Lindav32
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 7 years ago
Hi everyone,
Me and my boyfriend are busy planning our InterRail trip. A few of the trains we\'re taking require reservation, but for some trains the reservation is optional. We were wondering if it\'s smart to make a reservation for these, because it\'s quite expensive to book every train, but we don\'t want to end up standing half of our trip either. We\'re leaving on July 12th.
The trains with optional reservation are:
Arnhem-Frankfurt (ICE)
Frankfurt-Wien (ICE)
Budapest-Zidani (FT)
Zidani-Zagreb (IC)
Zagreb-Ljubljana (INT)
München-Koeln (ICE)
Thanks!! :)
Tobi
Traveller
175 comments
Hello,
with the Trains in eastern Europe I cant help you. But I already travelled by ICE in Germany for many times (sometimes with a Reservation, sometimes without) and there were always free seats so I dont think that it is necessary to have a Reservation because I always had a free seat.
Tobi
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi and welcome to rail.cc,
personally I wouldnt bother getting reservations if they are not compulsory.
Arnhem - Frankfurt: The train starts in Amsterdam; this line is quite popular, especially in summer. Which train exactly are you looking at?
Frankfurt - Wien: Which train are you looking at? Some trains on this route start in Frankfurt, others have another originating station. Anyways I wouldnt get a reservation. Take care to enter the correct part of the train, some trains on this route have a second trainset running to Passau (border station) only; this would be on the rear of the train.
How are you going to travel to Budapest? No reservation is required on the direct Railjet and Eurocity trains from Vienna to Budapest! I assume you have been checking schedules with the Rail Planner App?
Budapest - Zidani Most - Zagreb: Dont get a reservation; why are you making the detour via Slovenia? There are direct trains Budapest - Zagreb as well.
Zagreb - Ljubljana: No reservation needed
München - Köln: As the ICE will start in Munich you should have no troubles finding two good seats.
In general: Friday afternoons and Sunday evenings are peak travel times and I would avoid travelling then - or get a seat reservation for trains that fall in these periods. Especially within Germany and from Vienna to Budapest.
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Flo
Lindav32
Traveller
2 comments
Great, thanks for your advice!! Now we can move forward :)
We start in Oss (Netherlands)-Arnhem-Frankfurt-Vienna-Budapest.
The rail planner app says there is a reservation required from Vienna-Budapest. But as you say this is not necessary?
The train from Arnhem to Frankfurt is the ICE 105. Do you recommend a reservartion because of the popularity?
The train from \'Frankfurt(m) flughafen fernbfice\'-Vienna is the ICE 27. But as I understand you wouldn\'t recommend a reservation on this train?
Thank you in advance!
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
OK. No, you dont need a reservation on international services from Vienna to Budapest (Railjet and Eurocity trains). This is an issue of the Rail Planner because the Railjet and Eurocity trains on this route require a reservation for domestic travel within Hungary! But no reservation is required for international journeys! Its a bit strange, but hey...we are here to help you out... ;)
Read more: [ux]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/railjet-oebb/54[/ux]
I recommend to (also) use our schedule planner [ux]http://plan.rail.cc/[/ux] and have a look at [ux]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/ux] for reservation info.
ICE 105 is a double trainset so I guess that you should find a seat. I used this train before and it was quite full, but we found seats without a reservation. Personally I would save the money.
ICE 27 starts back in Hamburg; so I assume that the train will be quite full already when you enter in Frankfurt Flughafen (Airport). You have to get on the _rear_ part of the train, coaches 21 to 27! The front coaches (31 to 37) only run to Frankfurt Hbf (central station) and remain there. The train reverses there so thats why the coaches bound for Vienna are at the rear at the station of Frankfurt Flughafen. I hope I havent confused you?! ;)
Unless you are travelling on a Friday/Sunday I guess you should be fine without a reservation too.
Lindav32
Traveller
2 comments
Thank you very, very much for all this information!!
Otherwise we would have never known this.
Besides that, it will save us a lot of money ;)
I will recommend this site/forum to other friends who are going to interrail, because you are very helpful :)
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
You\'re welcome! Please do so and dont forget to purchase your official Interrail tickets via our partner link to interrail.eu: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
If you have any other questions just ask. :)