Timeline for How far in advance do tickets on Czech Railways become available near the yearly timetable change?
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 15:14 | comment | added | Pont | @Allysin Re “How did you all assume that he was going to have a sleep compartment?”: he asked “I could expect to purchase a 2 berth compartment on the day of travel?” (see comment above). A 2 berth compartment is explicitly a sleeper compartment. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 9:49 | comment | added | Allysin | First of all - the person who asked the question mentioned a "night train" NOT a sleep compartment on the train! How did you all assume that he was going to have a sleep compartment? You can take a night train without the sleep compartment. Second - there is a difference in trains in Switzerland, Germany and Czech Republic compared with the UK! (I believe the first 3 have a much higher quality/standard of trains). Third, I'm not making anyone to do anything. If this person does not want to loose time and hate trains as you say then they can fly most likely for less money with low cost airlines | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 9:33 | comment | added | David Richerby | "Why do you want to take the sleeper car anyway?" Perhaps the asker needs to arrive in the morning but doesn't want to take an extra day off work to arrive the day before, and pay for a hotel, too. Perhaps they find sitting in trains to be boring and would rather sleep. Really, it's not your place to "educate" the asker on the "correct" way to travel. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 9:31 | comment | added | David Richerby | "the railways in Europe are very smart predicting how many passengers they expect will be traveling and they do a great job adjusting the trains (number of wagons) accordingly." They certainly don't do this everywhere. In the UK, the railways are operating close to capacity pretty much the whole time. None of the companies can afford to have spare carriages sitting around to be used on the few busy weekends each year and there often isn't space for any more trains. | |
| Oct 3, 2017 at 9:28 | comment | added | Pont | @Allysin Re your suggested day train alternative: an early start, ~10 hours travel, two changes, a 3.5-hour bus segment, and losing a whole day in beautiful Prague? I think you've answered your own question as to “Why do you want to take the sleeper car?” ;-). | |
| S Oct 3, 2017 at 9:08 | history | edited | Allysin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
clarified regular trains vs sleep car trains regulations
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| Oct 3, 2017 at 8:17 | comment | added | Pont | This doesn't answer the question: the question was specifically about night trains, and you're answering specifically about daytime trains. | |
| Oct 2, 2017 at 21:14 | comment | added | Allysin | @James Cameron: No - this is NOT true for sleeper compartments! At least I don't have enough experience taking these to tell) Why do you want to take the sleeper car anyway? I prefer to travel in the daytime to see the countryside. There is a train that leaves Zurick at 8:35 a.m. for example and takes only 9 hours and 50 minutes to get to Prague! You have to change trains in Stuttgart Hbf though and take a bus from Nürnberg ZOB but you arrive in Prage at 18:25 (6:25 pm)! I would select this option if I were you... | |
| Oct 2, 2017 at 20:47 | comment | added | J Cameron | @Allysin Thanks for this information! Is it reasonable to expect this to hold true for sleeper trains, i.e. I could expect to purchase a 2 berth compartment on the day of travel? | |
| Oct 2, 2017 at 16:21 | comment | added | Allysin | he says "around Christmas time" - the railways in Europe are very smart predicting how many passengers they expect will be traveling and they do a great job adjusting the trains (number of wagons) accordingly. I would have the attitude of "there will always be another train" but if this person wants to be 100% sure - they could buy the ticket from Zurich to the border point now and then buy the rest of the journey on the train (they will not kick them off the train at the border point) | |
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| Oct 2, 2017 at 16:02 | history | answered | Allysin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |