Can I buy a Deutsche Bahn online ticket starting from one station, but enter the train on the next one?
Is it possible to buy DB online ticket from one station, and enter the train on the next one?
Specifically, to buy a ticket for EN 446 sleeping car starting from Frankfurt(Oder) to Köln but enter the train on the next stop after Frankfurt - i.e. in Potsdam. The reason is that DB site doesn't allow one to buy a ticket for the Potsdam - Köln route into EN cars, but instead offers to buy more expensive tickets into CNL 40458 cars (which goes as the part of the same train starting from Potsdam).
Best Answer
For any and all night trains running through Germany (EN and CNL — as long as the latter still exist) there is a clear distinction between stations for boarding (departure time only is given in official timetables) and stations for exiting (arrival time only is given). You cannot board the train at an arrival station and you cannot exit the train (or: should not, but noone can stop you …) on a departure station. Thus, your trip is not possible.
You can get on the train at a later station, assuming that that is still a departure station. For example, in the Hamburg–Munich night train, you can board in Hannover rather than in Hamburg (both are departure stations). There should typically be no reason to do that, though, since tickets should be more expensive from Hamburg in any case.
For day trains, as long as you are on the correct train when you have Zugbindung, all is fine.
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