Booking for intra-EU trains
if I want to book a train, let's say, from Amsterdam to Brussels or from Brussels to Cologne, can I buy a ticket without need to show my EU card and hence without being registered in a system? And if I can, are there police checks that register my identity?
Best Answer
There may be police checks at any point, but there is no routine need to prove identity on most intra-EU trains.
(Note temporary exceptions to this may include trains between Italy and France, Denmark and Sweden, and German print-at-home tickets do require ID.)
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