'll be buying separate tickets.
>
> How do their German Rail Passes work? I see things such as 4-day to
> 10-day passes on the Deutsche Bahn Web site. Does a 5-day pass allow me
> to travel on 5 different days or is it a "consecutive 5-day" pass?
Sounds as if you're looking at the Flexi-Pass. Once you validate it
at the beginning train station, you write in the date yourself for each
day you use it.
> Do their rail passes include access to night trains? I might be tempted
> to go from Bavaria to Berlin at some point and want to find a train
> where I can sleep.
I don't know about night trains, but you don't have to pay extra for
fast ones.
--
Mary Loomer Oliver(aka erilar)
Erilar's Cave Annex:
http://www.airstreamcomm.net/~erilarlo
Aug 28th 2003, 12:31 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
On Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:25:49 -0400, Franken Stein <[email protected]> wrote:
>There are two youth hostels in Munich. The Thalkirchen and the
>Neuhausen. If I believe the German youth hostels site, both have a
>subway station nearby. Are there reasons to choose one of the two to
>stay when I'm going to be in Munich?
Be aware that your trip is at the same time as the Oktoberfest.
--
Ask me for directions.
>There are two youth hostels in Munich. The Thalkirchen and the
>Neuhausen. If I believe the German youth hostels site, both have a
>subway station nearby. Are there reasons to choose one of the two to
>stay when I'm going to be in Munich?
Be aware that your trip is at the same time as the Oktoberfest.
--
Ask me for directions.
Aug 28th 2003, 3:58 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
In article, [email protected] (Jesper Lauridsen) wrote:
> Be aware that your trip is at the same time as the Oktoberfest.
-----------
Oh, I know that. It's part of the plan :-)
> Be aware that your trip is at the same time as the Oktoberfest.
-----------
Oh, I know that. It's part of the plan :-)
Aug 28th 2003, 5:30 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
"Franken Stein" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> In article, [email protected] (Jesper Lauridsen) wrote:
>
> > Be aware that your trip is at the same time as the Oktoberfest.
> -----------
>
>
> Oh, I know that. It's part of the plan :-)
Then you'll have already booked your accomodation or you'll be
sleeping on the station, I kid you not.
Tim
> In article, [email protected] (Jesper Lauridsen) wrote:
>
> > Be aware that your trip is at the same time as the Oktoberfest.
> -----------
>
>
> Oh, I know that. It's part of the plan :-)
Then you'll have already booked your accomodation or you'll be
sleeping on the station, I kid you not.
Tim
Aug 28th 2003, 7:21 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
"tim" <[email protected]> skrev i meddelandet
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> > Oh, I know that. It's part of the plan :-)
> Then you'll have already booked your accomodation or you'll be
> sleeping on the station, I kid you not.
> Tim
Well I'm going there without any reservation, as I am used to do.
Never been without accommodation but I'm avoiding the weekends.
L.P
news:[email protected]...
> > Oh, I know that. It's part of the plan :-)
> Then you'll have already booked your accomodation or you'll be
> sleeping on the station, I kid you not.
> Tim
Well I'm going there without any reservation, as I am used to do.
Never been without accommodation but I'm avoiding the weekends.
L.P
Aug 29th 2003, 4:51 am
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Re: Transportation within Germany
In article, "tim" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Then you'll have already booked your accomodation or you'll be
> sleeping on the station, I kid you not.
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I know that Munich is really busy at that time of the year. That's why I
already have plans.
> Then you'll have already booked your accomodation or you'll be
> sleeping on the station, I kid you not.
-----------------------------------------
I know that Munich is really busy at that time of the year. That's why I
already have plans.
