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Originally posted by Chris4
I think you have some things mixed up there, cookie.
actually: nope...
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Originally posted by Chris4
When you say you always need to buy a ticket at the counter, that's not correct when you have InterRail, as the IR that counts as your ticket. So tickets in my situation i never need to get, but normally yes.
It is correct what I've said. A pass is also a form of a ticket... so you do have a 'ticket'. Again, you can not board a train without having a ticket (in one form or the other), otherwise you'll pay a fine which can be quite high depending on the situation:
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And for these trains, you need a reservation which is 10 euros from the desk or 18 when the ticket guy comes round and checks you don't have one.
that price you payed more is actually a fine!! (and do it in Belgium and you can end up paying quite a bit more sometimes (towards €100 euro)). You are not meant to buy your ticket on the train itself, but on the ticket counter, unless there is no ticket counter in the station where you boarded the train.
Above is for Belgium, Netherlands, etc. In other European countries other rules may apply, but the principles are mostly all the same.
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I called them 'fast trains' because they're not just international, e.g. I used eurostar from one city to another in italy and going to do the same in france with the fast TGV trains.
They still are international trains though; their complete traject goes from one country to another. Of course you can hop on and off to your likings (according to your ticket) and use them for shorter trajects, like with any other train, but they still are international long haul trains.
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