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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: August 11, 2010, 04:14:35 pm »

Sorry for the late reply. Hv been very bz with job. Thanks so much again for yr never ending advices. I am more confident now

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: August 01, 2010, 11:32:02 am »

Thanks for the advice....I've checked the timetable (Db Bahn)...am going to catch the 10:47am train Poprad - Kosice, and then the 18:06pm train Kosice - Budapest. I know there are many trains to Kosice, but dont forget that I'm going there in early December. Sunset is around 4pm. Thats why I nd to reach Kosice earlier. BTW, when I type Kosice (for departure fr Poprad) at the website, there seems to be an error...so I choose Kosice predmestie...I dont know what it mean...just hope that I got the correct timetable.
TuT, can I leave my backpack at Kosice station? How much should I expect to pay...and is it counted by per hour?
And...at minimum, how long must I be at the train station before departure? Is it difficult to locate the correct platform and coucette?

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 31, 2010, 06:54:03 pm »

I'm planning to take a morning train from Poprad, arriving Kosice around 12pm. Get down and see Kosice a little bit. Then continue with Kosice - Budapest, 6pm train. If I take the Kosice - Miskolc, I will hv to buy the Miskolc - Budapest ticket at Miskolc (to get the cheaper price)....In this case, I will hv to wait at Miskolc station for about an hour before the nx train to Budapest arrive. Meaning, I will reach Budapest almost midnight. Hmmm...dont really like the idea of getting to a big new city at such hour....
Anyway TuT, you hv helped me a lot. Thanks so much...

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 31, 2010, 04:37:13 am »

Ahh....ok....But if the trick fail and I still hv to buy one way Kosice - Budapest, how much should it be? (I hv checked the timetable, to get fr Kosice - Miskolc, and Miskolc - Budapest will require much longer time, and I will be arriving quite late in Budapest....so hv to let go the idea).

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 30, 2010, 07:08:42 pm »

HAHAHA....yes, you hv quoted the fare much earlier. I'm sorry for my carelessness...Now, it's all seems much clearer to me. You missed this one 
>If the counter person fall for the trick and let me buy the return ticket, do I nd to prepare with the info of my 'return date'?
Thanks Tut....you hv been most helpful....MUAHHHH 

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 30, 2010, 03:06:11 pm »

TQ TQ TQ....so much for yr answers...
>Exactly, you just leave the train earlier. Another big plus of buying international ticket is that you can reserve sleeper, while for domestic travel on R 441 till C.Tesin Czech e-Shop seems not to allow to buy sleeper, only tickets.

Okey then, understood. So after I get down at Cesky Tesin, how & where do I buy ticket for my next leg to Krakow (via Oswiecim)? The Czech e-shop didnt hv the route Cieszyn - Krakow (I suppose reason being is its already outside Czech).

>You can seata nywhere. You don't need to reserve seats in regional trains, that's even not possible. But in some countries if passengers "break"  their journey (like you in case of one though ticket to Krakow and stop on Oswiecim), then they need to stamp the ticket at service point at the station (it's like special stop stamp, saying that you can continue later). We aren't sure whether it is necessary in Poland or not, so it will be better you just ask at Oswiecim station.
>(it's like special stop stamp, saying that you can continue later)....You mean I ask this before I get down at Oswiecim, or before I buy the ticket Cieszyn - Krakow (via Oswiecim)? How if my ticket not allow me to continue later?

>You aren't the only one who wants/wanted try such trick, but we actually never heard about any successful outcomes in practice, everybody just noted that they were not able to purchase such quasireturn ticket. But nobody forbids you to try - why not, but be ready for the opposite.

Of course...But at least I need to know beforehand how much is the return ticket fare (to compare with the one way fare), and it seems quite tough to get the fare in english (or may be its just me who dont know how to look for it?) Depending on the route @ country, return ticket can be cheaper than one way....at other times, they only gv discount, making the one way journey is cheaper (since I am not going to take the return journey), example, one way fr A to B = 20EUR, return 30EUR. I'm not taking the return journey, so in this case, its better to buy only one way. So, how do I check the one way & the return fares for all my routes beforehand, or I can only ask at the respective train stations when buying my ticket? If the counter person fall for the trick and let me buy the return ticket, do I nd to prepare with the info of my 'return date'?
 
>Well, there is no real need for that, because in all other cases you need either straight forward discounted or regular ticket. With those you can just go to a ticket counter, say "I need one way ticket Pecs-Sarajevo or Cieszyn - Krakow" etc., nothing complicated there. At least, this is what we can say from the info you gave in your last post (from 28.07). Or maybe we incorrectly understood you?

Yes, you udstd me well...
14 Dec: Pecs - Sarajevo
17 Dec: Sarajevo - Mostar
Can I buy my 17 Dec journey at Pecs, or its not adviseable?

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 29, 2010, 05:35:02 pm »

Thank so much TuT for the detail explanation.
>Here it is better to do a small trick and buy ticket not till C.Tesin, but to Slovak station (for instance Zilina). It is because there are special discounted SparNight tickets sold in connection Czech Republic-Slovakia, such discounted tickets are cheaper then Czech domestic Praha-C.Tesin.
It can be bought here some time in advance - https://eshop.cd.cz/international/search_int.aspx?tt=2&lang=E (6 berth couchette for 2 passengers only 1034 CZK, 3 bed sleeper - 1241 CZK)
You mean, buy the ticket until Zilina, but get down at Cesky Tesin? How smart
The link above is only for departing from Czech, rite? It’s easy to udstd. Wish there is similar website for other countries so that I can book online.
As for Cieszyn – Krakow, if I take the bus, I don’t think the bus will pass Oswiecim. So, I nd to tk train as well.
>You just buy one through ticket all the way till Krakow, but then you can get off train and get on the next one easily, since ticket is not issued for specific train, but for specific route and it is valid whole day long, thus you can make multiple stops on your way.
That’s funny…so when I get on the nx one, where do I sit? Isn’t the seat numbered? Or is it free seating?
Poprad – Kosice – Budapest: I came across this forum posting, plz take a look (scroll down to the 2nd last post): http://forum.virtualtourist.com/discussion-509744-1-1-Travel-0-0-Poprad-discussion.html
Check also the imageshack link: http://img168.imageshack.us/img168/1529/screenshot20100321at735.png
If its not too much to ask, would you mind helping me this way for all my routes….so that I can just print out the image and show it to the ticket counter person to save hassles. Frankly speaking, the trick to get a cheaper rate is kinda confusing…HAHAHA…. Of course it is…that’s why we nd ppl like you

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Re: Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 28, 2010, 05:04:21 pm »

Thanks for the reply TuT. At another train forums, forumers told me that the line Poprad - Kosice - Budapest is running. They gv me the slovakian rail website, and I've checked...and yes, it shows that there are trains. I am a lil bit confused here. You said the Krakow - Kosice line is not running, does it mean the line involved Poprad as well?
If you dont mind, can you plz check trains for these routes (gv me the fares for sleeper and normal as well, the cheaper the better). I am travelling with my 15+ years old son. Thanks for yr help
27 Nov: Prague - Cesky Tesin, midnight train (to save one night accomodation)
27 Nov: Cieszyn - Krakow, early morning train (I would like the one that passed Oswiecim so that I can visit Auschwitz on the way...and once finished with Auschwitz, how do I jump on the train again to continue to Krakow? )
3 Dec: Poprad - Kosice - Budapest (morning train fr Poprad)
8 Dec: Sighisoara - Brasov (morning train)
14 Dec: Pecs - Sarajevo (morning train)
17 Dec: Sarajevo - Mostar (morning train)

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Poprad - Budapest, by train or by bus?

« on: July 25, 2010, 04:40:40 pm »

Hello,
Sorry if this has been asked before. I am going to do the above route in early December 2010. From my reading, I know that there is a train from Poprad to Budapest via Kosice. However, someone told me that the rail connection is out until the end of this year for repairing purpose, due to some floods (anyone has recent infos on this?). So, alternatively, I hv to take a bus from Poprad to Bratislava (am checking for infos on timetable & fares, but no luck so far), and then by bus from Bratislava to Budapest by Studentagency bus http://www.cseh-busz.hu/ (6.5EUR).

Can anyone tell me on how to get a bus from Poprad to Bratislava, how long is the journey, timetable & fare. Or is there any other way to do a Poprad - Budapest leg directly?


Thanks.