BASICS - The Rough Guide to Prague - page 35

STATravel statravel.com . Worldwide specialists in independent travel; also student IDs,
travel insurance, car rental, rail passes, bus tickets and more. Good discounts for students
and under-26s.
Trailfinders trailfinders.com . One of the best-informed and most efficient agents for in-
dependent travellers.
Travel CUTS travelcuts.com . Canadian youth and student travel firm.
USIT usit.ie . Ireland's main student and youth travel specialists.
RAIL CONTACTS
DeutscheBahn 0871 880 8066 (Mon-Fri 9am-8pm, Sat 9am-1pm), bahn.com . Com-
petitive discounted fares for any journey from London across Europe, with very reasonable
prices for journeys passing through Germany.
European Rail 020 7619 1083 (Mon-Fri 8.30am-6pm, Sat 9am-1pm), european-
rail.com . Rail specialist offering competitive prices on International tickets from the UK.
Eurostar 0870 518 6186 (Mon-Fri 8am-7pm, Sat & Sun 9am-5pm), eurostar.com .
Latest faresandyouthdiscounts(plusonlinebooking)ontheEurostarservice,pluscompet-
itive add-on fares from the rest of the UK.
ManinSeat61 seat61.com . The world's finest train website, full of useful tips and links
for rail travel anywhere in the world.
National Rail nationalrail.co.uk . First stop for details of all train travel within the UK -
fares, passes, train times and delays due to engineering works.
Rail Europe 0870 584 8848 (Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-6pm), raileurope.co.uk .
SNCF-owned information and ticket agent for all European passes and journeys from Lon-
don. It also has an office at 193 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9EU (Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Sat
10am-5pm).
Trainseurope 0871 700 7722 (Mon, Fri Sat & Sun 10am-5pm, Tues-Thurs 10am-8pm),
trainseurope.co.uk . Agent specializing in discounted International rail travel.
BUS CONTACTS
Busabout 08450 267 514, busabout.com . Busabout includes Prague (and the South
Bohemian town of Český Krumlov) on its North Loop.
Eurolines UK 0871 781 8181 (daily 24hr), eurolines.co.uk . Tickets can also be pur-
chased from any National Express agent.
Student Agency 020 7828 1001, studentagency.cz . Despite the name, anyone can
travel with this excellent Czech-based company, which runs a regular and very cheap bus
service between London and Prague.