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Seat & berth numbers are often not consecutive. For example on Eurostar,
seat 61 is at a table for two opposite seat 65! |
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To find a seat map for
your train...
Seat Guru for trains? Maybe
not yet, but on this page you'll find links to European train
seat maps, showing the layout & numbering of seats & berths
in specific types of train for the main countries in Europe.
Please report any dead links, or if you find
a new seat map.
Click the country where your train starts:
Train formations & car numbers
Train
compositions are often posted on station platforms or shown on departure screens so you know where to stand to
board your car. They show the carriage numbering for each departure from that platform.
Train operators don't usually put such information online,
but there are some useful websites that show train formations, often with photos of what the cars look like:
For Austria & Central Europe including Nightjet, see
www.vagonweb.cz. This has photos of the carriages,
seat maps and other
useful information.
For German domestic &
international trains see
www.fernbahn.de/datenbank/suche. If
you don't know your train number, look it up using
int.bahn.de.
Two units coupled together?
Where two trainsets run coupled, the second set's car numbers typically increase
by a factor of 10. So the first of two coupled
TGVs might have car
numbers 1-8, the second set's cars might be numbered 11-18.
Can I select my seat from a seat map?
A few
train operators let you choose your seat from a seat map, but usually only if you book
their own trains on their own website. For example, you can't select your
seat when booking an Austrian railjet train from Munich to Vienna with DB
(German Railways), but you can if you book with ÖBB (Austrian Railways).
On Eurostar (www.eurostar.com) you can view & change your seats using the
Manage booking link, even if you've bought your Eurostar ticket from another retailer.
Other operators that allow seat
selection include French Railways (www.sncf-connect.com,
only in 1st class on TGV & Intercités), German Railways (int.bahn.de,
on German IC or ICE trains), Swedish Railways (www.sj.se),
Spanish Railways (www.renfe.com),
Trenitalia (www.trenitalia.com),
Czech Railways at www.cd.cz and
a few others. Trenitalia and Renfe charge a small additional fee for seat
selection.
Only two 3rd-party retailers offer
seat selection from a seat map:
www.italiarail.com
provides seat selection from a seat map for Trenitalia trains.
www.thetrainline.com lets you choose seats from a seat map when booking
1st class on French TGVs & Intercités and on Trenitalia trains in any class.
Most other booking websites only let
you choose basic options such as aisle or window, or compartment
(meaning classic side-corridor-and-compartment carriages with 6-seater
compartments) or saloon, meaning more modern open-plan seating.
Saloon or compartment?
Some trains have seats in
open-plan saloons, most modern trains are like this and layouts vary. Some
trains, often older ones in central & eastern Europe, have seats in traditional
6-seat compartments, these usually follow the standard numbering pattern shown
below. There are sliding (non-lockable) doors to each compartment.
Sometimes you'll find saloon and compartment cars on the same train, some
websites ask you which you prefer. Unless you're a group of 5 or 6
people, most travellers prefer open-plan saloon cars, you get a
better view as you can see out through multiple windows, not just sideways through your own
compartment's window.
Generic compartment car numbering plan. The first digit is the
compartment number.
Larger image
People get allocated berth numbers 21 & 25 and worry they're not together in the same 2-bed sleeper, when
of course they are!
A generic sleeping-car numbering plan is shown below. Adjacent compartments sometimes have a communicating door when
people travelling together occupy both compartments, for example 11/13/15 will
often have a door through to 12/14/16, 21/23/25 will have a door to 22/24/26 and
so on.
Generic sleeper numbering plan.
When used as a 2-berth, only the top & bottom berth numbers are
used, for example 21 & 25.
Generic couchette numbering plan.
When used as 4-berth, usually the top & bottom berth numbers used, for example 21,
22, 25 & 26. But not always!
Train seat maps, by country
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| France |
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Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
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TGV Réseau |
Lille to Bordeaux, Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpelier
(some services now use TGV Duplex) |
Click for seat map
(= same as TGV-Est) |
More about TGV |
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TGV Med |
Paris-Lyon-Marseille-Nice
(although most services are now TGV Duplex) |
Not available. |
More about TGV |
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TGV Duplex |
Many routes including:
Paris-Lyon-Marseille-Nice
(a few are still TGV Med)
A few Lille-Lyon-Marseille
TGVs are Duplex.
Most Paris-Bordeaux/Lourdes/Hendaye are TGV Duplex Océane.
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1st generation Duplex:
Click for seat map
2nd generation Duplex:
Click for seat map
3rd generation Euroduplex:
Click for seat map
TGV Duplex with Océane interior:
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8) |
More about TGV
Video guide |
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TGV Atlantique |
Some Paris-Nantes, Rennes, Bordeaux, Biarritz, Lourdes, Hendaye, Irun TGVs
(many trains on this route are now TGV Duplex Océane) |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8)
|
More about TGV |
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TGV
Est |
Paris-Reims, Nancy, Metz, Strasbourg TGVs |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8) |
More about TGV |
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Intercités de jour (Téoz) |
Paris-Limoges-Toulouse, Bordeaux-Toulouse-Marseille-Nice |
Click for seat map
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More about Téoz |
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Intercités de Nuit (formerly Lunéa) |
French domestic overnight trains |
Couchette car berth plan |
More about French night trains |
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International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
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Eurostar |
Paris to London
Most services are e320. |
Click for seat map (e320)
Click for seat map (e300) |
More about Eurostar |
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Eurostar (formerly Thalys) |
Paris to Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne |
Click for seat map - original
Click for seat map - ruby refurb
Cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8.
Car 1 or 11 is normally at the Paris end of the train, car 8 or 18 at the
Amsterdam or Cologne end.
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More about Eurostar (formerly Thalys) |
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ICE |
Paris to Mannheim & Frankfurt. |
Click for seat map (ICE3 class 407) |
More about ICE |
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TGV |
Paris to Luxembourg (Lacroix) |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8) |
More about TGV |
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TGV-Lyria |
Paris to Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Basel, Zurich |
Click
for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8)
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More about TGV-Lyria |
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TGV Duplex |
Paris to Barcelona
|
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8)
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More about
Paris to Barcelona by TGV |
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TGV Duplex |
Paris to Stuttgart & Munich, one
or two Paris to Frankfurt trains |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8)
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More about TGV
Duplex
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TGV Paris-Milan |
Paris to Turin & Milan |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8) |
More about
Paris-Turin-Milan TGVs
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Frecciarossa Paris-Milan |
Paris to Turin & Milan |
Click for seat map |
More about
the Paris-Milan Frecciarossa
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AVE |
Lyon/Marseille/Avignon - Barcelona,
Spanish AVE S100 |
Click for seat map |
More about AVE S100
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All French trains are now
non-smoking, even though older seat maps may refer to 'smoking' cars.
TGV car numbers 11-18? When two TGV units run coupled
together, cars in the first set are numbered 1-8, the second 11-18. So car
11 = car 1 on the seat map.
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Italy |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
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Frecciarossa 1000 (ETR400) |
Turin/Milan/Venice-Florence-Rome-Naples
320km/h high-speed trains with 4 classes, Standard, Premium, Business
& Executive. |
Click for seat map |
More about Frecciarossa
1000 |
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Frecciarossa 500 (ETR500) |
Turin/Milan/Venice-Florence-Rome-Naples
320 km/h high-speed trains
with 4 classes, Standard, Premium, Business
& Executive. |
Click
for seat map |
More about Frecciarossa 500
The grey bars between seats are tables... |
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Frecciarossa 600 (ETR600) |
Venice-Florence-Rome-Naples 250 km/h high-speed
tilting trains. Trains
with 3 classes, Standard, Premium & Business. |
Click for seat map |
More about Frecciarossa 600
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Frecciarossa 700 (ETR700 ex-Fyra) |
Turin-Milan-Verona-Venice 250 km/h high-speed
tilting trains. Trains
with 3 classes, Standard, Premium & Business. |
No seat map available. |
More about Frecciarossa 700
|
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Frecciargento (ETR485, ETR610) |
Various including Rome-Bari.
250 km/h tilting
trains. |
ETR600
ETR610
ETR485 |
More about Frecciargento
Some trains use ETR485,
some ETR610, some ETR600.
The grey bars between seats are tables... |
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Frecciabianca |
Various including Rome-Pisa-Genoa.
200 km/h
trains. |
none
available |
More about
Frecciabianca |
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InterCity trains (IC) |
Various including Rome-Sicily, Milan-Genoa |
Click for seat map |
More about InterCity
trains |
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InterCity Notte (ICN) |
Various including Rome-Sicily, Milan-Naples, Milan-Sicily. |
Deluxe regular sleepers: See above
Excelsior sleepers |
More about Italian night
trains |
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Italo AGV trains |
Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples
Venice-Florence-Rome |
Click for AGV seat map |
More about Italo |
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Italo EVO trains |
Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples
Venice-Florence-Rome |
Click for
EVO seat map |
More about Italo |
|
International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
|
Frecciarossa 1000 to Paris |
Milan-Turin-Lyon-Paris |
Click for seat map |
More about
the Milan-Paris Frecciarossa |
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TGV to Paris |
Milan-Turin-Paris |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8)
|
More about Paris-Italy TGV |
|
EuroCity
(Astoro & Giruno) trains to Switzerland |
Zurich, Basel, Geneva & Lausanne to Milan |
Click for seat map (Astoro)
Click for seat map
(Giruno) |
More about Italy-Switzerland EuroCity trains |
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DB-ÖBB EuroCity to Innsbruck & Munich |
Venice - Verona - Innsbruck - Munich
via the Brenner route. (being
progressively replaced by new generation railjets from April 2024 onwards) |
Go to
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni.
Change cs to English top left, then click EC against Austria, then select your
train & look for the seat map icon underneath the relevant carriage. |
More info
about
DB-ÖBB EuroCity trains |
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Railjets
to Innsbruck & Munich |
Verona-Innsbruck-Munich
via the Brenner route. (Certain
departures from April 2024, all departures from October 2024) |
Click for seat map (new
generation railjet) |
More about
new generation railjet trains |
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Railjets
to Vienna |
Venice - Villach - Vienna |
Click for seat map
(later
type railjet) |
More about railjet trains |
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Nightjet sleeper trains |
Rome,
Florence, Venice, Milan to Salzburg, Munich, Vienna |
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More about
Nightjet trains |
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Spain |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
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AVE S100
Built by Alsthom, the original AVE. |
Still operates some
Madrid-Seville trains. |
Click for seat map |
More about AVE S100 |
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AVE S102/S112
Built by Talgo |
Operates some Barcelona - Malaga/Seville
trains (S112).
Some
Madrid-Malaga trains (usually S102).
Some Madrid-Seville trains. |
Click for seat map |
More about AVE
S102/S112 |
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AVE S103
Built by Siemens |
Operates some
Barcelona-Seville/Malaga trains.
Operates most Madrid-Barcelona trains.
Some Madrid-Malaga trains. Some
Madrid-Seville trains. |
Click for seat map
- current
Click for seat map - old |
More about AVE S103 |
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AVE S106 Avril
Built by Talgo |
Operates some
Madrid- Vigo/A Coruńa trains. |
Click for seat map
|
More about AVE S106 |
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Alvia S120
Built by CAF |
Madrid to/from Bilbao, San Sebastian, Irun/Hendaye.
Barcelona to/from Bilbao, San Sebastian, Irun/Hendaye |
Click for seat map |
More info
about Alvia trains |
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Alvia S130 / Euromed
Built by Talgo |
Madrid to/from Bilbao, Santander & others.
Barcelona-Valencia-Alicante Euromed trains.
Gauge-changing high-speed train |
Click for seat map |
More info
about Alvia trains |
|
Alvia S730
Built by Talgo |
Madrid & Barcelona to/from Vigo,
Santiago, A Coruńa. Hybrid
electro-diesel gauge-changing high-speed train. |
Click for seat map |
More info
about Alvia trains |
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Intercity of the formerly Altaria
type, using Talgo cars |
Madrid-Algeciras & others |
Click for seat map |
More about
Intercity trains |
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Iryo high-speed trains |
Madrid-Barcelona, Madrid-Valencia,
Madrid-Cordoba/Seville/Malaga |
Click for
seat map |
More about
Iryo trains |
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International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
|
TGV Duplex |
Barcelona to Paris |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as 1-8)
|
More about
Barcelona to Paris by TGV
Video guide |
|
AVE S100 (TGV) |
Barcelona to
Lyon/Avignon/Marseille
Sometimes shown as TGV, in fact a
Spanish AVE S100 |
Click for seat map
|
More about AVE S100 |
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Germany |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
|
Tip: To find out
which type of ICE operates your train, look up your train number at
int.bahn.de,
then look up this train number at
www.fernbahn.de/datenbank/suche. |
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ICE
1 |
Various |
Click for seat map
|
More about ICE |
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ICE
2 |
Various, including Cologne - Hanover - Berlin |
Click for seat map
|
More about ICE |
|
ICE
3 |
Various |
Click for seat map, ICE3 class 403
Click for seat map, ICE3M class 406
Click for seat map, ICE3 class 407 Velaro
Click
for seat map ICE3 Neo class 408 |
More about ICE |
|
ICE 4 |
Various |
Click for seat map
|
More about ICE |
|
ICE-T |
Various |
Click for seat map, ICE-T 7-car
Click for seat map, ICE-T 5-car
|
More about ICE |
|
InterCity (IC) trains |
Various |
Click for seat map, classic IC
click for
seat map, IC2 double-decker |
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Nightjet sleeper trains |
Düsseldorf & Cologne - Munich
|
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More about
Nightjet trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper train, new
generation |
Hamburg - Munich |
New
generation sleeping car
Couchette
& Mini cabins
|
More about
new-gen Nightjet trains |
|
International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
|
Eurostar (formerly Thalys) to Paris |
Düsseldorf - Cologne - Brussels - Paris |
Click for seat map - original
Click for seat map - ruby refurb
Cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8.
Car 1 or 11 is normally at the Paris end of the train, car 8 or 18 at the
Amsterdam or Cologne end.
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More about Eurostar (formerly Thalys |
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ICE to Paris |
Frankfurt - Mannheim - Paris
Frankfurt - Cologne -
Brussels
Frankfurt - Cologne - Amsterdam |
Click for seat map, ICE3 class 407. |
More about ICE |
|
InterCity (IC) to Amsterdam |
Berlin - Hanover - Amsterdam |
Click for seat map |
More about Berlin-Amsterdam IC trains |
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ICE to Brussels & Amsterdam |
Frankfurt - Cologne -
Brussels
Frankfurt - Cologne - Amsterdam |
Click for seat map, ICE3M class 406
|
More about ICE |
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ICE to Switzerland |
Switzerland to Germany |
Many trains now ICE4,
click for seat map
Some still ICE1,
click for seat map
Some ICE3,
click for seat map
|
More about ICE |
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ICE to Vienna |
Frankfurt-Nuremberg-Vienna (7 car)
Berlin - Vienna (7-car) |
Click for seat map, ICE-T 7-car |
More about ICE-T |
|
IC3 to Copenhagen (shown as IC) |
Copenhagen - Hamburg |
Click for IC3 seat map (until May 2023)
Click for IC seat map (from April 2023) |
More about
Hamburg-Copenhagen trains |
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TGV
Duplex to Paris |
Munich - Stuttgart - Paris |
Click for seat map
(cars 11-18 same as cars 1-8)
|
More about TGV |
|
Railjet |
Munich - Vienna - Budapest |
Click for
seat map
Original railjets run this route |
More about railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Munich-Verona
via the Brenner route. (Certain
departures from April 2024, all departures from October 2024) |
Click for seat map New-generation
railjets |
More about
new generation railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Berlin-Prague-Vienna |
Click for
seat map
A Czech railjet operates this train |
More about railjet trains |
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DB-ÖBB EuroCity to Italy |
Munich - Innsbruck - Verona, Bologna
& Venice via the Brenner route
(being gradually replaced by new generation railjets from April 2024) |
Go to
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni.
Change cs to English top left, then click EC against Austria, then select your
train & look for the seat map icon underneath the relevant carriage.
Gradually being replaced by new generation railjets starting April 2024. |
More info
about
DB-ÖBB EuroCity trains |
|
Berlin-Warsaw EuroCity trains |
Berlin - Warsaw |
Go to www.vagonweb.cz,
Change cs to English top left, click Train formation, select EIC against Poland
& locate your train. Click the plan logo under each car. |
More about
Berlin-Warsaw EuroCity trains |
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EuroCity Berlin-Prague |
Hamburg-Berlin-Prague |
Click for seat map - classic Czech trains
Click
for seat map - Czech ComfortJet trains |
More about
Berlin-Prague EuroCity trains |
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Nightjet sleeper train, new
generation |
Hamburg to Innsbruck & Vienna |
New
generation sleeping car
Couchette
& Mini cabins
|
More about
new-gen Nightjet trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper trains |
Hamburg to Zurich |
Double-deck sleeping-car
Couchette car
|
More about
Nightjet trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper trains |
Berlin to Vienna
Berlin to Zurich Düsseldorf & Cologne
to Innsbruck
&
Vienna
Munich to Amsterdam |
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More about
Nightjet trains |
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Austria |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
|
Railjet |
Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck
Vienna - Graz |
Click for
seat map
(original railjets)
Click for seat map (railjet later type)
Click for seat map (railjet new generation)
Some Vienna-Graz railjets
are Czech,
see seat map |
More about railjet trains |
|
InterCity trains |
Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck
Vienna - Klagenfurt - Graz |
none
available |
- |
|
International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seat map: |
More information: |
|
Railjet |
Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck -
Zurich.
Vienna - Salzburg - Munich
Vienna - Budapest |
Click for
seat map
(original railjets) |
More about railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Vienna - Venice |
Click for
seat map (railjet later type) |
More about railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Graz - Vienna - Prague
Some departures use Austrian ÖBB railjets, others Czech CD railjets.
To see which operates your train, go to
www.vagonweb.cz, select English, select
train formations, then select RJ against Czech Republic
or Austria. |
Click for
seat map
for ÖBB railjets
Click for seat
map for CD railjet |
More about railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Munich-Innsbruck-Verona
via the Brenner route. (Certain
departures from April 2024, all departures from October 2024) |
Click for seat map (railjet new generation) |
More about
new generation railjet trains |
|
ICE
1 to Germany |
Vienna - Germany |
Click for seat map |
More about ICE |
|
ICE
2 to Germany |
Vienna - Germany |
Click for seat map |
More about ICE |
|
ICE
3 to Germany |
Vienna - Germany |
Click for seat map |
More about ICE |
|
ICE-T to Germany |
Vienna-Nuremberg-Frankfurt (7-car)
Vienna - Berlin (7-car) |
Click for seat map |
More about ICE |
|
DB-ÖBB EuroCity to Italy |
Munich - Innsbruck - Verona, Bologna
& Venice |
Go to
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni.
Change cs to English top left, then click EC against Austria, then select your
train & look for the seat map icon underneath the relevant carriage. |
More info
about
DB-ÖBB EuroCity trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper, new generation |
Vienna & Innsbruck to Hamburg |
New
generation sleeping car
Couchette
& Mini cabins
|
More about
new-gen Nightjet trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper trains |
Vienna to Zurich |
Double-deck sleeping-car
Couchette car
|
More about
Nightjet trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper trains |
Vienna to Berlin
Vienna to Venice
Vienna to Florence & Rome
Salzburg to Venice, Florence & Rome
Vienna & Innsbruck to Cologne, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Amsterdam
Vienna-Brussels |
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More about
Nightjet trains |
|
You can also find useful
information about the composition of international trains to or from Austria at
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni. |
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Czech Republic, Slovakia |
|
You can check train compositions
for domestic and international trains to, from or within the Czech Republic and
Slovakia at
www.zelpage.cz/razeni (Change cs to English top left). You can search by train number (enter it in the
box at the top) or click on a train category (for example, EuroNight or
EuroCity) to see a list of trains. When you get to the train formation
page, click on a carriage for specific carriage information, including a seat or
berth numbering plan if they have one. |
|
EuroCity Prague-Berlin |
Prague-Dresden-Berlin |
Click for seat map |
More about
Prague-Berlin trains |
|
EuroCity Prague-Budapest |
Prague-Bratislava-Budapest |
Click for seat map |
More about Prague-Budapest trains |
|
Railjet Prague-Vienna |
Prague - Vienna - Graz
Some departures use Austrian ÖBB red railjets, others Czech CD blue railjets.
To check which operates your train, go to
www.vagonweb.cz, Change
cs to English top left, select train formation, then select RJ against either Czech Republic
or Austria. |
Click for
seat map for ÖBB railjet
Click for seat
map for CD railjet |
More
info about Prague-Vienna railjet trains |
|
Railjet Prague-Berlin |
Berlin-Prague-Vienna
The Vindobona |
Click for
seat map
A Czech railjet operates this train |
More about railjet trains |
|
EuroNight sleeper train |
Prague to Zurich |
Comfortline sleeping car
- this is a Czech CD-owned one. |
More
info about the Prague to Zurich sleeper train |
|
EuroNight sleeper train |
Prague to Budapest |
Comfortline sleeping car
- this is a Czech CD-owned one.
Couchette car
|
More about the Prague to Budapest sleeper train |
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Poland, Hungary, Slovenia, Croatia,
Bosnia... |
|
You can also find useful
information about the composition of trains to or from Poland, Hungary,
Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Bosnia at
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni.
You will need to use years 2021 and before.
Switch it to English by selecting en. Click train formation
then select the type of train against the relevant country. When you see
the train formation, click on the camera logo under each car for photos.
You may also see a seat map logo, click for the seat map. |
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