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*Beta issue: some of the options returned may be duplicated

About

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

Ernest Hemingway

It's time to think about travel differently. To discover the places inbetween. TripHop can show you directly connected places by train, coach or boat.

About me
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Hi, I'm Howard.
Over the last few years, I've been travelling around Europe and seeing what our fab continent has to offer. These days I'm less interested in where I'm going to and want to know more about where I'm going through. I love getting off the train (or coach - I've become a fan) and going for a mooch around the places I used to fly over. The trouble is that transport information is a bit of a mess. I've made TripHop to try and make planning trips a bit easier - and maybe a bit more fun.
This site is currently in Beta - your feedback will help me make it as useful as possible. Email me here or fill in this form. Thanks.

Sources of inspiration

Here are some sites that have inspired me.

  • Seat61 - the authoritive source on travelling the world by train
  • FlightFreeUK - campaign group with bags of ideas for promoting green travel
  • Back on Track - promting more night trains across Europe
  • Byway Travel - train-based travel agency
  • ...and my blog

Buying tickets

There are so many ways to buy tickets for travel by train, coach and boat. Most operators have their own websites and I've put links into the travel details of each hop. Of all the operator sites, I think my favourite is Deutsche Bahn. But it soon gets messy when trying to buy tickets for other networks. I find it more convenient to use a ticketing specialist when travelling with more that one operator. Here are some options:

Ticket specialists
Interrail

Buying an Interrail Pass makes a lot of sense if you want flexible travel on trains that would be expensive when booking last minute.

Things to do

If you'd like to see what there is to see and do, here are some sites with ideas.

Where to stay

Here are some links to sites where you can find a place to stay.

Live departures (experimental)

One way to get a feel for the possibilities is to see what trains (and some buses) are leaving from a place right now.
*Note* this is experimental - not all departures for larger places are returned and are not in chronological order.