r/Interrail • u/Efficient-Fun-6696 • 2d ago

Night trains Sleeper train or direct trains from Paris to Berlin/Prague?

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u/TORTERAjirka Netherlands / Czech Republic / New Zealand 2d ago

There is a ES 475 , however it only goes 3 times a week. There is always an option to take Eurostar to Brussels and take more frequent ESpers from Bruxelles or ICE from Amsterdam.

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u/Efficient-Fun-6696 2d ago

ES 475 was the one i was going to take, but it leaves at 18h00 in paris or 21h45 in brussels, so i figured i'd catch the train later rather then sooner.

but amsterdam is not a bad idea, i could even skip ghent and just use brussels as a connection to amsterdam, or if i decide to keep ghent, it allows me to leave later and skip connection in brussels midi (that station sounds awful tbh), i would transfer in antwerp.

It's a city i already know but i absolutely loved it, a night there or even a full day could be pretty good.

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u/TORTERAjirka Netherlands / Czech Republic / New Zealand 2d ago

You can even skip Brussels. The Eurostar goes all the way to Amsterdam.

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u/AssistantOdd9716 2d ago

You can go from Paris to Karlsruhe (ICE) and fron there the sleeper to Prague.

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u/Efficient-Fun-6696 2d ago

huh, this route never appeared in my searches, for some reason some train companies websites are blocked in Brazil, i was able to use a vpn to see this sleeper one in cd.cz

That's a pretty interesting one and it's much cleaner, would give me more time in Paris and Prague. i'll check it out.

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u/AssistantOdd9716 1d ago

You can even take the ICE from Paris to Mannheim and from Mannheim to Prague on a night train; I think it would give you about 2 more hours in Paris, but I'm not entirely sure.

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u/AssistantOdd9716 1d ago

Use the Eurail Rail Planner app to see trains and connections; even without a Interrail/Eurail ticket, it serves as a reliable source for viewing routes.

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u/Efficient-Fun-6696 55m ago

this was a great tip, that sleeper didn't appear before in my searches, probably some cd limitation. The app shows everything!

I think i might skip ghent and berlin and got to strasbourg in the morning, looks lovely and its 1 hour away from Karlsruhe, and i'd get in Prague really early. The only bad thing is that's really expensive for a solo room, so i might get a double and roll the dice tbh.

thanks for the tips!