Easy access points for British visitors are Amsterdam and Brussels. Special fares apply. Reservations are compulsory. The modern, high quality night train service connecting Germany with Switzerland and Austria. Special fares apply.
Reservations are compulsory.
Across borders to and from Germany, overnight trains operate throughout the year, going as far as Moscow, Budapest or Rome. To use these services a supplement is payable on top of the regular fare. Since November there is an ICE connection between Amsterdam and Cologne. The next generation of ICE trains is on track and sets standards of design, comfort, speed, environmental protection and general travel reaching well into the new millennium. On the new ICE, first class passengers can sit in a lounge directly behind the driver, from where they have a view right through the cockpit onto the track ahead.