Help with Trains

ferdi

in a few weeks me and a few of my comrades will have to make the following journeys:

Brussels --> Amsterdam

Amsterdam --> Paris

Paris --> Brussels

we will be making these trips by train

i've tried to get prices for these but have been unsuccessful

does anyone know how much these trips individually will cost?

is it worth getting an interrail pass since we are only going for about 10 daze and we arnt really going to be railing that much and it will cost us 250euro+

we went interrailing last year so we arnt clueless but we never had to pay any full fares for trains.

any help would be great.

cheers

SeeYouJimmy

well there are 2 ways you could do it,

one is the high speed service the thalys (http://www.thalys.com)
it runs direct between paris gare du nord and amsterdam centraal via brussells south

the other is way is the corail service, (slow train) between brussells and amsterdam, with the TGV between paris and brussells

hope this is of help

Jimmy

therecklessone

SeeYouJimmy wrote:

one is the high speed service the thalys (http://www.thalys.com)
it runs direct between paris gare du nord and amsterdam centraal via brussells south

Great service. I went Amsterdam - Paris 3 years ago, but can't remember the price.

ferdi

thanks guys

can i just go into a station and buy a thalys ticket or do i have to book one in advance?

John R

The French rail (SNCF) website has a ticket booking service in english, you can get the tickets delivered or collect them in stations.
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/_SvHomePage?_DLG=SvHomePage&_CMD=cmdHomepageUK&WB=HP

Bri

John R wrote:

The French rail (SNCF) website has a ticket booking service in english, you can get the tickets delivered or collect them in stations.
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/_SvHomePage?_DLG=SvHomePage&_CMD=cmdHomepageUK&WB=HP

Could be wrong but thought they were really crap about delivery or collection or something. Maybe it was cos I was buying them too close to the time but their delivery options sucked and amazingly I couldn't collect my tickets in Germany despite the fact I was getting it direct to Paris. Anyway they were def. cheaper than Deutche Bann for the same trip at the same time.

Bus Eireann or Iaran Rod Eireann (seriously!) have some service too where you can get them to book your tickets on these lines for a small (?) fee. They were pretty decent when I rang and held the tickets for me without details just my name. Didn't use them in the end though.

Good luck!

drane2

ferdi wrote:

thanks guys

can i just go into a station and buy a thalys ticket or do i have to book one in advance?

It's better to book in advance because there's a good chance of getting one of the special offers, which make it alot cheaper to travel.

Bri wrote:

Could be wrong but thought they were really crap about delivery or collection or something. Maybe it was cos I was buying them too close to the time but their delivery options sucked and amazingly I couldn't collect my tickets in Germany despite the fact I was getting it direct to Paris. Anyway they were def. cheaper than Deutche Bann for the same trip at the same time.

You're wrong. Kind of. If you're booking within seven days then you can't get the tickets delivered. Outside seven days, you can get them delivered and it's amazingly efficient. Once I ordered tickets late Wednesday night and they were on my doorstep Friday morning.

Bri

drane2 wrote:

You're wrong. Kind of. If you're booking within seven days then you can't get the tickets delivered. Outside seven days, you can get them delivered and it's amazingly efficient. Once I ordered tickets late Wednesday night and they were on my doorstep Friday morning.

Ah yeah I knew I probably sounded harsh but I remember it pissed me off I couldn't just collect them from the overly-efficient German station or something like that, and that the price varied so much for the same quality, distance and time. But then again I wasn't booking a week ahead.

That's travel for ya.

dartboardio

SeeYouJimmy wrote: »

well there are 2 ways you could do it,

one is the high speed service the thalys (http://www.thalys.com)
it runs direct between paris gare du nord and amsterdam centraal via brussells south

the other is way is the corail service, (slow train) between brussells and amsterdam, with the TGV between paris and brussells

hope this is of help

Jimmy

You legend :-) was struggling to find a train service with ok reviews/price etc.

Just booked the thalys at a great price, €35 pp paris to amsterdam in june!

kindalen

Always refer people to

https://www.seat61.com/

A treasure trove of rail information.

otnomart

Go to the offcial Belgian Railways website that gives the option of printing your own tickets.
https://www.b-europe.com
For Paris to Brussels (s an alternative to the Thalys) there is a low cost non high speed train called Izy https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Trains/IZY

finbarrk

I used https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml. Perfect.

EverythingGood

https://www.seat61.com/ s a great resource

munchkin_utd

otnomart wrote: »

Go to the offcial Belgian Railways website that gives the option of printing your own tickets.
https://www.b-europe.com
For Paris to Brussels (s an alternative to the Thalys) there is a low cost non high speed train called Izy https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Trains/IZY

+1

for trips between Benelux/ Germany / France that Belgian site is the business as they show the Bahn and Thalys and SNCF fares , listed all alongside each other at the original operator prices.