Editing Germany (section)

=== Taking the train ===

You can find all information about departure and arrivals, fares, timetables and buy tickets online at the website of [http://www.bahn.de/-S:PtVOSN:eiu7YtNNS2IT99NNNYIM/p/view/international/englisch/international_guests.shtml Deutsche Bahn].

'''Train for Free/Less:''' There several regional and (for weekends) germanwide '''group tickets''' for 5 Persons only for the lokal (means small, stops everywhere) trains. There are often groups with less than 5 Persons who have them and it's easy - at least on common routes - to find people who have a place left on there group ticket. Often it's ''for free'' but sometimes they'll ask you if you can spend ''about 5,- €''. If you take the risk, you can just go into the trains and ask the people there. If you want to be more careful (and you are not at a very small station) you can ask people on the train platform. You can also ask people who are leaving the train if they don't need there group tickets anymore, but since last year officially you have to write a name on the tickets and very few controllers also asking for passport to check. (At big stations there are also very often people who try to sell there tickets after use. Check the date carefully, occasionally it's a rip off.)