These are UK-based ticketing offices, agents and online booking agencies for international rail networks and operators.
The difference between them and International Rail Network Timetable & Ticketing Websites is the presence of a UK-call centre and/or shop, and prices in sterling.
See also UK-based rail tour operators and Overseas train tour operators |
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| Deutsche Bahn |
08718 80 80 66 |
Deutsche Bahn's (IE.'German Rail') UK Booking Centre offering rail tickets and rail passes for travel to Germany, all train journeys in Germany, and international rail services to neighbouring European countries. The site has just (Oct 06) had a makeover in order to make it easier to navigate when searching for information and booking tickets. |
| Dutchflyer |
08705 455 455 |
Dutchflyer (formerly known as the Amsterdam Express) calls itself a "rail & sail service" connecting London (and East Anglia) to any city in Holland (with a station) by combining the Anglia rail network with Stena's HSS ferry service from Harwich and the NS (Netherlands Railways).
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| ItaliaRail |
08700 84 14 14 |
Newly opened (May 06) UK website for booking Italian Railways journeys. |
| Rail Europe |
01732 526 700 |
French Railways (SNCF) by another name, and a source other tickets such as Inter-Rail and other passes, Ski Trains, Motorail, Eurostar, Thalys, ICE , TGV.
They also feature two stylish 'hotel-trains' with restaurants and sleeper compartments operating from Paris. The Trainhotel Elipsos runs overnight to Madrid or Barcelona. The Artesia (which has a luxury 'Excelsior Matrimonial Suite' with double bed) travels to Venice, Florence, Rome and other destinations. |
| Spanish Rail |
020 7629 4543 |
Ticketing for Spain's state-run rail network, RENFE. The rail network is split into three main divisions; AVE, Talgo, and Trenhotel. AVE (Alta Velocidad Espanola) is the name of the Spanish high-speed rail service between Madrid - Cordoba - Seville. It takes 21/2hrs to reach Seville from Madrid and there is a link to Barcelona opening soon. Talgo200 runs from Madrid to Malaga, Cadiz & Huelva. Trenhotel is a sleeper service between Madrid - Barcelona, Barcelona - Seville-Malaga, Madrid - La Corunna, and international services to Lisbon, Paris, Milan & Zurich. |
| Trains Europe |
0900 195 0101 |
Online ticketing agents for rail services around Europe (TGV, ICE, Thalys, etc) but also agents for a number of classic trains, eg Trans-Siberian Express, The Blue Train, Rovos Rail, The Ghan, The Rocky Mountaineer, The Al Andalus Express. |
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