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European East Pass
From R1,927

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Overview

  • Destinations: unlimited travel with national rail of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary.
  • Reservation: compulsory for high speed, scenic and night trains.

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Validity Class
Adult Child Child formula's, for those under the age of 12 Senior Senior formula in 1st class only, for traveller from 60 included on the first day of travel Youth Youth formula for travellers from 12 up to 25 included on the first day of travel in 1st and 2nd
You have the possibility to add additional travel days within the selected validity period. (min 0 and max 5 days)
 

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European East Pass

Travel days The travel days indicate how often you can use a railpass.

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Adult

1 to 10 pax

Child Child formula's, for those under the age of 12

1 to 10 pax

Senior Senior formula in 1st class only, for traveller from 60 included on the first day of travel

1 to 10 pax

Youth Youth formula for travellers from 12 up to 25 included on the first day of travel in 1st and 2nd

1 to 10 pax
5 days (within 1 month) R 2,805 n/a 1,927 n/a 1,403 n/a 964 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Additional days R 318 n/a 269 n/a 159 n/a 135 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
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Pass details

The European East Pass offers the opportunity to travel through countries with such a rich cultural and historical background that you have to discover.

Who can get

People with a permanent residence outside of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary (for more than 6 months) are eligible to purchase or use an European East Pass

How to use

Validation

  • Passes must be validated within 6 months of issuing date by a railway official in one of the five countries part of the European East pass, who also fills in the passport number - (outside promotion periods)
  • Passes must be validated prior to boarding 1st train
  • The date of travel has to be entered in the correct way before boarding the first train/ship, by the traveller, in the corresponding box of the calendar

7:00pm rule

  • If an overnight train starts after 7:00pm on a validated European East Pass, the pass holder must enter the next day’s date on the pass, provided it falls within the validity of the pass

How to activate your pass?

Before you board the train and travel with your rail pass, you need to activate or validate it at a train station. Railway staff will stamp your pass to show your first and last day of travel. All passes, whether Flexi or Regular, must be validated like this. European East Pass.

European East Pass

Bonuses

Fully enjoy your journey in Austria and benefit from special access to the routes of the following private Austrian Railway Companies:

  • Raab - Oedenburg Ebenfurter Eisenbahn: Ebenfurt – Sopron
  • Special Pass holder fare on Berlin Warszawa Express
  • Special travel bonuses: to be arranged locally (subject to change without notice)
  • Danube river trips with DDSG Blue Danube: scheduled trips Melk – Krems (Wachau) / scheduled trips in Vienna / scheduled trips on Sundays only Vienna-Dürnstein-Vienna, Vienna-Orth-Hainburg-Orth-Vienna
  • Free entrance to the ÖBB Lounges Wien Meidling, Wien Westbahnhof (West Train Station), Klagenfurt Hbf and Salzburg Hbf and Innsbrück Hbf stations lounges for 1st class pass holders

Important remark: Wien Südbahnhof (South station) was closed by December 13th2009. Therefore there is no Wien Südbahnhof (South station) lounge until further notice.



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The European East Pass is valid on 1st and 2nd class and allows you unlimited travel on the national rail networks of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Hungary for a complete experience of East Europe rail travel.

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F.A.Q


  • Q. How to book 1 passenger?


  • Q. What is the difference between 1st and 2nd class on the TGV East (Paris to Stuttgart)?


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