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I see there was a night train from Mannheim to Warsaw. What would be the best place to book that? Mannheim is easily reached by TGV from Paris.

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Apr 18th, 2010 at 02:39:34 PM EST
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Bahn.de? You can also do travel planning for the whole of Europe though you cannot book non-DB trains through that website.

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by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Apr 18th, 2010 at 02:47:52 PM EST
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Also Köln-Warsaw. If you have a hard time getting a ticket out of Paris, driving to one of these and then taking the train might work. You can book the night train (but not always the train from Paris) on bahn.de; I checked several of them, and they even have some discount rates for couchettes left; I doubt that's what you're looking for, but it's an indication that not too many people are trying this option.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Sun Apr 18th, 2010 at 03:15:22 PM EST
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I've found the Mannheim-Warsaw online, but they won't let me book. They provide a phone number; I'll try tomorrow morning.

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by Jerome a Paris (etg@eurotrib.com) on Sun Apr 18th, 2010 at 03:28:04 PM EST
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Yes, it's one of those old D-trains. The Köln one is a standard EN train, and online booking seems to work, so you can try that if you can't get through to that number (I wouldn't be surprised if they are as overloaded as everything else). The Mannheim one actually starts from Basel, so Karlsruhe might be a more convenient place to catch it.
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Sun Apr 18th, 2010 at 03:33:28 PM EST
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Hopefully this mess will result in a higher priority on high speed rail. A direct AGV express train Paris-Brussels-Köln-Hannover-Berlin-Poznan-Warsaw should take something like 6 hours, if it averages about 250 km/h. Not that impossible with a top speed of 350 km/h.

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by Starvid (arvid.hallen at gmail.com) on Sun Apr 18th, 2010 at 05:54:04 PM EST
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