Traveling in Europe is remarkably easy by train. Whether you plan to only travel within one country or hop around the continent, it's often affordable and convenient to avoid flying or renting a car.

As the name would suggest, advance tickets are tickets that you need to buy in advance of a journey. They are single tickets, issued for a train which departs on a specified day at a specified time.

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London startup Loco2.com has today launched the first pan-European rail booking service that integrates buying train tickets from any UK station travelling to thousands of European destinations into a ...