travelct

I am trying to book a ticket from Nuremberg to Prague and on the DB Bahn site, it relays me to bus. Are there no trains on this route? Can someone please clarify for me? Perhaps I am doing something wrong. I am open to other suggestions.
Thanks for the assistance.

fmpden

Nope. Bus is best way and fastest. Operated by DBahn.

Janeyre

We did the bus in July 2015 as the train took much longer and seemed more of a hassle. We took a taxi from our hotel in Prague to the train station where we picked up the BAHN bus. I had purchased our tickets in advance and printed them at home. The bus picked up right in front of the station and there was a small group waiting right there on the main road. The bus arrived on time, the driver loaded our bags in the cargo section of the bus, and we boarded. It was double decker seating, and our seats had been assigned to the main level. It was fortunate because I wasn't feeling well that morning and needed to use the tiny, tiny bathroom. The drive was a smooth one through the countryside on that drizzly morning, and I mostly dozed through it. We sat with another American couple, the husband and I on one side of the "table" and my spouse and his spouse on the other. They were sweet to share some Pepto Bismol tablets with me! We arrived and unloaded at the Nuremberg train station. I noticed our Hotel Victoria sign right across the street. We crossed the busy street although I later found out there was a pedestrian underpass a little further on. The bus seemed full (I didn't go upstairs to survey the group up there...it felt full as we all spilled out of the bus) and would recommend buying tickets ahead of time.

sla019

There are trains, but they take longer 4:30 to 5:00). They are difficult to find - seems that DB wants to lure travellers into its busses (many of the trains are not operated by DB). Click "change other data" and "carriage of bicycle" and you will find the trains. Don't take the prices too seriously: most of them you can ride with a "Bayer-Böhmen" ticket (25E plus 5.50 additional passengers each), which covers your travel until Karlovy Vary or Plzn, resp. You can buy a supplement for Prague on the train or buy a Czech online ticket in advance (approx. 6E for the Plzn-Praha trip, if I recall it correctly).

sla019

Addendum: You can book the whole trip online via website of Czech rail and it is even cheaper (ca 15 E.): www.cd.cz/eshop

sla019

There is also a "Prague Special" ticket, one way 29E, return (valid 1 month) 55E.

sla019

> (valid 1 month)

oops, it's 2 weeks only.