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I am planning a trip for August, traveling between August 8-9. I would like to know how far in advance I can make seat reservations for TGV services in France. I understand there is a reservation quota for passholders. I would like to optimize my choice of seats to ensure getting a window...

I vaguely remember exploring travel in Austria and being able to select exact seats on railjet trains. I have done test pass-holder tickets, and it appears that I am just assigned a seat. Am I missing something here?

I am looking at traveling around Italy on the train. I am interested in routes that I believe are not traveled so much by tourists. The first is from Milan to Lecce. The second would be South of Naples heading towards Sicily. My question: If I am booking FRECCIAROSSa, Frecciargento, or...

I will be arriving on the QM2 on Friday, July 14. I did a ticket inquiry and noticed that there were choices for a 1-hour 20-minute trip to Waterloo or an approximately 2-hour trip to Victoria station. What is the equipment is operated on these trains? Is one route better than the other...

I am planning a trip from Paris to Strasburg. I looked at the information on seat61 and on the trainline reservation app. Neither source of information verifies how seats line up with windows. I looked at a few photos of the duplex TGV on seat 61 and the facing seats at a table appear to...

Greetings, I am planning a trip to Paris in July. We take the QM2 from New York to Southhampton and then we are planning to get to Paris on the Eurostar. If there are railway strikes in France, how will this affect Eurostar? How long do the strikes last? If it is a day or so we could just...

I will be traveling with my GF from St. Pancras to Paris after a crossing on the QM2. Do they have luggage carts available at St. Pancras? Thank you.

I am putting together my itinerary for my trip for next Summer. I am curious about EC 9 because it follows the traditional route along the Rhine. The notes for this train indicate that there is a bordrestaurant. I did a mock booking and could not determine from the train diagram where the...

I am planning a Eurail pass trip for next summer and would like to travel on the Thalys. I used the Seat61 website to get to the area describing how to make passholder reservations on the Belgian railway's website. Once I work through the steps I have only been given the option to buy an...

I was 22 years old and in college when I made my first overseas trip from Chicago to London as part of a College overseas program. Our group stayed at 34 Harrington Gardens near the Gloucester road tube station. At this point in my life I had ridden every Amtrak route in the USA, some more...

I am currently using the trainline app to checks schedules and timing for various trips. The app tells me the railway company that operates the train, but little else. Is there an app or online web sight that tells me what types of onboard services are on each train? When I traveled in 1988...

I traveled throughout Britain in 1988 and 1990. I enjoyed the intercity 125 and rides up and down the wcml. As well as many other routes. What is the most interesting rolling stock to ride in present day operations? What kind of rolling stock is operating in Wales? Thank you