Can I search for European train connections avoiding certain stations?
With flight search engines, it is possible to search for routes excluding particular airports. Is there an equivalent way to search train routse excluding particular stations/cities? For example, one might search for connections between two French cities avoiding connections through Paris. Does any search engine with such a functionality exist?
I am particularly interested in Europe, i.e. the area covered by HAFAS when searching through Bahn.de, SBB, B-rail, NS Internationaal, etc. I noticed those search engines all use the same database, but are a bit different in their additional search options.
Best Answer
You can use the Czech Jizdnirady ('Transport Schedules') website to achieve this.
- Go to http://jizdnirady.idnes.cz/vlaky/spojeni/
- Enter your route (in this case
NantestoNancy):
- By default it would show you a route through
Paris:
- Using the Advanced search feature to limit the time you're willing to walk between two stops. This won't affect the maximum transfer time, just the time it takes to walk between the two stops.
- Voilà! We now have a route avoiding
Paris, which is almost as fast:
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