We'll be ending a River Cruise in Trier in November, then plan to go from there to Paris, by train.
My inclination is to wait till we arrive in Trier and just purchase tickets for the next available train. Does anyone know of a reason, on this route, to purchase tickets in advance? (It would be a sunday morning.)
Thanks.
According to the German Rail site DB Bahn, there are connections every hour. Some connections are to the TGV which will required seat reservations.
Here is link to site:
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en
Personally, I would wait until I arrived in Trier. BTW, you may want to spend at least 1 day in Trier. We spent 4 nights in Trier and loved it.
Google Trier for all the museums and sites.
Enjoy!
Thanks. I was hoping I could make any reservations when we arrived. Especially as it was a sunday morning.
My prior experience. Sunday mornings even reserved had cars almost empty. But I don't know the route. Or if there's a special event as a festival in early november that jams the trains.
I think Trier was part of the reason we opted for this particular cruise. Last spring we had to get to the Brussels airport from Paris. Although we decided to take the train to Bruges then on to the airport. We looked at renting a car and driving up to Reims, through Luxembourg, and Trier then to the airport.
Hopefully, this will allow us to make up for at least some of that missed trip. We should have at least a full day in Trier. Thought I doubt it'll be enough. Trier does look interesting.
Your fastest route from Trier will be via Luxembourg, and if you don't have a railpass an advance fare booking for the Luxembourg to Paris leg would probably be cheaper. Although it would limit you to a specific train.
In my experience, Sundays are busy times on trains, as people return home from weekends out of town. You shouldn't have a problem buying tickets but be prepared for crowded trains that day.
