Anyone have info on booking the overnight train from vienna to krakow?

Blacey

I'm interrailling in July, and want to go from Vienna to Krakow on the overnight train. I have my interrail ticket, and so I'm assuming I pay the supplement to get the sleeping car or couchette, as on other European overnight trains, except I can't find anywhere online that will let me book this.

I'm assuming I will have to buy it locally - but I wonder if I could buy it in Germany (where I am before Vienna, as Vienna is just a stop-off)? Anyone have any info on this?

johnp

Blacey wrote: »

I'm interrailling in July, and want to go from Vienna to Krakow on the overnight train. I have my interrail ticket, and so I'm assuming I pay the supplement to get the sleeping car or couchette, as on other European overnight trains, except I can't find anywhere online that will let me book this.

I'm assuming I will have to buy it locally - but I wonder if I could buy it in Germany (where I am before Vienna, as Vienna is just a stop-off)? Anyone have any info on this?

Have a look at www.bahn.co.uk

I used them a few years ago (overnight from Berlin to Krakow), pretty sure I ended up giving them a call.

Blacey

johnp wrote: »

Have a look at www.bahn.co.uk

I used them a few years ago (overnight from Berlin to Krakow), pretty sure I ended up giving them a call.

I can't find www.bahn.co.uk, but the Bahn.de website it excellent, I've booked all my other train journeys through it. It gives the schedule for the vienna to krakow train, but doesn't allow me to make the reservation and pay the supplement.
Did you call bahn.de or did you call the Austrian or polish train service?

johnp

Blacey wrote: »

I can't find www.bahn.co.uk, but the Bahn.de website it excellent, I've booked all my other train journeys through it. It gives the schedule for the vienna to krakow train, but doesn't allow me to make the reservation and pay the supplement.
Did you call bahn.de or did you call the Austrian or polish train service?

IIRC I looked up the train I wanted, and then gave the UK number a call (+44 8718 80 80 66).
It was a few years ago, so I'm a little sketchy, but I think they gave me a number for a Dublin office.

Blacey

Thanks for the info. I'll give them a ring and see what happens.

munchkin_utd

you can buy it in any staffed booking office in germany (as far as I am aware)

in munich and berlin theres an english speaking booking office called euraide whose speciality is dealing with people on travel passes and they definitely can help you on the reservation.
http://www.euraide.de/ is their website.

Blacey

Update:

I got sorted out! There's a ticket enquiry form on the Polish Rail website. I filled it out with the details of my journey, and got an email reply the next day, with reservations and the price of the supplement for the overnight train. There was a link in the email that took me straight to the part of the website where I could order and pay. Done and dusted, with great service by email. I'll report back after the journey with details of what it was actually like

This is the link in case anyone is interested: http://polrail.com/sections/store/quoteprice.html

The supplement cost is approx 100PLN or €25 euro per person, 1 way, for a couchette (I expected this price, it's in accordance with the other trains I've booked).

Blacey

munchkin_utd wrote: »

in munich and berlin theres an english speaking booking office called euraide whose speciality is dealing with people on travel passes and they definitely can help you on the reservation.
http://www.euraide.de/ is their website.

Thanks for the tip, this looks like a very informative website, and I will be in munich prior to vienna, so I will check them out. Thanks!