New network of European sleeper trains planned

Re:New network of European sleeper trains planned by dkdbejwi383 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:22AM (#27604861)

I have taken the DB sleeper from Amsterdam to Prague. It was great. Not the best night of sleep ever, but it's great to go to have a full day in one city, have a nightcap and sleep on the train, drink a coffee with a light breakfast and be in a new city at 08:00 the next morning. No having to get trains/busses/taxis to airports, waiting around for hours, a short flight where you can't sleep at all for the light and noise, etc.

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Re:New network of European sleeper trains planned by Ichthypresbyter on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:15AM (#27605478)

DB got rid of its sleepers (which were the last ones to serve the Netherlands) in 2016. The Austrians bought most of the rolling stock, and kept some of the routes that served Austria going. They've now started expanding again, and a route from Amsterdam to Vienna and Innsbruck has just opened.

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Re:New network of European sleeper trains planned by IkmoIkmo on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:34AM (#27605704)

What ticketing sites do you guys use? Whenever I want to try (night) trains around Europe I run into a myriad of national websites with poor information on non-national trips, a lack of decent information on what to expect, annoying pricing/planning/booking UIs, and generally lack of information about how it 'works', as in some require you to have an App, a card, to print out tickets etc.

I often just give up.

In that sense, flying somehow feels like a much more standardised and straightforward experience, despite a ton of different ticketing websites, airlines and airports which all have their own apps and gates and conditions etc, too.

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Re:New network of European sleeper trains planned by Tijdreiziger on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:40AM (#27605795)

If you need information on train routes and where to buy tickets, the #1 place to get it is https://www.seat61.com/. It's an incredibly complete site run by a train enthusiast from the UK.

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Re:New network of European sleeper trains planned by johnwalkr on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:30AM (#27615176)

The DB app is horrible. It can only use your local time, at least when I used it. Was not fun to plan a trip from Japan. DB has the worst ticket machine I’ve ever seen too, I think in Berlin, although I might not remember the details perfectly and am probably exaggerating a bit.

Buy one ticket, and it asks you for money, the bill slot opens, you put money in, the bill slot closes, the ticket prints, and then the change return door opens. After you take your change, the change return door closes.

If you buy 4 tickets: it asks you for money, the bill slot opens, you put money in, the bill slot closes, the first ticket prints, and then the change return door opens, you take you change and then it closes. Then, the bill slot opens and closes, the second ticket prints, then the change return door opens and closes (repeat 2 more times). I know just the type of “meets the requirements” engineers that made this.

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