If you fail to print your tickets prior to your international overnight trip from Prague to…read moreBudapest, rest assured you'll be woken here around 3:45 AM during the hour pitstop to have your ticket printed. Yes, the whole place is shuttered, but there IS someone available for printing. Unlike in Prague -- where the clerks shrugged at us at midnight and told us it was our fault for not printing ahead of time. I had taken motion sickness meds, but was alert enough to remember it was cold, dingy, and it took some time to get approval to get back on the train. Save yourself the trouble and print ahead of time. Or just fly. Overnight trains are brutal.

We took the train to Budapest from Prague we bought first class tickets & the seats were ok. I'm…read morewondering how bad the regular class seats are.... The trains was fine but it was so hot. The AC was barely working we had to sit in the dining car which was a little cooler not much. They don't have ice for the drinks so if you want a cold Coke forget it. Granted we are American and like drinks cold others may prefer warm. The food was ok. But they were out of what we ordered so my advice is that you bring your own sandwich or food just in case.