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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Cieszyn to Oświęcim

« on: May 10, 2011, 10:26:33 pm »

  Ok looking at the train rozklad-pkp.pl for 25.5.2011, I am only seeing a few trains leaving from Cieszyn Marklowice to Oświęcim:

8:04 (with a connection in Czechowice Dziedzice),
12:08 (with a connection in Czechowice Dziedzice) and
14:25 (Direct)

  You had mentioned the bus is another option and the PKS station is right close to the train station in Cieszyn.  I can only find the Polish language website for the PKS in Cieszyn so I can't really understand what the bus times are to get to Oświęcim.

  Just trying to figure out better options then just those 3 trains

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Vienna to Warsaw Question

« on: March 17, 2011, 03:43:16 pm »

  Just thinking here of a possibility making things easier on my trip.

   I am seeing a train from Wien Meidling  to Warszawa Centralna leaving at 22:23 on 19.05.11 for 75EU (2nd Class) and 115EU (1st Class).

  Is this pricing correct on the OBB website?  Or am I missreading it since I don't have any discounts?

  Also, it doesn't seem like this train has a sleeper car at all.  Is this correct?

  I'm just trying to see if there was a sleeper car over night between the two cities...
 

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Multi Trip - Krakow to Warsaw to Lodz to Ostrava to Oswiecim to to Krakow

« on: February 01, 2011, 03:25:46 pm »

  Ok I have had excellet help in my last trip by you tUt.  The information you gave me to help me get from Bratislava to Vienna and then back to Budapest was so helpful and made my trip so much easier.

  So I am back once again with my next trip this comming May.  I will be flying to Krakow and want to probably get a train to Warsaw for a few days (Leaving on a Friday).  Then probably on the Sunday head to Lodz or straight to Ostrava, Czech (not sure if I will do Lodz or not).  Then from Ostrava to Oswiecim (maybe Tues).  I hear there are frequest trains from Oswiecim to Krakow so that I think I could just get at the train station there.

  So just trying to get an idea as some people were saying Warsaw to Ostrava I might have to connect in Krakow anyways.  Just trying to get an idea of some ideas for trying to see all these places. Thanks...

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Prague to Unknown Destination.

« on: September 17, 2010, 08:02:32 pm »

  Just looking at possible side trips to one of the following places and was curious of approximate travel times between them.

Prague to Berlin
Prague to Dresden
Prague to Munich
Prague to Warclaw
Prague to Katowice

  I know the distances, but that doesn't mean the shortest distance is going to be the fastest train.  Looking at going to one other destination outside of the Czech Republic for a few nights.  I think the obvious one Katowice would be by far the longest at maybe 7 hours?  Just curious of all the places...

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Travel plans, routes and timetables / Bratislava to Vienna

« on: August 06, 2010, 11:08:58 pm »

  I will be trying to buy a ticket from Bratislava (Hlavná  Stanica) to Südbahnhof station in Vienna.  My question is since I won't have a good phrase book for Slovakian, how easy will it be to get my ticket?

  I'll be either leaving on the 9:51 train or the 10:34 train on a Saturday morning.  Will the ticket I buy be like in Budapest where the ticket is good for any train?  Or will it be good for a specific train only?  Also can you buy tickets in Bratislava by credit card?

  I am planning on trying to write down my request (using some of the Slovak book I have) and mentioning the time and the train (Os 9519, REX 9519) etc.  Should I say or write (Vienna) or should I be using (Wein)?

  I take it Hlavá isn't that big a station, so is it easy to navigate at all?

Thanks...

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All other train travel questions / Buying Train Ticket in Keleti Station in Budapest to Bratislava Questions

« on: July 06, 2010, 09:35:24 pm »

  Ok just needed some help trying to figure out the best way to navigate my way around for this trip.  I'll be coming into Budapest fairly late and I will be at the Keleti Pu station around 10pm.  Do they sell train tickets that late for the next morning (5:30 departure)? 

I believe the international tickets will be on the left when I first enter the station (is this correct)?

Do they speak English in case I have some confusion buying a ticket at Keleti?  (I will be writting down the train info on the one I want to show them, to make it easier, but just in case wondering how frequent english speaking ticket agents are there.

When I get my ticket, what is the word to know what Gate my train departs from since my Hungarian very bad.  Any other usefull information I'll need to know about the ticket since I probably won't be able to understand everything on it.

When I do find the gate and wait for the train, will I have to show my ticket to anyone before hand?  I know there have been some reports of scammers dressed up in uniforms that will try and 'check' your ticket. I just want to know if there are any legit people that will do this or that is done when boarding the train?

  Lots of question I know, but this will be my first time there and never have booked a Euro train before.  Thanks...