Rail Staff Travel Guide Travel in Europe using FIP facilities DB-AG ICE service crossing the Trisana bridge near Wiesberg, Austria 1 Rail Staff Travel is part of the Rail Delivery Group 1 Author: Josef Saurwein. Licence: Creative Commons CC-BY 3.0. Source: Wikicommons: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EC_562-2.jpg Rail Staff Travel. Travel in Europe using FIP facilities Contents Introduction .................................................................................................. 9 Use of this guide ..................................................................................... 10 FIP International Reduced Rate Card ......................................................... 11 Discounted ticket purchasing before you leave Britain.......................... 11 FIP discounted ticket purchasing whilst travelling abroad ..................... 12 Conditions of carriage using discounted tickets ..................................... 13 FIP fares for children ............................................................................... 13 Changes to FIP membership during the validity of a card ...................... 13 FIP Coupons ................................................................................................ 14 Validity of coupons ................................................................................. 14 Applications to Rail Staff Travel for coupons.......................................... 15 Issue of coupons by Rail Staff Travel ...................................................... 15 Use of the coupons for travel ................................................................. 15 Transit Points of FIP carriers ....................................................................... 17 Virtual Border Transit Points .................................................................. 17 Passenger Station Transit Points ............................................................ 18 Cross-border journeys ............................................................................ 18 90-075-013/C9468INC v51 July 2021 Page 2 Rail Staff Travel. Travel in Europe using FIP facilities Loss or theft of FIP Travel documents ........................................................ 19 Theft........................................................................................................ 19 Loss ......................................................................................................... 19 FIP Travel Irregularities ............................................................................... 19 General Tips ................................................................................................ 20 Problems using FIP facilities ....................................................................... 22 International journeys to and from Great Britain ...................................... 23 Eurostar International – EIL .................................................................... 23 Stena Line BV Hoek van Holland - Harwich - StL .................................... 25 Stena Line Limited – SLL (Irish Sea routes) ............................................. 26 Austria – ÖBB, GySEV and BSB/VSU ........................................................... 28 ÖBB FIP facilities ..................................................................................... 28 ÖBB Coach services to Italy .................................................................... 31 Allegro – Austria to Italy via Tarvisio ...................................................... 31 DB-ÖBB Eurocity München – Innsbruck – Bolzano – Venezia ................ 32 Travel to and from Wien (Vienna) Airport .............................................. 32 Discounted ticket purchase at Vending Machines in Austria ................. 33 Discounted ticket purchase from the ÖBB contact centre ..................... 33 GySEV FIP facilities .................................................................................. 34 90-075-013/C9468INC v51 July 2021 Page 3 Rail Staff Travel. Travel in Europe using FIP facilities BSB/VSU FIP facilities .............................................................................. 34 Non-FIP companies ................................................................................. 35 Belgium – SNCB/NMBS ............................................................................... 36 Bosnia- Herzegovina – ŽFBH, ŽRS ............................................................... 38 ŽRS FIP facilities ...................................................................................... 38 ŽFBH FIP facilities .................................................................................... 38 Bulgaria – BDZ ............................................................................................. 40 Croatia – HŽ ................................................................................................ 41 Czech Republic – ČD ................................................................................... 44 Break of journey ..................................................................................... 45 Supplements on Commercial Services ................................................... 45 ČD Commercial Services December 2020 to December 2021 ............... 46 Regional services in South Moravia ........................................................ 49 ČD Bus services ....................................................................................... 50 Refunds on supplements ........................................................................ 51 Other Operators ..................................................................................... 51 Denmark – DSB ........................................................................................... 52 Finland – VR ................................................................................................ 54 France – SNCF ............................................................................................. 56 90-075-013/C9468INC v51 July 2021 Page 4 Rail Staff Travel. Travel in Europe using FIP facilities Franchised TER passenger services in France ......................................... 59 Buying tickets and making reservations before you arrive in France .... 60 Travel in Paris.......................................................................................... 60 Germany – DB AG and BSB/VSU ................................................................. 62 DB AG FIP facilities .................................................................................. 62 DB-ÖBB Eurocity München – Innsbruck – Bolzano – Venezia ................ 65 Planning journeys on DB AG services ..................................................... 66 Ticket purchase for DB AG services ........................................................ 66 Restricted DB-AG trains .......................................................................... 67 Ferries ..................................................................................................... 68 DB-AG IC Coach services ......................................................................... 68 DB-AG bus services ................................................................................. 68 Other operators ...................................................................................... 69 Greece – TrainOSE, Attica ........................................................................... 71 TrainOSE FIP facilities ............................................................................. 71 Attica FIP facilities ................................................................................... 72 Hungary – MÁV, GySEV .............................................................................. 76 MÁV FIP facilities .................................................................................... 76 Bicycles ................................................................................................... 79 90-075-013/C9468INC v51 July 2021 Page 5 Rail Staff Travel. Travel in Europe using FIP facilities Dogs and small pets ................................................................................ 80 MÁV smartphone app ............................................................................ 80 GySEV FIP facilities .................................................................................. 82 Ireland – CIE ................................................................................................ 84 Italy – FS ...................................................................................................... 86 DB-ÖBB Eurocity München – Innsbruck – Bolzano – Venezia ................ 89 How to book seat reservations on FS trains if using FIP coupons .......... 89 Kosovo ........................................................................................................ 92 Lake Constance Ferries ............................................................................... 93 BSB/VSU FIP facilities .............................................................................. 93 Liechtenstein .............................................................................................. 96 Luxembourg – CFL ...................................................................................... 97 Montenegro – ŽPCG ................................................................................... 98 Netherlands – NS .......................................................................................