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burnerking
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Posted 16 years ago

I'm planning my first inter railing adventure this summer! just booked my flights to Geneva and ending up in Rome for my return flight! (middle part of holiday not yet defined)

This is probably an easy question to answer but i need to ask it - with an interrail global ticket, i can get on any train in France, Swtizerland, Italy and so on but I have to pay surcharges?

Are there any trains I can't go on or any I should avoid?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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Peter
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replied 16 years ago

hey...just have a look on [u]https://rail.cc[/u] - ticket - price supplements.There you will find all the trains on which you have to pay supplements.To avoid these trains, use this website and play with the option products / means of transport.:[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]That's it.... :) have a lot of fun,Peter :)

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burnerking
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replied 16 years ago

Cheers Peter, I thought that it would be that simple lol :P

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anonymous
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replied 16 years ago

Peter/anyone, what do all the different abbreviations mean, like IP, EC etc.?

Thanks.

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admin
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replied 16 years ago

I travelled on Swiss trains in July. They are fast, frequent and modern and, as far as I know, Interrailers require no reservations; so no 2 or 3 Euro reservatrion charges and you can hop on and off trains as you like.

To avoid: I'd say, from experience, night trains in Italy. These are generally much less safe than Western European night services. There have been many incidents of organised gangs systematically robbing the passengers before stopping the train and jumping off. This has been a problem on the overnight north to south services.

Have a great trip.

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Peter
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replied 16 years ago

@Ian: EC, IC, ... are the category names of trains. For example on all trains of category IC in Germany, you pay a supplement of xx EUR ... :)