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sun_pfeil_01.gif (262 Byte) Bicycle in the train
sun_pfeil_01.gif (262 Byte) Theft

Bicycle in the train: It is a special thing to take the bike with in the train. You must count in any case on many discussions.
The best and most favorable way is it, if you pack your bike into a special bicycle bag (available e.g.
here - note: external link). But also in that case are you not yet filed 100 per cent before surprises. In such moments breathe deep and calm down. It is the only thing you can do.

Bicycle-ship abroad (from Switzerland)

Kind of transport

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Country

Selfship Send as luggage
Over the boundary In the interior As hand baggage
(z.B. TranZBag)
Over the boundary In the interior
Germany Direct connections In many courses of long-distance traffic (above all Interregio) and the suburban traffic CityNightLine: Zurich HB-Hamburg und Berlin/Dresden. Against fee CHF 15.- payable in the train Of Swiss station to a domicile (hotel etc..) as well as after individual stations. No tandems. House-to-house service and of/after individual stations
Italy Direct connections In some regional traffic courses In the Cisalpino not certified. In Italy the TranZBag is liable to pay the costs (bicyle tariff, Bicci in sacca) Not possible Not possible
Austria Direct connections In some regional traffic courses To most stations possible Possible (transport duration max. 24 h)
France 1 x daily Basel-Paris as well as on the "Regio- S-Bahn" to Mulhouse and in other border (e.g. Le Locle-Besancon) In some regional and a few long-distance trains (free and on the timetables marked) TranZBag is accepted in the TGV. Maximum: 90x120 cm. Eurostar Paris-London / Brüssel-London: not certified dispatch not possible From selected stations to any residence-adress as well as to selected stations (SERNAM-Centres) information: 0033 803 845 845
The Netherlands Direct connections In almost all trains of the close and long-distance traffic Not possible Not possible
Belgium / Luxembourg Direct connections In almost all trains Thalys Paris-Brussels-Cologne:not certified Belgium not possible, Luxembourg after station possible Possible
Spain In the regional trains Pablo Casals Zurich HB - Barcelona: certified on reservation whole of a compartment Not possible Not possible

Out of "Via - Das Magazin der Bahn" (Swiss federal railways SBB CFF FFS), 2/99, S. 15

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Theft:

Sicily does not have the even call as a particularly safe place. Many associate Sicily immediately with Mafia, so did I.
On our two-week trip nothing was stolen at all and we where also never threatened somehow. One should watch out however absolutely - and this not only in Sicily - well for its things, especially in front of shopping centres. Opportunity makes thieves! It is not a special pleasure to struggle with the (Italian) police

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