There can be surprisingly large differences between how each European country operates its train services, so this introduction to our unique train travel guides explains how you can use the info we have gathered - both to prepare for your journey and to access all the key info you'll need.
Our unique journey summaries are the heart of what we do at ShowMeTheJourney, hence this intro into how to make the most of them to plan your trip. They provide an overview of each route and also connect you to the station, train and ticket info you'll need, to make your journey as simple as it can possibly be
Lille has two separate major stations, Lille-Europe and Lille-Flandres, but they're not beside each other. Hence our guide to making the transfer between Lille Europe and Lille Flandres - both on foot and by Metro.
If you want to save money when booking train tickets for journeys in western Europe, it will pay off to book the tickets in advance online. This is nothing to be afraid of - the basic steps of looking up a journey and paying for it are universal, but there can be variations in how you take those steps. Hence we've striven to point out these less obvious aspects of booking your train tickets.
Seat reservations can be a confusing aspect of booking European train tickets online as they can be (i) compulsory - hence being included in the ticket price, (ii) an optional extra with added costs, or (iii) not available. Hence this at-a-glance guide to which train services fall into these three seat reservation categories - it will help save time and confusion when you are buying tickets.
Whether you have questions about who we are, or how we have produced ShowMeTheJourney - or questions about European train travel, we have attempted to guess the answers you're looking for - to save you the bother of having to ask us.
Look at a map of the Paris Metro and making the transfer between the Gare Du Nord and Gare Montparnasse stations in Paris seems straight forward, but in reality it's a particularly quirky route across Paris. Hence our guide to making the connection between these two stations.
We love exploring beautiful Switzerland by train and having been lucky enough to journeys by train on all of its major routes, we have come up with 10 Tips, to help ensure that you can make your Switzerland by train holiday as easy and as fabulous as possible!
If you arrive at the Gare Du Nord in Paris by train and your onward train connection is departing from the Gare de l'Est, we have produced a brief guide to all you need to know about making the transfer between these two stations in Paris.
If your train is arriving at Paris Gare Du Nord and your onward connecting train is departing from Paris Gare De Lyon, taking the RER train and not the Metro is the best method of making the connection between these two stations in Paris. Our guide takes you through how to make this transfer as simple as possible.