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Travelling by train

How can we get more people on trains instead of planes?

Hey Eurail/Interrail Community,We have an exciting topic to discuss today: getting more people on trains instead of planes!🚆✈️ With all the talk about sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint, we know that trains can be a fantastic alternative to air travel. But how do we encourage more people to make the switch? Do you think partnerships between airlines and Eurail could be a nice benefit for our customers? And also, can it help promote rail to a new audience? Tell us your opinion in the comments 👇 Cheers,Eurail Community Moderator

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Barbara ReedRight on track

Train connections & reservations

Ticket Office in Patras

I will arrive from Bari to Patras and want to catch trains from Patras in this orderPatras to Diakopto on day OneDiakopto to Kalavryta return on day twoOn day three Diakopto to Athens Halkali, arrival 9:20 urban transport to Sog and on same day Athens to Thessaloniki. The trains are all showing on Trainose and on European printed timetable. I don't anticipate any problems until day three when I want to travel to Thessaloniki on IC 52 leaving at 10:58 if possible. So, at last here is my question…..Can the Patras ticket office make this reservation, and is it reasonably likely that the train will still have room on May 13th? If not, are any of the later trains likely to have room? Crystal ball event, I know.Thank you

rebecca TRight on track

Train connections & reservations

completely confused about seat reservations

How I hate Interrail and I haven’t even started yet, so confused and think it would have been better and maybe cheaper to have bought tickets directly. Anyhow I want to go from Paris to Barcelona by TGV but it looks like I can make a seat reservation (expensive!) but can’t even choose my seat, really would like a window seat. can I get a seat reservation directly from SNCF or do they only sell tickets? Is there a cheaper train to Barcelona or one that doesn’t ned a seat reservation or one where I can choose my seat?many thanks

paulwilkinson146New aboard

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If I see sold out do I have to pay full price? Most of the trips I look at are sold out

SarapomakoyRail rookie

Train connections & reservations

Eurostar - Paris to Brussels

Hi everyone, I haven’t bought my Eurail pass yet, but my family (6 adults and a 1 year old) are travelling for 14 days in Europe from 8/27 - 9/10. We will be going from Zurich to Interlaken, Interlaken to Geneva, Geneva to Brussels, then finally Brussels to Amsterdam. We assume the Eurail pass will save us money, but need to confirm that we can get from Geneva to Brussels. When I do the “Plan My Trip” feature through Eurail.com, it shows all trains into and out of Paris are sold out, regardless of the dates I use. Even if I try for mid summer. I’ve seen people mention b-europe.com and just want to make sure that is a legitimate website, because if so, our dates are available for Geneva-Paris and Paris-Brussels on 9/1 (our planned day to travel. Any insight into your experience is greatly appreciated 😀

Ella RyanNew aboard

Eurail resevation fees

I am looking a my train options for my Europe trip, many of the trains say that the ticket reservation is optional. When I put them in my cart they have an extra charge. Is this just because I am choosing to book in advance or is this the standard price of the train that I would pay whether I book in advance or not? Also is this worth it to book in advance when it is optional?

StardusterTooRail rookie

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Purchasing Global Passes from Canada

Just trying to buy a couple of Global passes. Everything fails at the payment screen, I get -Anyone else had this issue? I’ve tried using Chrome, Chrome Incognito, Edge, Edge InPrivate, Windows, Android. Nothing. Same error. Any idea are very welcome, many thanks!Looking at the Inspect I see eurail.com trying to access checkoutshopper-live.adyen.com which is banned due to the website setup. Additionally it warns “Lit is in dev mode. Not recommended for production! ”.

Steve McRedRail rookie

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why reservation costs on Norway Regiontog, even on 1st class pas

Although on my selected train appears “free komfort (premium) class seats reservations for 1st class holders on Regiontog trains”, ENTUR will charge additional 500 NOK on REG 471 / REG 472 (Trondheim-Bodoe) for premium class. Only standard is free of charge.

Ilma HasanovicNew aboard

Routes & destinations

Looking for travel buddies in July 2025!

Heyyy, my name is Ilma and I‘m a 18 y/o female who lives in West-Germany and I‘m looking for travel buddies who might have the same or similiar destinations.I thought about travelling to France, Spain and Italy and staying about 3-4 days in the capitals and then another 3-4 days in another city in those countries.We wouldn’t need to be travelling the whole 30 days together and or paths may split, but that wouldn’t be a problem - it would just be nice to not be whole time alone. :)

ellaschillNew aboard

Ticket via traincompany

hello, we are bloody beginners and have bought senior interrail passes. We are going to travel in Scandinavia on may 1st. I activated our passes in the Rail planner app.After that I booked seats via SR, the Swedish Railway, from Hamburg to Stockholm, and from Stockholm to Göteborg. When ordering I had to fill in the interrail pass numbers.I got tickets for that with QR codes. Are these tickets enough, or are they just reservations?Do I have to add the journeys also in the rail planner app and get other tickets?I know these are propably stupid questions but would be grateful for help!

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Barbara ReedRight on track

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Ticket Office in Patras

I will arrive from Bari to Patras and want to catch trains from Patras in this orderPatras to Diakopto on day OneDiakopto to Kalavryta return on day twoOn day three Diakopto to Athens Halkali, arrival 9:20 urban transport to Sog and on same day Athens to Thessaloniki. The trains are all showing on Trainose and on European printed timetable. I don't anticipate any problems until day three when I want to travel to Thessaloniki on IC 52 leaving at 10:58 if possible. So, at last here is my question…..Can the Patras ticket office make this reservation, and is it reasonably likely that the train will still have room on May 13th? If not, are any of the later trains likely to have room? Crystal ball event, I know.Thank you

paulwilkinson146New aboard

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If I see sold out do I have to pay full price? Most of the trips I look at are sold out

Ella RyanNew aboard

Eurail resevation fees

I am looking a my train options for my Europe trip, many of the trains say that the ticket reservation is optional. When I put them in my cart they have an extra charge. Is this just because I am choosing to book in advance or is this the standard price of the train that I would pay whether I book in advance or not? Also is this worth it to book in advance when it is optional?

Steve McRedRail rookie

Ask the community

why reservation costs on Norway Regiontog, even on 1st class pas

Although on my selected train appears “free komfort (premium) class seats reservations for 1st class holders on Regiontog trains”, ENTUR will charge additional 500 NOK on REG 471 / REG 472 (Trondheim-Bodoe) for premium class. Only standard is free of charge.

ellaschillNew aboard

Ticket via traincompany

hello, we are bloody beginners and have bought senior interrail passes. We are going to travel in Scandinavia on may 1st. I activated our passes in the Rail planner app.After that I booked seats via SR, the Swedish Railway, from Hamburg to Stockholm, and from Stockholm to Göteborg. When ordering I had to fill in the interrail pass numbers.I got tickets for that with QR codes. Are these tickets enough, or are they just reservations?Do I have to add the journeys also in the rail planner app and get other tickets?I know these are propably stupid questions but would be grateful for help!

ShahidulRail rookie

seat reservation in Finland

Hello I have planned to travel on 15th may from tornio itainen to helsinki by finnish railways. I purchased global eurail pass.Rail planner show ' seat reservation required' for tornio itainen to helsinki. There is no available option in rail planner securing my seat. I have heard VR call centre and at thetrain station are the only way tto reserve the seat. My question is there any way to conform my seat reservation online before my traveling other than VR calling centre and train station. Regards

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DaoNew aboard

Eurail & Interrail Passes

WHICH PASS SUITABLE FOR ME

I am an exchange student in Germany (non-european), but I already have residence permit for 6 months in Germany (my semester period) I want to travel to Switzerland and Italy in one trip, so which pass is available for me? Eurail Pass or Interail? Thank you in advance

Steven MontgomeryFull steam ahead

Eurail & Interrail Passes

Unable to add trip to another travelers mobile app

We have 4 travelers in our group. I created a travel plan and trip in my app. I shared the link to all parties involved. 2 were able to add the trip to their app after clicking on the link and activating their passes. The third individual clicked the link and it added to the app but says “it is not attached to a Pass”. We are unable to add this trip. When we logged into the account, it connected and downloaded the reservations that were created but won’t connect the trip we created with all the train travel for 5 days. I would really like to avoid manually entering all the trips into their phone. Any suggestions?

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ShahidulRail rookie

Train connections & reservations

seat reservation in Finland

Hello I have planned to travel from tornio itainen to helsinki by eurail global pass. As a pass holder, I need to reserve my seat. I have checked several website and apps like DB, SBB, Oebb, eurail. None of them reserve seat in finnish railway trains.My concern how would I able to reserve my seat from tornio itainen to Helsinki. I have heard that VR call centre or Train station are the only way to reserve seat in Finland.Is there any ( website/apps) where I can reserve my seat.Note: VR apps able to purchase ticket with reservation. There is no option of seat reservation only. Profound regards

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MicheleS2025Rail rookie

Train connections & reservations

A different city connection

Hello,My husband, 20 year old daughter and myself are traveling next month from Amsterdam to Würzburg and multiple other locations in Germany then back to Amsterdam to fly back home. I made an error in my train seat reservations (which cannot be changed), but fortunately caught now.As I am looking to again reserve those seats which are optional, I noticed the rail planner has Frankfurt as the connecting city. However, on other ticket sites, Düsseldorf is listed as the connecting city.If I reserve on the rail planner, will I truly have reserved seats on the train to Düsseldorf?And though likely covered elsewhere, do we really need to reserve seats on this route?My sincere thanks for any assistance in this matter.Michele

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