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Topic: Train-Florence,Italy to Wurzburg,Germany
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jyager
TUG MemberPosts: 31
From: san diego, ca usa
Registered: May 2001
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posted 02-19-2005 08:48
    
How hard would it be by train to go from Florence to Wurzburg?? How long would it take?? Any connection?? Cost?? And is it a high speed train?? I could also arrive in Frankfurt if it is easier/less expensive.Finally any suggestions on timetables and booking tickets?? Thanks!! IP: Logged |
Judyj
TUG MemberPosts: 1633
From: Frightfully Cold, MN: Liki Tiki, Atlantic Beach, Northern VA
Registered: Dec 2001
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posted 02-19-2005 13:30
Go to www.trenitalia.com . Click the British flag for English. Click on the International Travel link in the header. Fill in for your desired travel dates.
I found usually three trains per day. On the details for the first route, a Eurostar train departed Firenze S.M.N (Santa Maria Novella, the main station) to Milano, connecing to a Cisalpino train into Stuttgart before a final regional train into Wurzburg.Eurostar and Cisalpino are some of the fastest, nicest trains in Europe. The Cisalpino have a special tilting device so that turns can be taken more quickly. You'll barely notice the tilt but it's something to experience going through the Alps. Have fun! Note: I put in a 9:00 departure time, otherwise it assumes about a midnight departure time, which is not usually what people want. Looks like that Eurostar leaves about 7 am. It's not a short trip. [This message has been edited by Judyj (edited 02-19-2005).] IP: Logged |
Carolinian
TUG MemberPosts: 5681
From: North Carolina
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 02-19-2005 19:03
As to booking tickets, I have found that it is usually cheaper to buy them at the station in Europe. I have been quoted substantially higher prices by Rail Europe here in the US than the tickets cost in Europe at the station.The Italian railroad has its own US office, and on my first trip to Italy I bought tickets from them. Their quote was lower than Rail Europe and they assured me that they were the same price as if bought at the station. I found that the base price was indeed the same, but they added a service fee to each segment that would not have been charged at the station. They also insisted on selling me a seat reservation for each segment. On some trains, that is actually required wherever you buy the ticket. They charged a good bit more than the stations in Italy for those seat reservations. When buying at the station, they often tell you that the reservation is not necessary and a waste of money on some trains where it is optional. I also bought tickets through the Italian railroad that time for a trip extension into Slovenia and Croatia. They did charge higher fares on those than if they had been purchased at the stations in Zagreb and Llublijana, and the reservations they charged me for were worthless. One was on an unreserved train!!!! On another, the train was reserved, but somebody had a reservation from the Slovenian railroad for my seat so I had to scramble to find another one. That is the one and only time I have pre-bought tickets in the US before arriving in Europe. I have only once failed to get a seat on the train I wanted, on a train from Poland to Germany, and then I only had to wait an hour or two until the next train.
I have travelled by train in most countries of Europe, and I am a firm believer in buying tickets there, not here. One exception is the UK, where advance prices can be a lot better than last minute fares, and those tickets can be bought over the internet from the UK railroad. IP: Logged | |
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