6 Unwritten Rules of European Train Travel - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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Donald
All of Europes a night-train/And all the men and women merely passengers/They have their Brexits and their Schengen Areas/And one man in his couchette smells many farts/His trips covering different gauges/At first the teenager/Hungover and puking in his best mates arms/And then the whining young man, with rucksack/And bleary morning face/And then the husband/Sighing with sternness/And a wheres my passport? /Made to his wifes eyeball/The Spanish gauge shifts into green and considered Irun/The spectacle of those/With Euros well saved/Last train of all/That bookends this changing, scentful mystery/Is second-class and near-Bolivian/Sans tea, sans pies, sans haste, sans air spring.
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All of Europes a night-train/And all the men and women merely passengers/They have their Brexits and their Schengen Areas/And one man in his couchette smells many farts/His trips covering different gauges/At first the teenager/Hungover and puking in his best mates arms/And then the whining young man, with rucksack/And bleary morning face/And then the husband/Sighing with sternness/And a wheres my passport? /Made to his wifes eyeball/The Spanish gauge shifts into green and considered Irun/The spectacle of those/With Euros well saved/Last train of all/That bookends this changing, scentful mystery/Is second-class and near-Bolivian/Sans tea, sans pies, sans haste, sans air spring.
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Neil
Just to make people aware, I know that Virgin trains in the UK used to have a Quiet Zone carriage. I really don't know if perhaps they have the same thing on some of the continental trains in Europe but if you are a person or a family who maybe just prefers or needs that extra bit of peace and quiet you may want to check this out.
If I am wrong and they don't really have such a thing on the mainland Europe trains then I apologise for getting anyone's hopes up unnecessarily.
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Just to make people aware, I know that Virgin trains in the UK used to have a Quiet Zone carriage. I really don't know if perhaps they have the same thing on some of the continental trains in Europe but if you are a person or a family who maybe just prefers or needs that extra bit of peace and quiet you may want to check this out.
If I am wrong and they don't really have such a thing on the mainland Europe trains then I apologise for getting anyone's hopes up unnecessarily.
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No
Unwritten rule 5 is gold! Please Please for the love of god use this rule! Even when you see 100+ people at a station for a Metro don't try to push your way on before people have a chance to get off. I've been on BART and have seen people rush to jump on so they don't have to wait the 7 mins for the next one, only to be smacked in the shin by a spiked bike pedal, just because they didn't want to wait. Yes you, you know I'm talking to you, you're that guy, so please don't.
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Unwritten rule 5 is gold! Please Please for the love of god use this rule! Even when you see 100+ people at a station for a Metro don't try to push your way on before people have a chance to get off. I've been on BART and have seen people rush to jump on so they don't have to wait the 7 mins for the next one, only to be smacked in the shin by a spiked bike pedal, just because they didn't want to wait. Yes you, you know I'm talking to you, you're that guy, so please don't.
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donald
The 3 rule is an important one that should be remembered in European travel as I took too much crap which made train travel a hassle. Number 5 rule is not applicable Ive found as the train want to adhere to a schedule so if your not on or off in a certain amount of time they will leave with either your stuff on or off train. A friend of mine lost all his gear because he helped an elderly woman off first before he got his stuff off.
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The 3 rule is an important one that should be remembered in European travel as I took too much crap which made train travel a hassle. Number 5 rule is not applicable Ive found as the train want to adhere to a schedule so if your not on or off in a certain amount of time they will leave with either your stuff on or off train. A friend of mine lost all his gear because he helped an elderly woman off first before he got his stuff off.
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Cindy
Why bring food on the train at all? Aren't there dining cars? Why not check extra luggage and retrieve it at the destination? In the US I carry on anything that I may need during the trip or if I decide to get off and resume my trip on a later train, the rest goes to the luggage car to retrieve at my final destination. Everything else sounds like common courtesy. Why are people sprawled out sleeping on tables btw?
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Why bring food on the train at all? Aren't there dining cars? Why not check extra luggage and retrieve it at the destination? In the US I carry on anything that I may need during the trip or if I decide to get off and resume my trip on a later train, the rest goes to the luggage car to retrieve at my final destination. Everything else sounds like common courtesy. Why are people sprawled out sleeping on tables btw?
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den
1 Don't be noisy
2 Don't eat smelly things
3 Take your backpack or whatever away from a seat next to you when people are looking for seats (it's also a rule)
4 First let passengers step out (also a rule)
5 Don't be a jerk towards the conductor
6 Talk with other people next to you (if they want)
7 Don't lay your foots on the chair
At the end, don't be a jerk
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1 Don't be noisy
2 Don't eat smelly things
3 Take your backpack or whatever away from a seat next to you when people are looking for seats (it's also a rule)
4 First let passengers step out (also a rule)
5 Don't be a jerk towards the conductor
6 Talk with other people next to you (if they want)
7 Don't lay your foots on the chair
At the end, don't be a jerk
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stevo728822
I was in Seville, Spain and at 11: 00 I bought a train ticket from the machine to get me up to the airport for my flight. It was the fast train but it left at 12: 15 and my flight was at 12: 30. I had just assumed the train left in time for my flight. So I got a refund at the ticket desk and caught a taxi from the train station. Never assume train times.
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I was in Seville, Spain and at 11: 00 I bought a train ticket from the machine to get me up to the airport for my flight. It was the fast train but it left at 12: 15 and my flight was at 12: 30. I had just assumed the train left in time for my flight. So I got a refund at the ticket desk and caught a taxi from the train station. Never assume train times.
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den
Never saw a real discussions about reserved seats. Only once in France with the TGV, someone sat on my seat, they said they reserved it, I asked them to show their tickets, it turned out they were on the wrong part of a coupled. They were pretty lucky, otherwise they would end up in Brussels
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Never saw a real discussions about reserved seats. Only once in France with the TGV, someone sat on my seat, they said they reserved it, I asked them to show their tickets, it turned out they were on the wrong part of a coupled. They were pretty lucky, otherwise they would end up in Brussels
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Linda
Back in 1985 was on 21 eurail could not use w c or toilet in stations. Is that the same or have thanks now. Can I get h. 2 0 at stations no cost tap. water. With no reservations do you think I could do all 33 countries in 3 months. Yours truly Evans w robinson
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Back in 1985 was on 21 eurail could not use w c or toilet in stations. Is that the same or have thanks now. Can I get h. 2 0 at stations no cost tap. water. With no reservations do you think I could do all 33 countries in 3 months. Yours truly Evans w robinson
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Ninno
One of my main things is not rolling the shade down. Im a bit of a veteran with the trains now, but I still like to look out the window, especially on a long trip. And I certainly want fellow travelers who may be new, to see the incredible view. Thoughts?
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One of my main things is not rolling the shade down. Im a bit of a veteran with the trains now, but I still like to look out the window, especially on a long trip. And I certainly want fellow travelers who may be new, to see the incredible view. Thoughts?
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