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A seat map shows how to seats are laid out. Seat & berth numbers are often not consecutive, for
example 21 & 25 are an upper & lower bed in the same 2-bed sleeper. |
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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 numbering
You'll often find train
compositions posted in glass
cases on station platforms so that you know where to stand to
board your particular car. These show the train consist with carriage
sequence & carriage numbering for each departure from that platform.
Unfortunately, train operators don't usually put this information online,
but there are a couple of useful websites that show train formations, often with photos of what the cars look like:
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For Austria & major international
trains in central Europe, including Nightjet, see
www.vagonweb.cz. This also has photos of the carriages and other
useful information.
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For Germany, showing both domestic
&
international trains by train number, see
www.fernbahn.de/datenbank/suche. If
you don't know the train number you want, use the journey planner at
int.bahn.de to look it up,
clicking on the service you want in the search results to see details
including the train number.
Can I choose a specific seat?
A few
train operators let you choose a specific seat from a seat map, but usually only if you book
their own trains on their own website.
For example, such operators include
Eurostar at www.eurostar.com
(you can view & change your seats using the manage a booking link, a
best-practice as this works even if you've bought your Eurostar ticket from a
3rd party retailer), French Railways at
www.sncf-connect.com (on TGV &
Intercités, but only if you're booking 1st class), German Railways at
int.bahn.de
(only on German IC or ICE trains, not including the ones to Paris), Swedish
Railways at www.sj.se, Spanish railways at
www.renfe.com (but only for Spanish domestic
journeys and only if pay for seat selection), Italy's Trenitalia at
www.trenitalia.com and a
few others.
Only two 3rd-party retailers offer
this functionality:
www.italiarail.com
sells Trenitalia tickets and will let you choose specific seats from a seat map,
like Trenitalia themselves.
www.thetrainline.com now also lets you choose specific seats, when booking
1st class on French TGVs & Intercités and on Trenitalia high-speed & Intercity
trains in any class.
Most other booking sites only let
you choose basic options such as aisle or window, possibly table
meaning face-to-face seats across a fixed table as opposed to an airline-style
drop-down table on the seat back in front. And possibly compartment
(meaning classic side-corridor-and-compartment carriages with 6-seater
compartments) or saloon, meaning more modern open-plan seating.
Berth numbering in sleepers & couchettes often
causes confusion. People get berth numbers 21 & 25 and worry that
they're not together in the same 2-bed sleeper, when they are!
See the
generic sleeping-car numbering plan below, or search for the specific sleeper
train you're booked on in the list below, based on the country in which your
journey starts. 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!
Saloon or compartment
seating?
Some trains have seats in
open-plan saloons, indeed most modern trains have this sort of seating in a
variety of layouts. Some trains, often older ones in central & eastern Europe,
have seats in traditional 6-seater compartments with a side corridor, these
almost always follow the standard numbering system shown below. There are sliding (non-lockable) doors to each compartment.
Sometimes you'll find both sorts of seating on one train, and some
booking systems (such as the German Railways website) will ask you which you prefer. Unless you're a group of 5 or 6
people, most travellers prefer open-plan saloons, which also gives you a
better view out as you can view diagonally through all
the coach windows, not just directly sideways through your own window.
Generic compartment car numbering plan. The first digit is the
compartment number.
Click for larger image
Train seat maps, by country
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| France |
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Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
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 info about TGV |
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TGV Med |
Paris-Lyon-Marseille-Nice
(although most services are now TGV Duplex) |
Not available. |
More info about TGV |
|
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.
|
1st & 2nd generation Duplex:
Click for seat map
3rd generation EuroDuplex:
Click for seat map
TGV Duplex with Océane interior:
Click for seat map |
More info 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
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More info about TGV |
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TGV
Est |
Paris-Reims, Nancy, Metz, Strasbourg TGVs |
Click for seat map |
More info 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 info about Téoz |
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Intercités de Nuit (formerly Lunéa) |
French domestic overnight trains |
Couchette car berth plan |
More info about French night trains |
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International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
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 info about Eurostar |
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Eurostar (formerly Thalys) |
Paris to Brussels, Amsterdam, Cologne |
Click for seat map
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More info about Eurostar (formerly Thalys) |
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ICE |
Paris to Mannheim & Frankfurt. |
Click for seat map (ICE3 class 407) |
More info about ICE |
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TGV |
Paris to Luxembourg (Lacroix) |
Click for seat map |
More info about TGV |
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TGV-Lyria |
Paris to Geneva, Lausanne, Bern, Basel, Zurich |
TGV Duplex:
Click
for seat map
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More info about TGV-Lyria |
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TGV Duplex |
Paris to Barcelona
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Click for seat map
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More info 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
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More info about TGV
Duplex
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TGV Paris-Milan |
Paris to Turin & Milan |
Click for seat map |
More info about
Paris-Turin-Milan TGVs
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Frecciarossa Paris-Milan |
Paris to Turin & Milan |
Click for seat map |
More info about
the Paris-Milan Frecciarossa
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AVE |
Lyon/Marseille/Avignon - Barcelona,
Spanish AVE S100 |
Click for seat map |
More info about AVE S100
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All French trains are now
non-smoking, even though older seat maps may refer to 'smoking' cars.
Car number greater than 10? When two TGV units run coupled
together, cars in the first set are numbered 1-8, the second 11-18. So car
18 is the same as car 8 on the seat map.
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Italy |
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Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
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 info 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 info 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 info 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 info about Frecciarossa 700
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Frecciargento (ETR485, ETR610) |
Various including Rome-Bari.
250 km/h tilting
trains. |
ETR600
ETR610
ETR485 |
More info 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 info about
Frecciabianca |
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InterCity trains (IC) |
Various including Rome-Sicily, Milan-Genoa |
Click for seat map |
More info 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 info about Italian night
trains |
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Italo AGV trains |
Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples
Venice-Florence-Rome |
Click for AGV seat map |
More info about Italo |
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Italo EVO trains |
Milan-Florence-Rome-Naples
Venice-Florence-Rome |
Click for
EVO seat map |
More info about Italo |
|
International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
More information: |
|
Frecciarossa 1000 |
Milan-Turin-Lyon-Paris |
Click for seat map |
More info about
the Milan-Paris Frecciarossa |
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TGV |
Milan-Turin-Paris |
Click for seat map
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More info about Paris-Italy TGV |
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Milan-Switzerland EuroCity trains
(Astoro & Giruno trains) |
Zurich, Basel, Geneva & Lausanne to Milan |
Click for seat map
No seat map available for Giruno trains. |
More info about Italy-Switzerland EuroCity trains |
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DB-ÖBB EuroCity to Munich |
Venice & Verona - Innsbruck - Munich |
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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Railjet |
Venice - Villach - Vienna |
Go to
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni.
Change cs to English top left, then click Railjet against Austria, then select your
train & look for the seat map icon underneath the relevant carriage. |
More info about railjet trains |
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Nightjet sleeper trains |
Rome,
Florence, Venice, Milan to Salzburg, Munich, Vienna |
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More info about
Nightjet trains |
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Spain |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
More information: |
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AVE S100
Built by Alsthom, the original AVE. |
Still operates some
Madrid-Cordoba-Seville departures. |
Click for seat map |
More info about AVE |
|
AVE S102/S112
Built by Talgo |
Operates all Barcelona - Malaga/Seville
trains (type S112).
Some
Madrid-Malaga trains (usually type S102).
Some Madrid-Cordoba-Seville trains. |
Click for seat map |
More info about
AVE-S112 |
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AVE S103
Built by Siemens |
Most Madrid-Barcelona trains.
Some Madrid-Malaga trains. A few
Madrid-Cordoba-Seville trains. |
Click for seat map |
More info about
AVE-S103 |
|
Alvia S120
Built by CAF |
Madrid to/from Bilbao, San Sebastian, Irun/Hendaye.
Barcelna to/from Bilbao, San Sebastian, Irun/Hendaye |
Click for seat map |
More info
about Alvia trains |
|
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 Coruna. 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 info about
Intercity trains |
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Iryo high-speed trains |
Madrid-Barcelona, Madrid-Valencia,
Madrid-Cordoba/Seville/Malaga |
Click for
seat map |
More info about
Iryo trains |
|
International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
More information: |
|
TGV Duplex |
Barcelona to Paris |
Click for seat map
|
More info 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 info about AVE S100 |
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Germany |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
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 info about ICE |
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ICE
2 |
Various, including Cologne - Hanover - Berlin |
Click for seat map
|
More info 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 info about ICE |
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ICE 4 |
Various |
Click for seat map
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More info about ICE |
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ICE-T |
Various |
Click for seat map, ICE-T 7-car
Click for seat map, ICE-T 5-car
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More info about ICE |
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InterCity (IC) trains |
Various |
Click for seat map, classic IC
click for
seat map, IC2 double-decker |
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Nightjet sleeper trains |
Dusseldorf & Cologne - Munich.
Hamburg - Munich. |
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More info about
Nightjet trains |
|
International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
More information: |
|
Eurostar (formerly Thalys) to Paris |
Dusseldorf - Cologne - Brussels - Paris |
Click for seat map
|
More info 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 info about ICE |
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InterCity (IC) to Amsterdam |
Berlin - Hanover - Amsterdam |
Click for seat map |
More info 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 info about ICE |
|
ICE to Switzerland |
Switzerland to Germany |
Many trains now worked by ICE4,
click for seat map
Some still worked by ICE1,
click for seat map
Some worked by ICE3,
click for seat map
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More info 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 info about ICE-T |
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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 info about
Hamburg-Copenhagen trains |
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TGV
Duplex to Paris |
Munich - Stuttgart - Paris |
Click for seat map
|
More info about TGV |
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Railjet |
Munich - Vienna - Budapest |
Click for
seat map
The original type runs this route |
More info about railjet trains |
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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 |
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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 info about
Berlin-Warsaw EuroCity trains |
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EuroCity Berlin-Prague |
Hamburg-Berlin-Prague |
Click for seat map |
More info about
Berlin-Prague EuroCity trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper trains |
Hamburg to Zurich |
Double-deck sleeping-car
Couchette car
|
More info about
Nightjet trains |
|
Nightjet sleeper trains |
Berlin to Vienna
Berlin to Zurich Dusseldorf & Cologne
to Innsbruck
&
Vienna
Hamburg to Innsbruck & Vienna
Munich to Amsterdam |
Comfortline sleeping car
Couchette car
|
More info about
Nightjet trains |
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Austria |
|
Domestic trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
More information: |
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Railjet |
Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck
Vienna - Graz |
Click for
seat map
(original type)
Some Vienna-Graz railjets are Czech,
see seat map for CD railjet |
More info about railjet trains |
|
InterCity trains |
Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck
Vienna - Klagenfurt - Graz |
none
available |
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International
trains: |
Routes operated: |
Seating plan: |
More information: |
|
Railjet |
Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck -
Zurich.
Vienna - Salzburg - Munich
Vienna - Budapest |
Click for
seat map
(original type) |
More info about railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Vienna - Venice |
Go to
www.vagonweb.cz/razeni.
Change cs to English top left, then click Railjet against Austria, then select your
train & look for the seat map icon underneath the relevant carriage. |
More info about railjet trains |
|
Railjet |
Graz - Vienna - Prague
Some departures use Austrian ÖBB red railjets, others Czech CD blue railjets.
To check which operates your train, go to
www.vagonweb.cz, select UK
flag for English, select
composition, then select RJ against either Czech Republic
or Austria. |
Click for
seat map
for ÖBB railjets
Click for seat
map for CD railjet |
More info about railjet trains |
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ICE
1 to Germany |
Vienna - Germany |
Click for seat map |
More info about ICE |
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ICE
2 to Germany |
Vienna - Germany |
Click for seat map |
More info about ICE |
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ICE
3 to Germany |
Vienna - Germany |
Click for seat map |
More info about ICE |
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ICE-T to Germany |
Vienna-Nuremberg-Frankfurt (7-car)
Vienna - Berlin (7-car) |
Click for seat map |
More info 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 trains |
Vienna to Zurich |
Double-deck sleeping-car
Couchette car
|
More info 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 info 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. |
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EuroCity Prague-Berlin |
Prague-Dresden-Berlin |
Click for seat map |
More info about
Prague-Berlin trains |
|
EuroCity Prague-Budapest |
Prague-Bratislava-Budapest |
Click for seat map |
More info 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 |
|
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 info 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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