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I rode Thalys from Paris Nord to Köln on Sunday at 16:55. We all lined up for the security check, and there were teams of yellow-coated workers crowding the machines, but when the gate opened they just waved everyone through—no bag checks, no checks of people setting off the metal detection...

Remember, the sleeping car attendant works for the company operating the sleeping car and is not a train guard. He holds the tickets so the guards of the various railway companies can come through in the night and do their checks (4 checks, in the case of your train).

You actually got off lucky. The Polish conductor only charged you at the domestic (TLK) rate from the border to Warsaw, 75PLN/person. The international rate, had he been able to charge it, would have been 42€ (about 180PLN)/person!

If you bought a 2nd class ticket from the Hungarian (MAV) web site, it would have been a discount SparNight ticket, not a standard TCV ticket. (MAV doesn't sell full-fare standard tickets online.) One of the conditions of the SparNight offer is that you cannot change the booked class of...

Trains on this route disappeared 3-4 years ago.

Yes, there is an additional fee for buying on-board. Why not buy the ticket now from the Regional Railways (Przewozy Regionalne) web site?

Why do you need to (for the Berlin-Kostrzyn-Poznan route)? There are no seat reservations involved (unless you will use a PKP IC train from Krzyz-Poznan). Just buy the ticket to Kostrzyn from a VBB ticket machine in Berlin or on the train (about 11€), and the onward trains book on the Polish web...

For the Berlin to Poznan trip, do NOT buy a through ticket from Berlin to Poznan from DB. This will be the most expensive option. *buy a VBB ticket from Berlin to Kostrzyn (PL) *buy a Przewozy Regionalne ticket from Kostrzyn to Poznan, either from the PR web site or from the conductor for a...

Toruń--2.5-3 hours away. Very interesting old town, sort of mini-Kraków. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95tHfKcXvYw

http://www.rynek-kolejowy.pl/wiadomosci/en-jan-kiepura-kursuje-tylko-do-grudnia-76886.html Its official now, that the Köln-Warszawa night service "Jan Kiepura" will not continue beyond the December timetable change. It's no surprise, but it was a useful east-west link.

To follow up on the Koleje Mazowieckie situation... I contacted their tariff department, and finally today received a reply that "informuję, że w Kolejach Mazowieckich honorowane są uprawnienia wynikające z przynależności do FIP." (We inform you that on Koleje Mazowieckie FIP tickets are...

You can buy a ticket directly from RZD for the direct train at 17:06 from Moscow. It may be too early for your date. http://eng.rzd.ru E-tickets are available.

On the KM web site, the section about "honoring tickets" does not mention FIP/InterRail/Eurail: http://www.mazowieckie.com.pl/pl/honorowanie-bilet-w So, I rang them up. After much consultation, the man returned and told me that FIP cards/tickets are honored by Koleje Mazowieckie. He said it...

There's a little railway museum at Kościerzyna, which you can reach by train. The train ride from Gdynia down to Kościerzyna is quite scenic. http://muzeumkolejnictwa.com.pl/muzeum/

I have just one ticket, Berlin=>London It's too late, unfortunately. I booked, thinking I could easily find a hotel in the Midi area, but then got to reading about what a bad neighbourhood it is! And there aren't many budget options there, either.

I'm traveling Berlin-London on a London-Spezial in April. I'm overnighting at Brussels, and I hope someone can give me some advice.... My hotel is near Gare Central. Could I hop off the ICE at Bruxelles-Nord and use my DB ticket on a local train from there to Gare Central, and do the same the...

The ES reservation is included at no extra charge. If you want a reservation on a connecting DB train, this is payable at €4,50.

Drop me a line, and I'd be happy to sort this out for you. biuro@polrail.com

Here's the BWE tariff, in Polish I'm afraid: Warunki Taryfowe i Zasady Sprzedaży Dokumentów Przewozu na pociągi relacji Warszawa/Gdynia-Berlin Page 19, the "Bordpass", is what you need if you have an InterRail pass. PKP sells it for 4 Euro, the Germans charge 4.50. Side note: the...

The supplement for the BWE, to an InterRail pass, is 4.50 Euro. If you want to do Berlin-Warsaw overnight, take a local DB train to Szczecin, and catch the Szczecin-Warsaw sleeper from there.