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Travel by rail including local and long distance trains, but note that more specific tags are available and should be preferred where relevant. For examples see `tag info`.

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Train carriages in the Czech Republic

The main difficulty, and why not everything is simply numbered 1 to whatever is when through carriages change trains and need to fit in to more than one numbering set. … These are typically two trains with adjacent train numbers, one even one odd. And it entirely makes sense for one to run exactly in the reverse direction of the other. …
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When to use the emergency brake in a train?

Building on the previous answers: If you notice a condition where any sensible mind would think that it is extremely dangerous for the train to continue moving. Dangerous here can mean: If another …
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Is it required to use the most direct route to the border when using an Interrail pass in th...

, when I used to live in central Hessia (Germany) and was planning on using Interrail to get to Brussels and then London, the shortest and fastest path would have been a couple of cross-country local trains … Apart from that limitation, the inbound/outbound days work just like any other travel day, unlimited mileage and unlimited trains from midnight to midnight, you need to record the journey on your pass …
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Germany to Italy by train or car in 2017, now the Gotthard tunnel is open?

Openstreetmap’s car route Munich–Genoa does not tangent the Gotthard area, and neither does bahn.de’s train route suggestion for that relation. The latter does Munich–Verona–Milano–Genova with a EuroC …
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How much time should be set aside for border controls when entering Sweden by train?

Trains are still running across the Öresund bridge. … The Øresundståg regional trains are split in Kastrup according to all timetables I saw. I assume the procedure to be exit, go through the controls, reenter the next train. …
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Cheapest train travel from Innsbruck to Munich via Mittenwald

Note that you must use regional trains (RE and RB; the red ones) and cannot use ICE trains. … But that is okay, since regional trains go every hour and there are only a few ICE trains on weekends last time I checked (and the Innsbruck–Mittenwald leg seems to have been discontinued). …
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Leaving Belarus by train: Where to check migration card?

Your Russian/Belarusian migration card should always be in your passport booklet. Once you approach the border, there will be a stop somewhere close by. I don’t know where the stop is on your route, b …
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Bill from German Railway

It is a little bit difficult to tell without knowing what you had and didn’t have. It sounds like you had a valid ticket for self-printing which you didn’t print out. If that is the case, then you had …
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Traveling from Germany to other countries by train?

If your intention is to cross the border from Germany to Austria, that is easy once you are legally inside the Schengen area (includes all of the continental EU except Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria, p …
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Train from Nice to Moscow / Border Controls

However, the all-knowing Man in Seat 61 confirms: No problems have been reported by any westerners using the direct Russian Railways trains from Paris, Nice, Vienna, Berlin, Prague or Warsaw to Moscow …
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In Germany, what are you supposed to do if your train station doesn't have any working ticke...

Furthermore, especially in long-distance trains the conductors may even still be selling tickets on board. … If you are on one of those trains you can just buy a ticket normally from them — be aware though that it may include a Bordpreis surcharge for buying on-board. …
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Avoid long walking when changing between Tokyo subway lines

I personally am very happy with the Japan Travel app (App store link, Google Play link) by Navitime. It is very good for finding trips from one train station to another (sometimes it provides bus rout …
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Boarding for my Eurostar is delayed and I'll miss my SNCF connection, what should I do?

Especially if either of the trains includes compulsory reservation or is global priced (Thalys, Eurostar, TGV being the most important ones). …
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Student train discounts in Germany without BahnCard?

There are no student discounts available for DB tickets — neither for school nor for university students. Everybody aged 14 or older is required to pay the adult fare, no exceptions.[1] However, I wo …
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How do I find if a specific train (RE60) carries bicycles during morning rush hour?

This is a local train, so given space is available on the train on the actual day of travel, you can take your bicycle. The space is limited so it could fill up, which is why there is a notice on the …
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