European Rail Travel Websites

The following is a list of European rail travel websites, which has been compiled by Daniel McIntyre.

Links to external websites are shown in blue text in the listing below.

Europe

Map of high speed railway routes across Europe, reproduced from the Mail on Sunday newspaper,
Travel Mail section pages, dated Sunday 23rd September 2007.

Elipsos Internacional
Elipsos Internacional, S.A. is a company governed by Spanish law which was set up in 2001 by RENFE (the National Spanish Railway Company) and SNCF (French Railways) on a 50-50 basis. The company currently manages the night-time Trenhotel railway services between Spain and France, Spain and Switzerland and Spain and Italy. The Elipsos Trenhotel are the best-equipped international night trains in Europe, with a common denominator for all customers: Comfort and Quality.

European Rail
As independent specialists for continental rail travel, we will guide you through the labyrinth of fares, routes and timetables allowing you to select the itinerary right for you.

Eurostar
Details of Eurostar rail services between London, Paris, Lille and Brussels. Including Avignon and Calais. Timetables, bookings and other useful information.

InterRail.net
Travel through Europe by train. Information and rail ticket bookings.

RailEurope
The European rail experts on trains to France and through Europe.

Railsavers
Europe’s leading Motorail Specialists. It is the leading Motorail specialist in the UK, specialising in European motorail journeys to destinations in France, Italy, Austria, Germany, Switzerland, Croatia and Spain.

Railteam High Speed Europe
Railteam will make travel across the European rail network as seamless as possible. It is a cooperation between Europe's leading high-speed rail operators, currently DB (Germany), SNCF (France), Eurostar (UK, France and Belgium), NS Hispeed (Netherlands), ÖBB (Austria), SBB (Switzerland) and SNCB (Belgium), as well as two of their high-speed subsidiaries Thalys and Lyria, with the possibility of more train operators joining in the future.

The Man in Seat Sixty-One . . . How to travel by train from London to Europe
A guide to finding the times of your train, buying tickets and travelling into Europe by rail.

Thomas Cook Publishing
Publishers of the monthly Thomas Cook European Rail Timetable book and the bi-monthly Overseas Timetable book, as well as the Rail Map of Europe, Rail Map of Britain and Ireland, and a large range of guidebooks covering destinations throughout Europe and the rest of the world.

Trainseurope
Trainseurope can handle most aspects of train travel including UK rail, Eurostar, onward European connections, point-to-point tickets, rail passes and much more - many railpasses can be booked on line. Its portfolio of rail products is expanding all the time - it is able to supply Eurailpasses - the equivalent of Inter-rail Passes, offering travel throughout Europe, but for people who live outside Europe.

France

French Travel Service
French Travel Service combines over 45 years experience in short breaks and holidays to France. As well as Paris, its captivating capital, France has an endless range of pleasures to offer holiday makers, not least elegant and historic cities and not to mention the stylish beach resorts of the famous French Riviera and Corsica. French Travel Service offers a whole range of inspirational holiday ideas, along with the comfort and convenience of high-speed train travel and a superb choice of hand-picked 2, 3 and 4 star hotels.

iDTGV.com
Cheapest travel deals on the TGV railway routes between Paris and Southern France.

TGV Tickets On-Line
The new UK TGV website enables you to book your TGV journey along with your connections across the European rail network, including Eurostar.

Germany

Deutsche Bahn UK Booking Centre
For rail tickets to Germany and other European countries.

International

RailChoice
One of the UK’s leading European and International railpass, flexipass and train ticket suppliers. The international railpass & student specialist. For all your international rail travel in Europe, as well as in Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand and USA.

Italy

Rail Italia - The Authority on Italian Rail Travel
Trenitalia - Italy’s National Railway Authority, has teamed up with Rail Italia, as one of its preferred supplier of train tickets within the UK. It offers Eurostar UK reservations and onward connections to Italy; Instant and efficient ticketing; plus Motorail services to Italy.

Switzerland

RailAway - Fun Ways of Exploring Switzerland
RailAway, the leisure company of the Swiss Railway, offers packages full of adventure and comfort to the most beautiful places of interest in Switzerland. Whether you’re travelling alone or in a groups, you will find a choice of about 200 attractive and good value offers.

Swiss Railways - SBB CFF FFS
Your online travel shop to holidays in Switzerland by rail and by air, including hotel and car rental.

Swiss Travel System all-in-one ticket
Swiss Travel System is the brand name for the combination of several Swiss public transport companies, as they appear abroad. Furthermore, Swiss Travel System stands for a ticket selection which recognises foreign travellers’ touristic needs and which aids foreign guests using public transport with its all-encompassing offer. The most popular transport ticket is the Swiss Pass, which gives travellers access to the entire network of Swiss trains, buses, boats and urban transport systems. It is managed by the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) in Bern.

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