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Night train renaissance: For a greener trip, Europe's rolling back to the past (www.cbc.ca)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

That‘s cool! I had the issue come up multiple times. Once booking a DB -> ÖBB night train through DB, which they didn't "view" as one ticket although it was one purchase. Eventually (7 month after the trip) I got compensated for the DB ticket I had to buy, because I missed my night train. But there are also private night train providers like European Sleeper, where you can only book tickets through their website. I don't think that DB cares about them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Was that trip before 2017? The agreement was created on that year an only includes the public companies: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agreement_on_Journey_Continuation So DB doesn't care about European Sleeper, because they're not part of the agreement.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It was last year… Probably the person at the counter of DB just didn't care. Thanks for the info!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

When we missed our italian train, it was up to trenitalia to uphold the agreement.and move our ticket, not DB/ÖBB.

So I your case, ÖBB should have moved you to the next nighttrain (if it exists, I guess). We didn't apply for compensation, so idk who would have to pay for what in that case.