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« on: June 03, 2011, 12:43:43 pm »
For instance CityStar ticket Ljubljana to any station in Germany(without ICE) costs 155 EUR which is really good deal if more people are travelling and if you travel somewhere north in Germany and you can make stops along the route.
I'd like to know how much would cost Obb-DB CityStar, Salzburg-Augsburg(or Stuttgart) or Villach-Augsburg. I don't find specific infos. I doubt that would be usefull for my trip to Augsburg but I could be for any other trips to Germany as these CityStar tickets are realy good deals.
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« on: June 02, 2011, 02:24:07 pm »
Strange and funny as I see there are limitations written only in slovenian language on SZ home site. In our case: Ponudba Spar Schiene velja na vlakih 210/110 in 111/211, which means offer is valid only on these trains. The only discount fare SZ-OBB for this train is Regio ticket, Ljubljana-Villach, return 20EUR. Region ticket is actually valid on all trains going in Villach direction.
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« on: June 02, 2011, 10:29:19 am »
Thanks. Yes, City Star costs 47EUR per person and it's a good option. The fair is also during weekend and I'll start my yourney Friday 23.50 from LJ and Sunday 1.34 back from Salzburg so there's Saturday night between both legs. There's connection at 4.58 from Salzburg to Munich via Freilassing and I think Bavaria ticket is enough to do that route. If I buy Bavaria ticket online do I need to replace it with a ticket at the station or is it OK using printed paper on trains?
According to SZ those Spar Schine tickets LJ-Salzburg(19 EUR) are valid only on trains 210,211 and not night trains so in my case this is not an option.
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« on: June 01, 2011, 09:14:54 pm »
Hi travelers. I'll be going to Augsburg in August for a whole day to have fun at country festival. I'm asking now because of seat limits on some trains. Connections are well but prices not so. I'd like to use night train EN498, 499 LJ-Munich-LJ and the Bavaria ticket for Munich-Augsburg leg. Night train cost 39EUR each way and Bavaria ticket 21EUR so all together would be 99EUR. I was searching about other options. I looked at OBB home site and found limited tickets for 19EUR, Villach-Augsburg and Augsburg-Villach. That way I'm using also Regio ticket LJ-Villach-LJ which is 20EUR. All would be 58EUR. That's a good price but this way I need one overnight in Augsburg because Villach-Augsburg is a daytime train. Are there any other good options?
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« on: May 10, 2011, 11:12:33 am »
We haven't asked about UZ carriage in Bratislava just for RZD since we couldn't buy City Star ticket. Actually there was 1 free berth in RZD carriage but we were two of us. Maybe the fact was end of holiday time. Yea I was surprised about that 'child' rule I didn't know what to say hmm:) And cashier spoke english so there's wasn't lack of communication. We actually could buy regular ticket Čierna-Lvov and ask then for UZ carriage but it would be too expensive. Return Čierna-Lvov as I remember is 31EUR and UZ carriage 19EUR one way. We used train departing 4.19AM. We took kupe on route Uzhhorod-Moscow and cost 12EUR till Lviv so more expensive than usual. Waiting at the station wasn't problem. We killed time by conversation with ukrainian lady using the same train. They were all nice and helpful in Ukraine we met.
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« on: May 05, 2011, 11:23:53 pm »
So, we are back, safe and sound  Some infos. There wasn't possibility to buy sleeper in Bratislava on day of departure, it was full. Also we couldn't buy City Star ticket Čierna-Lviv-Čierna in Bratislava because of 1 ADULT, 1 CHILD rule. But it was fine. We took the same train in sitting compartment till Chop. We bought return Čierna-Chop-Čierna in Bratislava for about 4,5EUR. Then we bought ukrainian train in Chop. Return Chop-Lviv was about 15 EUR, depends of train. Connections went fine.That way travelling is a lot cheaper so I suggest not buying City Star tickey by travelling to Ukraine instead of to/from border seperate tickets.
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« on: April 20, 2011, 01:27:42 pm »
I have one more question...since renovation of Wien Suedbahnhof our train will arrive in Wien Meidling station. From there we need to take S Bahn to Wien Suedbahnhof for Bratislava directions. Does the S bahn departs from the platforms inside Meidling train station? Do we need to buy separate ticket for Vienna transport or will be ok to make this part of route with our City Star ticket? Thank you.
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« on: April 16, 2011, 04:04:58 pm »
On my City Star ticket is written Kledering*Kittsee*(as a border station)*Bratislava. I see if you want to go to Bratislava hl.st, the border station will be Marchegg. Does it really matter which train you choose to go to Bratislava. We'd like to go to Bratislava hl.st, not Bratislava Petržalka.
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« on: April 14, 2011, 06:39:14 pm »
I found out there may be problem with our City Star ticket because of Sunday rule. There must be Sunday between outward and return journey. We bought City Star ticket Celje-Čierna nad Tisou-Celje. We start our journey in Monday. By returning from Lviv we actually depart Čierna in Friday and arrive in Bratislava in Saturday. We'll stay 2 days in Bratislava and return home in Monday. I think this Sunday rule apply by returning from Čierna and not when you actually arrive back to Slovenia. Are conducters really concern on this Sunday rule? So in worst scenario we'll need to pay for additional ticket Čierna-Bratislava (about 20 EUR) and maybe penalty. Or dou you suggest that we buy ticket Čierna-Bratislava in advance at the counter and use our City Star ticket by returning from Bratislava. Does this Sunday rule exist also for City Star Čierna-Lviv-Čierna.
I know lots of questions but that infos may be usefull for others:)
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« on: April 14, 2011, 01:20:25 pm »
I just got a message from ZSSK. There is currently 22 vacant berths in direction Bratislava-Lviv for the date 25.4. In opposite direction they can't tell me how many berths are available but I think it's normally possible to buy berth in Bratislava for Lviv-Bratislava direction.
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« on: April 14, 2011, 01:06:16 pm »
So our plan would probably be: Trying to buy sleeper at the railway station in Bratislava few hours before train departure. In case they are full we'll take the same train (13.57) till Chop in seatin carriage. It arrives in Chop around 1AM. There's a train #830(probably suburban, though it's fast) which departs Chop 6.59AM and arrives in Lviv 12.22PM. In this case we'll need to wait in Chop almost 6 hours in the middle of the night. I know not the best idea 'cause there's nothing to do. Is someone familiar with the Chop train station? There should be a waiting room, ATM, maybe a bar? And I read somewhere there's possible to take a room upstairs in the train station.
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« on: April 13, 2011, 09:17:32 pm »
Actually if you a fan of scenic routes, then this one is rather good option, because it allows you to catch "wave" of suburban trains Uzghorod-Sianky-Lviv, so you depart Uzghorod at 10:45 and arrive to Lviv 19:26
I'm looking for that train at ukrainian railways webpage but I couldn't find any info. There's one that departs at 22.35. And there are probably only seats and no berths and restaurant on this suburban train?
And thanks again for your infos:)
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« on: April 13, 2011, 08:47:47 pm »
Via Austria. There's no City Star ticket for Hungary. That price(45EUR) is correct if 3 persons travelling together f.i. from Celje. From Ljubljana would be around 6 Euro more. The base price for 1 person from Ljubljana is 76 Euro.
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« on: April 13, 2011, 02:52:06 pm »
So, I tried to book sleeper Bratislava-Lviv at railway station in Ljubljana but wasn't successful. Of course they have EPA system but we couldn't find those sleepers. I had all numbers with but wasn't helpful. There's probably no agreement between SŽ and RZD/UZ and they can't sell it.
So, what now. We bought City Star ticket till Čierna nad Tisou(SVK). We depart Bratislava 25.4 and going back 29.4 from Lviv. I checked e kvitok and there's almost no berhts for the train that departs Chop around 4am(the same train which departs Bratislava at 13.57 aday before). For going back there are still berths for the train that departs Lviv 10.31AM(the same train which arrives in Bratislava around 5AM next day). We could depart Bratislava in the evening, arrive in Chop aroud 11am and take local train to Lviv which departs aroud 2PM. No problem. Another solution is train to Michalovce, bus to Uzhorod and then train to Lviv.
What do you suggest? Since it's holiday time it will be good idea to buy those local ukrainian trains in advance at e kvitok. How it works? I know some russian. And I read somewhere if you buy it at e kvitok you need to claim tickets at counter some days before your train departure. That's the problem because we will be in Chop some hours before the train to Lviv departs. Does the site works well with foreign credit cards?
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« on: February 10, 2011, 06:41:37 pm »
Yap, and City Star ZSSK>300km, UZ>500km(Kiev) costs 88 EUR.
Is direct sleeper Venice-Moscow still running? I remember I saw RDZ carriage at Ljubljana railway station years ago. It used to run on route Venice-Ljubljana-Zagreb-Budapest-Moscow.
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