Paris- Hamburg by Train

martindow

It might be worth looking at seat61. This site has lots of information on international rail travel including advice on where and when to book.

http://seat61.com/

totallybored

Voyager2002 wrote: »

The German Railway site is good, and has a version in English: I think quoting the same fares as the German site. It gives fares for journeys within Germany and at most one other country: so it would NOT work for any trains that pass across Belgium on the way to Hamburg.

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It definately used to. I bought London to Cologne tickets a couple of years ago that had a change in Brussels.

totallybored

OP - you need to book at Bahn.com for the London-Spezial prices. http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/prices/europe/london-spezial.shtml

I've had a look at random dates and its €89 each way for a morning departure and a change in Brussels and Cologne. There are €59 each way tickets but they arrive in Brussels late at night and then it's a 7am train. You could find a cheap airbnb place to sleep in though. When you look at the prices make sure you change the class to 2nd class as first is automatically selected.

callum9999

totallybored wrote: »

OP - you need to book at Bahn.com for the London-Spezial prices. http://www.bahn.com/i/view/GBR/en/prices/europe/london-spezial.shtml

I've had a look at random dates and its €89 each way for a morning departure and a change in Brussels and Cologne. There are €59 each way tickets but they arrive in Brussels late at night and then it's a 7am train. You could find a cheap airbnb place to sleep in though. When you look at the prices make sure you change the class to 2nd class as first is automatically selected.

They are travelling from Paris, not London...

martindow

callum9999 wrote: »

They are travelling from Paris, not London...

The wonderful seat61 says that fares start from 39 Euros

http://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Hamburg.htm#Hamburg-Paris

Voyager2002

martindow wrote: »

The wonderful seat61 says that fares start from 39 Euros

http://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Hamburg.htm#Hamburg-Paris

What a rip-off!

More than twenty squids, and you never get off the ground. And I bet they don't sell you scratch cards either.

callum9999

martindow wrote: »

The wonderful seat61 says that fares start from 39 Euros

http://www.seat61.com/international-trains/trains-from-Hamburg.htm#Hamburg-Paris

Well I can't find a single ticket available for €39, €49 is hard enough to find! I'd guess it's out of date.

totallybored

callum9999 wrote: »

They are travelling from Paris, not London...

Oops, I read the London in the original post that is irrelevant to everything. There's a Europa spezial fare in that case. I can only find €89 fares though on the random dates I looked at.

callum9999

totallybored wrote: »

Oops, I read the London in the original post that is irrelevant to everything. There's a Europa spezial fare in that case. I can only find €89 fares though on the random dates I looked at.

They have a decent saver-fare finder on the homepage. Using that I found loads of €69 and a few €49 fares - it will show you the cheapest tickets on the day you select then you can scroll forward/back by a day at a time.