We will be traveling from Strasbourg to Germany next Friday, August 10. We are new at the Europe rail system. Is it best to ask for assistance at our hotel or the train station?
Looking for best train route from Strasbourg to the vaihingen/enz (one stop before Stuttgart). Thank you!
If you're ready to select a particular departure time now, you can buy tickets through the Deutsche Bahn link at Looking Up Train Schedules and Routes Online. They sell the tickets that only require one connection (varies between Stuttgart and Karlsruhe), departing about 8:30, 9:10, 12:45, and 13:55, and those offer a small discount if booked now. You also can buy tickets in the station and ask for assistance there, but would have to allow time for possible ticket-buying lines. Most train stations are pretty easy to navigate; you can see a station map for Strasbourg.
What assistance do you need? Tickets? Times? Carrying your luggage?
Tickets, times and general German train information you can get in buckets from the experts here - Russ, Lee, Sarah, and a few others.
Carrying the bags for you, not so much.
Use the DB train website or app (good app to have on the phone during the journey to).
https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml
You can catch
Strasbourg dep 08:31 ICE 9571 Intercity-Express Direction: Stuttgart Hbf
Subject to compulsory reservation (Strasbourg --> Karlsruhe Hbf), Bordrestaurant
Stuttgart Hbf arr 09:49 platform (Gleis) 6
Transfer time 10 min.
Stuttgart Hbf dep 09:59 Playform (Gleis) 11 IC 2162 Intercity Direction: Karlsruhe Hbf
No food or beverages
Vaihingen(Enz) arr 10:14 Platform (Gleis) 7
Total time = 1:43.
or (without formatting)
Strasbourg dep 09:11 TGV 9561 TGV Direction: Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
Subject to compulsory reservation , Bordbistro
Karlsruhe Hbf arr 09:52 4
Transfer time 13 min.
Karlsruhe Hbf dep 10:05 10 IRE19037 Interregio-Express Direction: Stuttgart Hbf
Vaihingen(Enz) arr 10:40 2
Similar at 10:52 and 12:46.
By the way, when you are looking it up put the river name or other qualifier in parenthesis rather than after a slash. Vaihingen(Enz)
You will find it easier.
Also be careful if you are asking people for directions at Stuttgart station. There is a suburb of Stuttgart called simply Vaihingen that is much closer to the city but in the opposite direction. Make sure you ask for Vaihingen an der Enz.
We have our tickets for the 9:11am departure from Strasbourg! DB Navigator is on our cell phone too! Sure appreciate the information and guidance. Thank you all.....
