Jon WorthOct 4, 2023

I’m at #WorldPassengerFestival today and tomorrow

These ticket platforms are here:
Raileurope
Trainline
Trip.com
All aboard

Tell me what international train trips you’ve struggled to find or book - and I’ll ask these platforms why they can’t solve these problems!

Show threadMike Prior-JonesOct 4, 2023
@jon Currently trying to book Penarth -> Bremerhaven Hbf. Getting websites to sell the UK CIV tickets is very difficult.
Show threadMJ RayOct 4, 2023
@drmikepj @jon #Trainsplit will. Those platforms probably won't. See https://www.seat61.com/european-travel-from-uk-regions.htm#buy-a-ticket-to-london-international-civ
European train travel from the UK regions | Buying tickets to connect with Eurostar

Advice on buying UK train tickets to London to connect with Eurostar, or how to use ferry links to reach mainland Europe by-passing London...

Show threadMike Prior-Jones
@mjr thanks - good to know someone sells them online. But if you're a platform offering a point-to-point booking service that includes Eurostar, you ought to offer customers a CIV ticket.
Oct 4, 2023 at 11:41amWeb
Show threadMJ RayOct 4, 2023
@drmikepj I agree entirely. It's a very annoying gap in the ticket sales sites. These tickets ought to be sold by every ticketing site, but most only do the simple tickets. Same problem afflicts multimodal tickets and regional rovers. I agree with the improvements suggested by https://www.railfuture.org.uk/CIV-tickets
Railfuture | CIV tickets

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Show threadMike Prior-JonesOct 4, 2023
@mjr for my trip to Bremerhaven I’m currently looking at Interrail 4-day tickets as they seem to be cheaper than booking point-to-point.