OBB planning for 2024 not confirmed -how risky to book?

[Niko556]

When I look at OBB website for the Bologna -munich train on 11th March I get the following message. Do folks think it is safe to assume the times won't change too much?

"
Please note that planning for local, regional and long-distance passenger rail services for the 2024 timetable year (as of 10th December 2023) has not yet been completed and the timetable data is not yet complete.

It is therefore possible that the local, regional and long-distance connections will be changed or cancelled at the time of the timetable change, that additional services may be added to the timetable data or that the departure or arrival times or the operating transport company may still change.
This particularly affects the long-distance services listed below:

List of affected long-distance trains

Ticket sales for the night train connections are expected to start in mid-October 2023.

We thus ask you to review the current timetable of your connection in due time before starting your journey. Thank you very much."

 

[SeanG]

I don't think that they will vary too much - maybe an hour or so either way - so if this isn't an issue then I would book away. Personally I would always leave slack in a schedule before catching a sleeper (in case of previous delays) and afterwards (in the not so rare moment that a sleeper is delayed).

 

[30907]

Basically it means that the Italians haven't confirmed the timetable, perhaps WRT engineering works. I wouldn't be unduly bothered - but nor would I be booking a daytime train 4 months in advance in most of Europe.
I would be cautious about onward connections, that's all.

 

[AlbertBeale]

When I look at OBB website for the Bologna -munich train on 11th March I get the following message. Do folks think it is safe to assume the times won't change too much?

"
Please note that planning for local, regional and long-distance passenger rail services for the 2024 timetable year (as of 10th December 2023) has not yet been completed and the timetable data is not yet complete.

It is therefore possible that the local, regional and long-distance connections will be changed or cancelled at the time of the timetable change, that additional services may be added to the timetable data or that the departure or arrival times or the operating transport company may still change.
This particularly affects the long-distance services listed below:

List of affected long-distance trains

Ticket sales for the night train connections are expected to start in mid-October 2023.

We thus ask you to review the current timetable of your connection in due time before starting your journey. Thank you very much."

I've booked some services using OBB that are after the timetable change and gave me that warning. But since they've sold me the tickets - including for connecting services - I assume that something similar will run, even if times shuffle a little bit. (But yes, obviously allow a bit of extra leeway for any crucial connections.) The only problem I found was that where trains were covered by this warning, reservations weren't always available. But even those have come on-line since, despite that warning still being in place for some services.

 

[Niko556]

Thanks for the advice all