Hi. We are heading to Italy next week and to Paris from there. I am trying to book an overnight train with sleeper from Verona to Paris. I found a route that fits our itinerary on DB Bahn website, but It will not let me book it online. I have tried calling their customer service, but have been unable to get an english speaking representitive. Do you know how I can book this ticket. Please help .
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
1525 posts
Trenitalia will book the ticket, as will Thello, the operator of that train.
Posted by
OP
sacramento, ca, usa
2 posts
I tried the trenitalia website, and the train I am looking for doesn't show as an option. Here is the route I would like to purchase: Verona Porta Nuova Su, 26.08.12 dep 21:24 EN 220 EuroNight Dijon Ville Mo, 27.08.12 arr 06:29 Transfer time 32 min. Adjust the transfer time Dijon Ville Mo, 27.08.12 dep 07:01 TGV 6700 TGV Duplex
Paris Lyon Mo, 27.08.12 arr 08:37 The only option I see on the trenitalia website doesn't arrive in Paris until 11am. Thanks for the help.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
16255 posts
Did you try Thello as Randy suggested? They show you arriving in Paris at 9:29 am, without changing trains in Dijon. The route you found on bahn.de has you switch to a TGV at Dijon, requiring a separate ticket that Trenitalia can't sell.
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
Trenitalia won't sell you tickets for routes entirely outside of Italy. If you want to get off the night train in Dijon and take a TGV from there to Paris, you will need to make separate bookings: Verona-Dijon on the Trenitalia site and Dijon-Paris on tgv-europe.com. You'll have to decide if saving a couple of hours is worth the extra money and the inconvenience of changing trains. I just checked both the Trenitalia site and the Thello site and found that the direct night train indeed is scheduled to arrive at 10:56 on 27 August.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
16255 posts
Tim is correct about the arrival time. I was looking at the wrong date, in September.