InterRail one country passes

hi,

I'm planning to take a trip to Czech Republik using interrail one country passes. i never use it before, so I'm not really understand how it works.
I've checked for 3 days trip it will cost me 49 EU. Is this means that i could go from Germany to Praha and the return trip without need to buy other ticket?? (except for EC seat reservation cost). Or there still other fees that i should pay??
Second questions, if i decide to take it and i don't need to buy other tickets, how can i make reservation for EC without buying the ticket?? EC required me to make some reservations. I already check to www.db.de and pretend to buy the ticket, i'll try to click on the option only for seat reservations but it's not active.

thx

If it is only a one country pass then surely you can only use it in one country i.e. Germany and not in Czech republic aswell? Why don't you read up on the rail pass conditions...then you will know what you can/can't do with the ticket!

Do remember that for Prague you can simply buy a BAYERN TICKET to the border of Czech and jump off and buy onward ticket for Prgaue.

I did it other way around...I bought single from Prague to border of Germany then managed to get of train and buy Bayern ticket onwards...(I had ten minutes to spare !!) It cost peanuts that way...

Interrail tickets are valid in several countries at a time, there are 8 zones. The zone covering Czech Republic is zone D, which also covers Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Croatia.
An interrail ticket for one zone lasts for 22 days and costs 206 Euro. I don't think you were looking at the right information when you looked into DB.
In any case, as said before and already a few times in other threads, the cheapest way is to buy a Bayern ticket to the border and then buy a ticket to Prague there. Be sure to buy the Bayern ticket you'll use for the return when you leave.
There are several other threads with this as well:
http://www.toytowngermany.com/search/?q=prague

You don't say where in Germany you are, but if you're in Munich then there's now an even cheaper ticket than the Bayern Ticket, namely the Bayern-Böhmen-Ticket. There's no point buying an Interrail ticket for the Czech Republic because the cash fares are so cheap.

I haven't got my new timetables yet but I think there is soe GOOD news coming for Prague ound travellers from Munich.
The 0644 departure of the through train to Prague is moved to 0844 so you can use the cheap tickets from Freising.

OK, the operator is going to be Arriva but...

Well spotted – just had a look at the timetable for December (new timetable starts the 2nd week of December) and what you say is true. This is great news because that 6.44 departure is way too early. Even with these new timings you'd still get six hours in Plzen, which is enough time to drink a few beers and buy digestive biscuits at Tesco.

Why is the route being privatised though?

i live in weimar, so using bayern ticket is not an option for me

i thought if i buy interrail for one country pass means i could pass from germany to one country. e.g czech. Can't I??
i checked again and i found out that czech in zone d and it only cost me 49 eu for 3 days. i don't need to buy the 22 days.

I've never found interail to be a cheap option. Train tickets in the czech rep are only at the most around €5. As for traveling in Germany mitfahrzentrale or mitfahrgelegenheit ride-share companies are a much cheaper option.
From what I found the interail germany pass looks to start at €139 for 4 days travel.

There's also this link for a Germany-Czech rail pass, but again for over €189.

From Weimar, I'd use the relevent local off peak ticket and travel via Zwickau to Cheb and from there get a "fast" train to Prague.
I wouldn't get a Czech pass.

The reason Arriva is now running the Munich-Prague trains for the German section is that the faster regional trains in the Oberpfalz have been put into one tender package along with the stopping trains which Arriva already ran, albeit branded as Vogtlandbahn. DB has had for years little real interest in keeping this area in their business so it goes to Arriva. They also have of course the Allgäu faster regional trains as "Alex". They are repainting that stock to make it more Arriva corporate look, not a bad job from what I've seen.

From December, you'll thus be able to travel from Berlin to Bodensee without ever stepping on a DB train...

i've got the information from this link

To be honest, at these prices it's not really worth discussing any further. If you pay cash fares you'll probably spend around €30, if you buy this pass you'll spend €49 but not have to bother buying tickets. It's up to you. Make a decision and go for it.

Apiapiaba (that's hard to type) the link you posted is for Czech Republic only and so not worth it for you, as mentioned. The thing with Interrail (however many countries it is valid for) has always been that it is NOT valid in your country of residence, which I presume in your case to be Germany. In other words you cannot by an Interrail ticket that covers Germany.

There is a special offer called the "Prag Spezial" for Bavaria-Prague travel that from München costs €59 round-trip: http://www.bahn.de/regional/view/bayern/ba...g_spezial.shtml

With that you wouldn't have to worry about multiple tickets, jumping off a train to buy a ticket, etc.

MT: know of any pics of the wagons in the new livery for the Prague service? Are they similar to Alex or to Vogtlandbahn?

i got it now. so, if i want to travel using interrail from germany to czech means i need to buy the interrail one country pass germany not czech, right??
so i guess i have to try find the connection that monkstown mention. thanks to everyone

No, what we're saying is that there is no way possible that it is worth it for you to get an Interrail pass, and it's irrelevant since it's invalid for your country of residence (that being Germany).

You live in Germany. Therefore you may NOT buy an Interrail pass for Germany. That's how it works.

If you're determined to buy a pass that covers this trip (even though it will be more expensive than buying the Prag Spezial ticket as I linked to above), you would have to by the Germany-Czech Eurail pass. However, because Eurail passes are intended for non-EU residents, you'd have to order it to your friends/family back in Indonesia and have them mail it to you from there. Just make sure it doesn't get lost in the mail and that you don't mention to anyone that you're actually living here, as that's technically against the rules.

PiB, they are kind of silvery brown if I remember correctly. That's for the Allgäu bound services.
You can see them on the sidings in your travel on the S Bahn out to Donny Brooker.

Sooooo, Munich and Nürnberg both have 2 daily direct trains to Prague and either way you get the other by an easy change in SauAufDurchreise.
Also 2 new fast trains a day from Zelezna Ruda (Czech Eisenstein) is you are in the Deggy, Regen, Zwiesel or FloorCorn areas.