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Hi O. Nielson, and welcome to MySwissAlps!
What date are you trying to buy a ticket for? The current timetable period is only valid until 9 December 2017. After that, a new timetable comes into force for the next 12 months. So at present, tickets can only be booked up until 9 December.
The new SBB timetable, valid from 10 December 2017, will be available online from 18 October. The date might vary by a few days for the Deutsche Bahn website, but will be around that time.
Alpenrose
8889 posts
Hello O,
Maybe the attached notice (from DB website) is causing some strife with the on-line timetables. Looks like you won’t be able to get a direct ICE train between Frankfurt and Basel on your travel date.
DB site offers routing via Stuttgart but it adds a lot to the trip. Also a bus connection between Ratstatt and Baden-Baden. See image 2.
72625 posts
>> Maybe the attached notice (from DB website) is causing some strife with the on-line timetables.
Yes, that is much more likely the problem. I overlooked the fact that the OP’s travel date is on 15 September.
It is still possible to buy a ticket for the trip on the Deutsche Bahn website though.
Alpenrose
72625 posts
Yes, that rail closure is crazy and causing such a mess! I’m losing faith in German engineering these days 😉 (they are digging underneath the lines and it partially collapsed….and that line to Frankfurt is a busy one!)
In any case you should still be able to buy a ticket as Alpenrose noted (the trip will jut be re-routed). I just bought a ticket for early October just fine- let us know if you still can’t.
Lucas