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Euro train travel?

I will be travelling between three countries in Europe; spain, france and italy. i would like to find out if anyone here knows any links, or has any experience travelling by train to and from these countries. Specifically i would like to know the names of the train stations from which the international trains depart from each country. Thank you. I cant seem to find any answers in books, or I dont know whether I am looking at the right things.

Public Comments

1. I know 2 things, if you are over 25 and over I think it is 50 you can get special discount cards that will bring the price of your trip down. And it is really expensive to book 1 to 2 days before you want to leave. You need to book at least a week in advance to get good rates.
2. you are so lucky,(i dont know any train stations)
3. International trains can leave from any number of cities, so I doubt that you'll find printed lists anywhere. Obviously, major cities will have them but there may be smaller cities along the way that have stops as well. However, you don't really need a list to plan a trip. Schedules are available at http://bahn.hafas.de/bin/query.exe/en Just enter the cities that you want to travel between. The website will give you the schedules.
4. Most people just enter into the train planner where they want to travel from and too, and the planner will give you a plan with changes and how much time it is going to cost you. But there are train maps on-line. This is a map for all of Europe, the lines shown are just the more important ones, there are many more smaller lines. Were the lines changes colour you will need to change trains (mostly) so you can get an impression, the numbers next to the lines are the hours traveling, high speed and normal trains: http://www.railpass.com/maps/whole.htm This site has a map too, also giving the time between towns, it also gives an idea about the price of the tickets, but the info is a bit out of date, and there are so many ways to travel cheap, but you might like this map better than the other: http://www.ricksteves.com/rail/comparetickets.htm There is a train schedule for most of Europe, the Tomas Cook European Timetable, but the websites that search the schedules for you work so much easier that it is not needed to buy it. This train planner works well in most of Europe: http://www.bahn.de/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml For travels within one country you might prefer the national planner for that country, as they work a little better and sometimes give the price for the tickets too: Italy: http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html Spain: http://horarios.renfe.es/hir/ingles.html France: http://www.voyages-sncf.com/leisure/fr/launch/home/ Do not use the English version of the French site, as that does not work anymore. Use the French version and click on 'consulter la horaires'. It works rather straight forward so do not worry. Added: About train passes: If you are from outside Europe: http://www.raileurope.com/us/rail/passes/eurail_index.htm There are regional passes for France and Italy, for France and Spain and for Italy and Spain, but not for the three together. If you are from Europe: http://www.interrailnet.com/ Cheaper, but only for people who are resident in an European country, not valid in the country you live. Mostly the Eurail pass is only worth it if you are in the train a lot. The InterRail pass is a little cheaper, so it is worth it earlier. But also check point to point tickets, as they are often about as cheap, and a lot cheaper if you travel just a little in each country.