Has anybody bought a Rail Pass in Germany?
I want to get the German Twin Rail Pass for my travels through Germany. But I am already in London (year long OE) so cannot order one online to be sent to my address (must be outside Europe). However, I travel on a NZ passport so I can purchase one in Germany according to the website.

Has anybody done this? Is it more expensive? Easy to do?

Input your proposed itinerary at www.railpass.com so you can compare the price of a pass with point to point tickets...BUT that input and "comparison" will not tell you a thing about the FLEXIBILITY which comes with a pass.

The more you use a pass the more economical it becomes..unless you are planning to take a LOT of trips a pass is probably not worth it from a strictly cost point of view.

If you know anyone outside Europe, you can order the pass and have it sent to their address, and just have them send it to you (provided you're not in a really tight time crunch).

Thanks for your help.

I did consider that grsing. However, it seems a bit of a risk as I am from NZ. It will have to get from the US to NZ, then safely from NZ to UK. And then the postage starts adding to the cost of the pass. And as I am leaving mid April I am cutting it fine.

It is my fault really I should have looked into it all earlier.

I have been googling a bit more and it does seem that I can buy one in the Munich main train station. But at what price I do not know.

Do you have any friends in the US? You could have it sent there, and then to London; that wouldn't take more than a week or so, and postage between the US and London for standard air mail is pretty cheap (a buck or so).

According to the German Rail website, you can buy German Rail flexi-passes, 5 or 10 day only, at "selected major train stations in Germany". Go to bahn.de > intern. guests > planning your journey > price overview, and find the link to German Rail passes. It's near the middle of the next page.

I don't know what the "major selected" train stations are. Go to the first station you come to and ask. If they don't know anything, don't give up. I would certainly expect one or more of the stations around Frankfurt (Hbf or FRA Regbf) to sell them.

I expect you will have to show something to prove you are not a German (or European) resident.

Hop on over to RailEurope on Piccadilly just west of Piccadilly Circus in London - they probably sell German Railpasses like they do Eurailpasses, France passes, point-point Continental tickets, etc.

Assuming DB uses the same prices at major train stations that they show on their website, the comparison with Rick Steves is $1.25/€.