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ajpro18
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Posted 16 years ago

Hi, 3 friends and myself are going to be purchasing 3 inter rail tickets for this upcomming summer. We have just began to plan this trip. We are planning to fly into Barcelona for the uk, spend 4 days there for a music festival then head to france, holland and possible somewhere else before finally heading back to London to get are return flight home. My questions are, is there any train stations near Barcelona city centre? Also what would be the best route to take France then holland, then back to the UK? Also does inter rail go from France to the UK, or will we need different tickets for that?

Any information would be greatly appreciated, Regards.

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Peter
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replied 16 years ago

Hi.

To find good train routes, use this website:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]

All extra reservation fees are listed here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]

In the center of Barcelona, you will find a train station: Barcelona Sants
[u]https://rail.cc/en/barcelona/barcelona-sants-railway-station/l127[/u]

To go back from France ot the UK, the cheapest way is to use a ferry from Calais to Dover for about 5 EUR.
If you want to use the Eurostar for crossing the channel via Paris-London (St. Pancras) you have to pay a special price which is about 65 EUR one-way.
so better to use a ferry !! ;)
if you search this forum, you will find more information about this topic.
maybe it is even cheaper to fly from France back to the UK by easyjet or ryanair!?
have a lot of fun,
Peter
:)

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ajpro18
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replied 16 years ago

Hi thanks for the information. We have now decided to go from Barcelona to France and and fly home from Amsterdam.

I tried playing about with the routes but found it difficult to be honest. I know none the train station names etc.

A couple of other new questions can inter rail be used at every train stations are only selected ones and are trains run regualry from each station? Also do you know how long it is approximateley from Bracelona to Middle east france?

Regards

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Peter
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replied 16 years ago

hi ...

you can use every train station ... as not the station is the important thing, it is the train (see subject of supplements). :)

The trains run regularly just use the website mentioned above. Also for the connection Barcelona to France. :)

You do not have to enter the exact name of a station to find out the connections, just enter the name of the town or of the village ...!

Have fun,
Peter
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ajpro18
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replied 16 years ago

Thanks for all your help Peter, I appreciate it, and sorry for some silly questions.

I am excited about the trip but at the same time I am nervous about the traveling thing, I am scared I wont know what trains to get.

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Peter
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replied 16 years ago

always relax ... you can ask every time at the stations or some train personal !! :)
and after some days, you get the feeling which train to take and which not ...!! :)
have a lot of fun,
Peter