Train from Munich to Prague
 

Hi, my friend and I are going to Prague from Munich and need some help on on train travel. I have been looking at www.bahn.de and can't seem to get prices, I have no idea what I am doing wrong. We are thinking about taking a night train, have any of you done this or do you have any ideas? Thanks, Felissa

It is not your fault or anything you did wrong. As far as I have ever been able to discover, the site will not give international prices. If you cross a border, it clams up.<BR>There are some exceptions. For example, going from Munich to Salzburg is actually a DB train ride all the way.<BR>But that doesn't help you at all.<BR>

The ricksteves site has a time/cost map. Check night train costs at euraide.de.

Two points here. Euraid charges a $35 fee for sending you the tickets.<BR>Horse feathers.<BR>The Rick Steves site links you into the Deutsche Bahn website, which is where we started initially. <BR><BR>So, the information is not much help.

Thanks for the info, have any of you ever done this trip? Or taken night trains? Should we take a night train or just take a day train? Can we just book it when we get to Munich or do we need to book it in advance? Thanks, Felissa

On railEurope your trip costs<BR>$89 2nd class <BR><BR>http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/fares_schedules/index.htm<BR><BR>Don't know if this is the cheapest place on on the web - or if buying at the station is cheaper

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Hi, the ride is 7 or 8 hours long so you are better off taking the overnight train. You will arrive in Prague at about 8 a.m. The only downside that I found was that many hotels are not willing to accomodate you early so you are left wandering the streets till check in time. <BR><BR>When I did this, I booked my train when I arrived in Munich--about a day and a half before my departure to Prague.<BR><BR>I took a day train to go back from Prague to Munich. But you know what? If I had to do it over, I'd take a night train again. I think I thought I'd catch some scenery on the way back. Oh, well.

To expand on my previous post:<BR><BR>I just checked the ricksteves site. There used to be a more complete time/cost map for estimating, now there is this:<BR>http://www.ricksteves.com/rail/howrailworks.htm<BR><BR>I suspect his railpass guide has the more complete chart, it can be downloaded from his site.<BR><BR>The euraide site is the only place I've found on the web with prices for sleepers and couchettes. Yes, there is a charge if you buy from them, but I don't know another way to find out the cost if you wait till you get to Europe. It also can be cheaper than buying from raileurope, depending on you exact situation.

I did the night train from munich to prague twice last year. Under the old Bahn Card system (half-price on trains in Germany, perhaps a small discount outside of germany), we paid a bit over 100 Euro round trip per person and this includes a second class couchette. I would NOT do this trip without some sort of sleeper, because it is a long ride and trains are old and not particularly comfortable.<BR><BR>With the new Bahn Card pricing system, (30 euro up-front and 10-40% discount for travel in Germany, depending on how far in advance you travel), I don't know how much this will cost, but likely more than 110 Euro r/t. You can, of course, by a one-way ticket, which will be exactly half the cost.<BR>Without a Bahncard purchase, you'd be paying closer to 180-200 Euro, I fear.<BR><BR>www.bahn.de never gives full prices for international train travel.