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Step-by-step guides to using the major European train ticket websites, all you need to know about making reservations, plus insights into how to buy the optimum ticket at the cheapest possible price!

You can make big savings on Swiss trains journeys if you will taking SBB's trains - SBB is the national rail operator in Switzerland. So it can be worth booking in advance on the SBB website, hence our step-by-step guide to using its particularly unique online booking path.

Dutch national rail operator NS operates two separate ticket booking service and NS International lives up to its name, as this is the service on which you can make savings, by booking tickets for train journeys from and to The Netherlands in advance. Hence our step-by-step guide to making a booking on NS International.

B-Europe is the official website of Belgium's national rail operator which is dedicated to booking tickets for international train services to and from Belgium. It offers the cheapest prices available for these services including the Thalys trains, so using it is recommended. Hence our step-by-step guide to making a booking on B-Europe.

Trenitalia is the national rail operator in Italy and you can make particularly large savings, if you book journeys by express trains in advance on its online booking service. Hence our step-by-step guide to booking tickets on the Trenitalia website.

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is the national rail operator in Germany and you can make particularly large savings, if you use its online ticket booking service to buy train tickets in advance. Hence our step-by-step guide to booking tickets on the desktop version of the DB ticket booking website.