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Milan to Bucharest by train?
Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ?
Late June or early July. Probably stop for a day somewhere between. Don't care how fast but don't want to spend a lot. I did look at the fastest route on one site, and it required taking a bus from one train station to another. Didn't like that. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:43:47 -0600, Happy.Hobo wrote:
Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ? http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en Several legs, either by Insbruck (34 hours) or Wien (30 hours). Only 2hours 15mn and 20€ direct flight on Ryanair. Late June or early July. Probably stop for a day somewhere between. Don't care how fast but don't want to spend a lot. I did look at the fastest route on one site, and it required taking a bus from one train station to another. Didn't like that. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
"Paul Aubrin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:43:47 -0600, Happy.Hobo wrote: Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ? http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en Several legs, either by Insbruck (34 hours) or Wien (30 hours). I think he's already looked that up (his reference to the bus connection is a clue). The results using the travel planner are designed to provide for the fastest journeys between the two points. Unfortunately (for this route) it brings up lots of options with multiple changes. The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Only 2hours 15mn and 20€ direct flight on Ryanair. or E299 if all the 20 Euro seats are sold for the day you want to travel I wonder if there's a bus? tim |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-29-2015 13:25, tim..... wrote:
The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). So, I was really fishing for suggestions from folks familiar with different routes and locations. I'm actually starting in Spain, but I couldn't find a site that was able to compute the entire route. So I picked Milan for my first stop. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-29-2015 09:55, Paul Aubrin wrote:
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:43:47 -0600, Happy.Hobo wrote: Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take from Milano to Bucuresti ? http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en Several legs, either by Insbruck (34 hours) or Wien (30 hours). Only 2hours 15mn and 20€ direct flight on Ryanair. Hmmm. That sight offered me nothing the other day. Another site had too many choices, hence my post for suggestions. bahn.de today gives me four choices, two under thirty hours that include three hours bus, and two about forty hours all train. All four go through Wien. I thought from looking at train maps that I'd go through Zagreb. I guess I'll plan three trips of about thirteen hours each. I also see that flying to Timisoara is cheaper than Bucharest. Thanks! |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-29-2015 09:55, Paul Aubrin wrote:
Only 2hours 15mn and 20€ direct flight on Ryanair. Late May or early June. Their website says forty euro. Ten euro if I go now. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-29-2015 14:38, Happy.Hobo wrote:
On 11-29-2015 13:25, tim..... wrote: The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). Tentatively, Barcelona to Milan, Milan to Budapest, Budapest to Sibiu or Bucharest. Where do I look? Renfe.es doesn't recognize Milan. bahn.de doesn't have prices or make sales eurail won't sell trips, only passes for €510 raileurope.com suggests US$ 125 BCN-MIL, US$118 BUD-BUH, can't find a Milan to Budapest route RyanAir will charge me up the nose for a few kilos overweight, and a hundred euro if their online form is unable to accept the name on my passport. etc. (62 years old, if that makes any difference) |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015, Happy.Hobo wrote:
Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ? if you want general tips, may be a bit UK-oriented, look at http://www.seat61.com/ to make a preliminary plan try the following alternate interface to the German rail site (names like Milano and Bucuresti work) http://www.myway.de/e.lauterbach/aus...fplanx-en.html Ultimately you might want to plan yourself looking at the individual national train operators sites, and building the route stretch by stretch, for this a collection of maps like these may help http://www.bueker.net/trainspotting/maps.php |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
to make a preliminary plan try the following alternate interface to the
German rail site (names like Milano and Bucuresti work) http://www.myway.de/e.lauterbach/aus...fplanx-en.html Apparently this shows a through night train from Wien to Bucarest. Unfortunately the connection from Italy is not optimal, because for unknown reasons after the Udine-Tarvisio-Villach line has been entirely refurbished, daytime international trains have disappeared between Italy and Austria (sic !). There should still be night trains from Italy to Wien, so if you agree to spend one day in Wien you could have a reasonable trip. I guess the same if you agree for a stopover in any other major place on the route. I guess it depends mainly on your interest, if you want to visit sites on the route, and which stretch you prefer to do in daytime "looking out of the window". |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one
night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). I've done the sleeper train from Budapest most of the way to Bucuresti - problem is, it crosses the border at about 2am and it'll only just be getting light when you hit the interesting bits of Transylvania. I'm not sure what alternatives there are. I have been from Budapest to Rijeka by train - easy to get to Rijeka from Venice. That takes you through some attractive countryside in Slovenia. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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