How to Calculate Rail Costs

[dddx]

I'm wanting to calculate rail travel costs to make a comparison with air travel to find which is the more economical of the two. And I need to some help as to how I go about doing this.

I can easily find out the costs of a rail pass.

But as I also know that there are additional costs from reserving a seat and booking a couchette cabin. Where can I find a list of these costs? I've tried looking at the various websites of the rail providers, but to no avail.

Anyone has any idea, please?

[Eagle]

dddx, the first step I'd try would be to enter all destinations into Railsaver, to determine the most appropriate combination of Rail passes and P-P tickets. That site also provides the option for specifying which segments of a journey will be done by air.

Regarding your other question, you should be able to get a good estimate of the reservation and Couchette costs by reading www.ricksteves.com/rail/usepass.htm. I find that renting a Couchette is often about the same price as a Hostel, so I usually avoid night trains (especially if they have numerous changes during the night!).

Hope this helps!