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I would echo a lot of what other contributors have said. Getting a Gold Card First Class supplement in FCC land is nigh-on impossible. In fact I have tried many times and hardly ever succeeded (except after 25 minutes at the Kings Cross East Coast travel centre). In contrast I have rarely had...

I would echo previous correspondents about the 'restaurant' on the Budapest - Bucharest 'Ister'. When I travelled last May (and 2 years earlier) it was in an ex-DB restaurant car, with one half set out as a restaurant and the other as a stylish but unused stand-up bar. Anyone waiting at the bar...

I've found CityNightLine to be quite good, but catering can be a bit hit and miss and those German couchettes are rather hard. For a long journey (6 hours plus) an overnight train is a pretty good option, especially in some parts of southeastern Europe where speeds are quite slow. A couple of...

Strangely there seemed to be two buffets. There was the 'Alex-Treff' at the rear with an uninspiring range of nothing very much (and which came off at Regensburg), and a proper Czech Bistro car, staffed but devoid of customers at the front! Things have certainly improved...

Sitting on the ALEX from Munchen to Prague right now. Very comfortable refurbished Czech compartment coaches and a Bistro car serving full meals attached throughout!

Personally I don't much like Trolleys. On my frequentish trips from Waterloo to Weymouth they're never there when you want them, and always there when you don't (like trying to get past them to the Weymouth portion or to empty seats). Heading down from Waterloo, you've barely left the station...

From what I can tell from previous trips, online bookings on tcdd.gov.tr can open as late as 15 days before departure, though I've booked a month in advance before. The man in seat 61 (seat61.com) gives a pretty good description of the booking process and a fairly accurate idea of which trains...

Most 'Corail' hauled rakes seem to have at least one or two compartment coaches. They certainly do on the Paris Nord - Boulogne, and Paris - Mauberge services.

I've travelled from Istanbul/Izmir to Ankara and beyond to Diyarbakir and also to Kars. Over the last ten years services have changed significantly, some trains have been withdrawn and remaining services have been re-equipped with new or refurbished stock. The line wastwards from Istanbul is...

Thank you!

Just this minute bought two anytime day returns from Feltham to Calais with a Gold Card discount for £24.65 each for travel this Friday from Charing Cross ticket office. Tickets were issued with no difficulty, along with the necessary control tickets. I understand from this thread that railcard...

I travelled between Kosice and Bratislava back in June, stopping for a ride on the Tatra electric railway and at the pleasant town of Trencin. Fares are low, online booking is easy, and the food (and beer) in the restaurant car is good and cheap. Well worth the trip. Chisinau I visited in...

I travelled on the train in 2003 and I think the couchette cars are the same. Don't know the dimensions but the space between the bunks seemed decent enough.

Wow, thank you all for that information - that is tremendously helpful and means I can afford to do the trip I've intended! Thank you!

I’m planning to make the following journey and thought I’d find out the best ticketing options from those who know these things. On Thurday 25th October I wish to travel from Staines to Redland (Bristol), arriving around 5 pm. On Saturday 27th October I wish to travel from Redland to...

I travelled to Chisinau in August. As well as the (quite comfortable) direct overnight train from Bucharest, there are also quite a few minibuses from Iasi (in the north east of Romania) to Chisinau, taking about three or four hours. It appears that the trains from Chisinau to Kiev travel via...

Sitting on a 460 right now, the 12.45 from Victoria. Didn't check what the unit number was though... Checked 460 007

That appeared to happen to a train I was on the other week. On Thursday 9th August I was at Chiasso awaiting the EC20 15.52 service from Milan to Zurich. The departure screens advertised as it as a 'substitute train' or at least that's what I translated it as. Heading up to the platform there...

They'll send you the coupons in the post, one for the UK bit and one for the Netherlands. Booked a journey recently and coupons arrived fairly quick!

Travelled Ljublijana - Sargans on the direct overnight train in early June, sharing a two berth sleeper. Used a 2nd class Interrail pass. Supplement, booked at Berlin Zoo ticket office five days earlier, was 47 euro. The sleeper car (can't remember if there were 1 or 2 of them) is a clean modern...