From 9th December 2007, ICE trains can be reserved through Elgar using the normal booking process. Both Eurostar and ICE legs must be included in the same booking.
Availability
Search availability from Waterloo (SPX or GBSPX) to Cologne (KOL or DEKOH) or Aachen (AAC or DEBDY).
The availability screen will show both Thalys and ICE trains. ICE trains are denoted by ES to the left of the screen followed by a train number prefixed 92. (Eurostar trains are also ES but prefixed 90 and 91). Thalys trains are denoted by TH and prefixed 94.
In the example below, the 2nd train listed is a bookable ICE service. The 4th train is a Thalys service and can be booked using point to point fares; see Thalys pages.
1 TGT RN 08:05 GBSPX AF60 AT60 AW50 HF50 HT40 HW40 HZ30 BF60 0 3 TGT RN 10:00 GBSPX AF60 AT60 AW40 HF40 HT30 HW20 HZ10 BF60 2 |
Selling and seating
Sell both sectors using the same booking class on both Eurostar and ICE sectors. Booking classes are combinable but must be the same for the outward or return journeys e.g. BR for outbound Eurostar and ICE sectors and inbound BX.
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Sell 2 spaces from BW class from line 3 on |
R/SS2BX3BX4 |
Seats must be allocated for all legs of the journey and are booked in the same way as for Eurostar.
Ticketing
Ticketing is the same as for Direct services and a ticket will be issued for each segment of the journey.
TODs are available from UK departure stations only.
