I purchased a train ticket online from DB (Lesce Bled, Slovenia, to Munich, via Salzburg with 24 hour layover there). For whatever reason, no electronic tickets available, so they mailed me a printed ticket. Two questions: first, I have a first class ticket, with a reserved window seat for first segment of trip. What of the many things printed on this ticket (if anything) tells me where my seat might be located? My only other Europe train experience was in Spain, and everything was printed on the electronic ticket I printed out at home. Second, when I show up at the train station in Lesce Bled, do I hand over this ticket on the train, or should I be checking in with a person before I get on the train? I understand this is a very small train station, and I don't want to mess up and miss my train! Thanks for the help!
Posted by
Virginia, USA
5797 posts
Are you sure that the train between Lesce Bled and Salzburg is actually one with reserved seating or first class for that matter? I took a train between Villach and Lesce Bled a couple of years ago. It was a very small and basic train. I'm pretty sure that it did not even have first class as it only had about 3 carriages. I know that back then it was not possible to reserve a seat for that leg of the trip. You might try checking the DB site and just putting the leg from Lesce Bled to Salzburg and see if it actually has two classes or reservation info.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19240 posts
I have an e-ticket from the Bahn that says, "1 Sitzplatz, Wg. 8, Pl. 35, 1 Fenster, Grossraumwagen." That's 1 seat in Wagon (coach) 8, Platz 35, Window, open room coach". Do you see anything that looks like that? As for checking in, well, it's Slovenia. Could be different from Germany, but for every train I've ever taken in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, you just get on and find your seat. The conductor comes around and checks tickets. Is this 1 train direct from Lesce Bled to Salzburg, or a connection. For a direct train, the Bahn shows an EC, with a note to "Please reserve". I see other connections with a lower class of train (D or IC) from Bled to Villach. No mention is made of reservations. Villach to Salzburg is an EC or an ÖIC and says "subject to reservtion". In some countries (Italy) the tickets are undated and you must "cancel" them in a special machine that looks almost like a parking meter before boarding the train.