I purchased 4 adult (for myself and 3 family members) train tickets on the DB rail website for 3 different legs of our trip. The tickets only have my name on them. Was I suppose to enter the other's names somewhere? We are all traveling together. Are we going to have any problems boarding with these tickets since I'm the only one with a name on them?
Posted by
Green Bay
21151 posts
No, DB doesn't care who your traveling companions are. You are the lead traveler. You'll be asked for ID, and you just indicate to the conductor who the other 3 people sitting there are with you on the ticket.
Posted by
Basel, Switzerland
8889 posts
Tickets you buy at a station don't have any names on them at all. Railways don't care about names, they are a lot more civilised than airlines. The only reason there is a name on internet tickets is to stop you printing out the ticket twice and two different groups of people using it.
"Are we going to have any problems boarding" - there are no checks before boarding. You tickets are checked on the train after it has left the station.
When the on-train ticket inspector comes round to check tickets, just show the ticket and ID, and if (s)he asks, indicate the other three.
Posted by
St. Louis MO
737 posts
Are we going to have any problems boarding with these tickets since I'm the only one with a name on them?
I fretted over the same thing last year. No problem. As others have said, you are the lead traveler. It should say how many seats you have, though.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area
5697 posts
And if, by chance, you paid for reserved seats the tickets would show the car and seat numbers.
Posted by
OP
30 posts
Whew! Thanks all for putting my mind at ease
Posted by
Bavaria
2480 posts
Does DB still require that you carry the credit card used as ID?
No, any piece of ID will do.