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Overnight train from Prague to Budapest - September 2009

Overnight train from Prague to Budapest - September 2009

Old Aug 11th, 2009, 04:22 PM
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Overnight train from Prague to Budapest - September 2009

Has anyone taken an overnight train from Prague to Budapest?? How safe was it??? Should i book my tickets in advance or is it easier and cheaper to purchase them at the station???
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Old Aug 11th, 2009, 06:12 PM
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I am not sure why you want to take an overnight train. The travel time is considerably longer. If you leave at 21:40 the trip takes 10 hours and 39 minutes. There is a sleeping car and the Austrian rail website also says there are couchettes, which I would find uncomfortable.

Why don't you look this information up for yourself at öbb.at? You can make the ö by holding down the alt key and typing 148. If that option is not available use oe as a substitute.

There is an English version and the Austrian site is usually reliable. I used Praha for Prague.
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Old Aug 12th, 2009, 05:11 AM
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Anybody who has taken the overnight train from Prague to Budapest???? please share your thoughts...
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With an overnight train, travel time is irrelevant. You leave in the evening, arrive next morning, and sleep in a comfy sleeper. It takes less time out of your schedule than either day trains or flying, and saves a hotel bill.

Just buy at the station when you get to Prague. It'll cost about 50 euro for the ticket plus 10 euro for a couchette or (much better) 25 euro for a bed in a 2-bed sleeper.

You'll be safe and snug in the sleeper.
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Old Aug 12th, 2009, 05:47 AM
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Thank you so much..man in seat...
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Please can you advise if it is the same price the other way around. I want to get from budapest to prague. What do you recommend?

Thanks a lot
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Old Aug 13th, 2009, 06:58 AM
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If you can leave your luggage at your hotel after arrival (or where ever you are staying overnight) the overnight train does save a hotel bill although the price of the sleeper does eat up some of the savings.

If that is what you want to do, there is a train that leaves Prague, main station, at 21:40 and arrives in Budapest Keleti at 8:19 the following day. It has both sleeping cars and couchettes. I have not ridden this particular train, but the hours are reasonable. I would recommend the sleeping car option instead of the couchette.

The first and last time I rode in a couchette car I found it to be uncomfortable. I was in a compartment with people I did not know, and there was no good opportunity to change out of my clothes.
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