Train tickets in Europe?

Question

Eurail does not sell single train tickets anymore. is buying a train ticket now the same as an airline ticket. Different prices for exact same trip and type, depending on who you buy it from.

Do you have a good source that you can suggest.

The most confusing to me is that when I try to buy a Frankfurt-Paris ticket from the German railway, I get a price of about 100Euro, when I try to buy the same thing from a French site ( mind you that I have not been able to find the official French railway site), I get prices twice as much.

Answer 1

Here is an official site for the French railways:
http://www.voyages-sncf.com/dynamic/_SvHomePage?_DLG=SvHomePage&_CMD=cmdHomepageUK&WB=HP&rfrr=4685ac17fd2e7656e4918c53b246a3f7

Which ever way you buy your ticket, go for the cheaper option.
But check that is really is the same ticket, for the same kind of train.
Tickets for High speed trains are more expensive, and they have a different price structure to tickets for normal trains.
But often they get you to your destination in half the time so double the price might not be so bad.

Answer 2

Here in Italy, there's a small discount for buying on-line and discount fares on the faster trains (called the Amica fare) for buying tickets in advance. It's sometimes more convenient to buy on-line if you're getting tickets in advance. You can pick them up from the machine in the station when you get there if you're starting from one of the bigger stations. In Germany, if you're looking at the standard fare, it won't make much difference if you buy the ticket on-line or wait until getting to the station. However, if you're seeing a discounted fare, you should buy the ticket now. The discounted fares sell out pretty quickly on most of the trains. If you wait until the day of the trip, you're unlikely to find the discounted fare available.

Answer 3

I think its twice the price because u hv to pay booking fee or somekind of service fee i guess. Are u going to europe?? When?