Eurail Pass T&Cs and Benefits
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French Eurail Pass. It is also valid for Basel SNCF, Geneva, Port Bou and Ventimiglia.
Basel SNCF and Geneva are in Switzerland, but Basel SNCF is owned by the French Railways SNCF. Basel SBB is co-owned by DB Deutsche Bahn and the Swiss SBB CFF FFS.
Port Bou is in Spain and Ventimiglia is in Italy.
French Pass benefits extend on the RER B. You will get free transportation on from Paris Charles De Gaulle(CDG) to Paris Gare du Nord. You will have to go to the RER station at CDG T1 or ask for a 'contremarque' to enter the platform, and exit the RER station at Gare du Nord.
Also, Rail passes for Germany, on DB Deutsche Bahn, is valid for travel from Germany to Basel Bad and Salzburg.
Basel Bad is NOT Basel SBB. Nor is it Basel SNCF. Basel Bad is operated by DB, in territory co-owned by Switzerland and Germany.
Salzburg is in Austria.
German passes give free transportation on the S-Bahn(NOT U-Bahn!) in major German cities. In Berlin the Pass is only valid on the S-Bahn lines that connect the Berlin long-distance railway stations.
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In the case for Switzerland, the national railway company is the SBB(German speaking Switz), CFF(French speaking Switz) and FFS(Italian speaking Switz).
A Eurail Pass valid in Switzerland is also valid for travel on the following private transport companies...
- BLS boat services on Lake Brienz and Lake Thun
- BSG boat services on Lake Biel and on the river Aare between Biel and Solothurn
- CGN boat services on Lake Geneva
- SGV boat services on Lake Luzern
- URh boat services on the river Rhine between Constance and Schaffhausen
- ZSG boat services on Lake Zurich
- AB Appenzeller Bahnen AG
- ASM Aare Seeland mobil AG
- BDWM Transport AG
- BLS AG
- BLT Baselland Transport AG
- CJ Chemins de Fer du Jura
- FART Ferrovie Autoliniee Regionali Ticinese, including the Centovalli railway to Domodossola in Italy
- FB Forchbahn AG
- FW Frauenfeld-Wil-Bhan AG
- LEB Chemins de Fer Lausanne-Echallens-Bercher
- MBC Chemin de fer Biere-Apples-Morges
- MOB Montreux Overland Bernois
- MVR Transports Montreux-Vevey-Riviera
- NStCM Chemin de Fer Nyon-St.Cergue-Morez
- OC Chemin de Fer Orbe-Chavornay
- RA RegionAlps Martigny - Orsieres / Le Chable
- RBS Regionalverkehr Bern-Solothurn
- RhB Rhatische Bahn AG
- SOB Sudostbahn
- SSIF Societa subalpina di emprese ferroviarie
- SZU Sihltal - Zurich - Uetliverg
- THURBO AG
- TMR Transports de Martigny et sa Regions
- TPC Transports Public du Chablais SA
- TPF Transports public firbourgeois
- TRAVYS SA
- TRN Transports regionaux neuchatelois
- WB Waldenburgerbahn
- WSB Wynental- und Suhrentalbahn
- ZB Zentralbahn AG
Pardon my shallow understanding of Francais and Deutsch, but I believe that those that have 'AG' or 'Bahn' operates in the German speaking portion of Switzerland, and those that have 'Chemin/s', 'Transports', ' SA' operates in the Swiss Romansch(French portion).
'Ferrovie' should be the Italian side.
Also it gives 25-50% discounts on the private railway JB Jungfraubahn and PB Pilatusbahn.
Also it gives a 25% discount at the transportation museum at Luzern.
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Do the railways in Europe all run on 1 type of gauge? I notice most of them run on catenary. Are there any other electrification systems?
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Those who might consider having the Eurail Pass for your next trip in Europe please take note.
Eurostar's trains travel at 186mph, taking 2hr15min between London and Paris and 1hr51min between London and Brussels. Do note certain Eurostar trains stop at Lille-Europe.
A few rules to note.
- All bookings on the Eurostar automatically have and MUST include a seat reservation.
- Discounts do vary and take in account the times of travel and how far in advance you book. Special passholder reduction in Leisure Select is also available with a Eurail Youth Pass(under 26).
- All fares are subject to availability and the Eurail Pass must be valid in either FRANCE or BELGIUM(BENELUX). Eurail Pass offer is not valid for travel within the UK.
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The European East Pass is valid on the national railroads of Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia and also valid on the routes of the following private Austrian Railway Companies: Raab-Oedenburg Ebenfurter Eisenbahn: Ebenfurt - Sopron. Special Passholder fare is available on Berlin-Warsawa Express night train. For an overnight trip on a direct overnight train leaving after 7p.m the next day's date must be entered and must fall within the validity of the pass. The pass entitles the holder to discounts(to be arranged locally) on Danube river trips with "DDSG Blue Danube" and "Wurm and Kock" companies. First-class pass holders have free access to ÖBB lounges in Wien Sued(temporarily Wien Melding instead), Wien West, Graz Hbf, Klagenfurt Hbf, Innsbruck Hbf and Salzburg Hbf stations.
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Originally posted by NickLim™:
Do the railways in Europe all run on 1 type of gauge? I notice most of them run on catenary. Are there any other electrification systems?
Gauge wise, the same.
But there is narrow gauge, predominantly in mountainous Switzerland where the private railways operate narrow gauge.
Die Zentralbahn is one famous operator.
In Eastern Europe, the Russian Broad Gauge runs in Ukraine and parts of Poland.
Most of the time, trains in Europe run on catenary. There are some DMUs though, famous ones are the ICE TD that DB Deutsche Bahn operates, to Copenhagen via Hamburg from Berlin Ostbahnhof/Zoologischer Garten. This is because trains to Copenhagen usually go by trainferries, and have to be disconnected from catenary if so, unless they take a circuitous routing through the Netherlands.
Electrification systems. Many. Up to four in Western Europe alone.
Too long to list, but for a fact, France predominates, then the German/Austrian one, the Netherlands has one, and Switzerland has two.
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Tried going into the
lounge at Wien Melding station just now with my First Class Eastern Europe Eurail Pass. Was denied entry.What the fuck... The T&Cs on the pass say that my pass is valid for entry zomfg~...
On the way back from Graz, forgot to use the OBB lounge at Graz Hbf too FML~
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Have just realised that Eurail Pass holders, even those for 1st class, are not entitled to use of the OBB lounges wtf~
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nazism on a train ride??
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>.<
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now then u post.
i on eastern europe rail pass, 1st class.
But on Asia-Euro(or isit Euro-Asia)...
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To all, please note this very carefully. The Eurail East European Pass is NOT valid for ÖBB lounges anymore.
I managed to get into the ÖBB lounge at Linz Hauptbahnhof, but that was thru sheer pure luck.