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Would you consider or have you used the ferries in our network?

We want to hear your thoughts on ferries! Have you used them before, or do you wish there were more in our network? Share the pros and cons of your experiences, and let us know if you'd love to see more ferry routes. We want to hear it all in the comments ⛴️✨

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How do you stay entertained on a long train ride?

Do you prefer a good book, a playlist, or just watching the world go by? Let us know your go-to train ride entertainment in the comments! 🚆🎶📖

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Help us with our packing list

What are your packing essentials for a train travel trip? 🎒

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🚂 What European city surprised you the most when you visited and why? ✨

Was the vibe different than you were expecting?Was it the food?Or a hidden gem you found while exploring? Let’s swap stories about those surprises. Who knows? Your story might inspire someone’s next trip! 🌟

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How the ''ask a question'' forum works

If you have a question and are not sure where to start, ask it here. We'll keep an eye on everything that gets posted here, and once something has been answered by the community or by us, we'll go ahead and move the topic to the right place, and mark it as answered.To find your topic back, click on your username in the upper right corner and click on "topics", or follow the link in the email we'll send you when you receive replies.

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Barcelona airport is covered by euRail?

Can I take a train from Barcelona airport El Prat to Barcelona Sants by euRail?

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Alex1222112ertNew aboard
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Nighttrain reservation

Hi,my girlfriend and I would like to visit Sweden this summer and take the nighttrain from Hamburg to Sweden.I have to questions. How many days to I have to activate for the night train? 1 or 2? In the App, a reservation for a private room costs 78€. Is this in common or each? We share one room of course Thanks in advance 

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Ignacio_Pozzan_98Rail rookie
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Doubt about type of pass

Hi, I am student enrolled in an Erasmus Mundus Joint master programme (Poland-Spain-Finland).I have an Argentinian passport but a finnish residence permit, so that means that I should apply for interrail and not eurail. right?Then, I was also wondering if I should select that my contry of residence is Finland or not, because currently I am in Spain (I have just finished the semester here), and I have holidays until September. The idea is to use the pass during July-August.I will start living in Finland in September but my residence permit will be available before… Thanks!

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Dominique SheehanNew aboard
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can i change my seat reservations

I have reserved seats through the Interail app and i’ve noticed the seats aren’t all together and we are a family of 4.  Can i change this?  

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Rakesh ChanduRail rookie
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Brig Bahnhofplatz from Interlaken OST

I will be travelling from Interlaken OST to Brig Bahnhofplatz to board the PE900 Glacier Express.However I am unable to find any train from  Interlaken OST or Interlaken West to Brig Bahnhofplatz.Though I could find trains to Brig.How far is Brig Bahnhofplatz station from Brig station where IC957 stops? Regards 

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Vladimir CollinRight on track
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Eurail Global Pass – App wrongly using both inbound and outbound days, can’t complete my trip

Hi everyone,I'm having a frustrating issue with my Eurail Global Pass, and I'm hoping someone here can help or share experience.Here’s my situation: everything is already booked and non-refundable, so I can’t change my itinerary. My trip is:Bordeaux → London → Copenhagen → BordeauxAll of this was planned carefully to save money using the Pass.Now the problems: ✅ The first leg Bordeaux → London uses my outbound day, which makes sense as I’m leaving my country of residence (France). ❌ Then I go London → Copenhagen, without stopping in France at all. Still, the app tries to use an inbound or outbound day, probably just because the train crosses French territory. That doesn’t seem fair, since I don’t board, exit, or stop in France. ❌ Finally, Copenhagen → Bordeaux takes over 25 hours and includes a scheduled stop in Strasbourg. Because this trip spans two calendar days, the app sees it as two separate inbound travel days, which obviously isn't how the rule is supposed to work. It’s jus

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Martin555111Rail rookie
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Seat reservations required in app

Good morning, I am travelling soon, I thought I was ready but suddenly in the application all trains including regional trains show "Seat reservations required". Same search on the website shows "You're ready to board", just like it was when I added my trip to the planner a week ago. For example, Lille to Amiens via TER.

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Francesco CardoneRail rookie
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Looking for travel mates september 2025

Hi, I'm Francesco! I'm 18 years old, I'm from Italy and I'm looking for someone who would like to travel with me and my friend Enrico for the first two weeks of September.We would visit northern Europe, especially Copenhagen but also countries like Germany, France, Hungary, Czech republic and Austria.We speak Italian and English if you would like to talk with us here's our Instagrams: enrico_scalini, francescocardonee

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Domestic Trains in Romania

We are travelling from Budapest to Cluj-Napoca but have to change from a comfortable sleeper train at Simeria with a 4 hour stopover  onto a domestic 4 hour journey to Cluj. Has anyone done this trip? Is the local train a decent experience? And is there anything to do in Simeria during the stopover between 07:00 and 11:00?

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Seat reservations for couple in Italy

My wife and I each have first-class passes for travel in Italy this summer. In making our seat reservations, we were apparently randomly assigned to seats rather than getting seats next to each other. Any way to rectify this? If we’re stuck with those for now, how do we avoid it on future reservations? Grazie.

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Francesco CardoneRail rookie
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booking form problem

it's one week that I try to complete my booking form; everytime I put the photo of my passport and they say they're checking it, but the next days it's like disappeard and it says that i didn't complete the booking yet.

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neck pillows necessary??

Hi! Would u say that neck pillows are a waste of space, or worth the extra comfort on a 3 week trip? I appreciate all answers :D  

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Matthew ConratheNew aboard
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How to download pass/invoice to PDF

I need to download my pass or invoice into PDF form to send it off for a visa application. I can not seem to find anyway of doing this.

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What's with the constant surveillance and data mining

So I went to the train station to buy an interrail pass. Only to learn that I can only have it on my smartphone if I buy my pass there. I don’t own a smartphone. My mental health is already poor enough.I was told I need to buy it online if I want a paper (make it make sense: if I go physically I can have only the dematerialized version, if I buy it online I can have a physical version) so I went.I need to create an account. Why do I need to create an account. I don’t want accounts. Only problems happen when you have accounts. Then I need to pay 20€ surcharge for the delivery? Hey it’s a piece of paper that you mail. That does not cost 20€ (ok, “only” 19) Maybe let physical stores sell your physical papers if it’s so hard for you? Or compensate the healthcare cost incurred by your smartphone mandates?Then I tried to make a reservation. So I need to create a “trip”? What’s wrong with you? I just want to travel, give me my reservation instead of your convoluted way of tracking me. You are

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Julia MolinariRail rookie
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France to Braga (Pt) via Vigo (Sp)

Hello,is it possible to get from Bayonne/Hendaye (Fr) to Vigo (Sp) in one day via Bilbao or other northern Spanish city to avoid Madrid?I’m looking to travel 1 July 2025 but searching for dates before then (eg in 2 days time) as I know many routes are still not live. However, even when I search for the next few days/weeks, no routes at all are showing.I’m trying to avoid Barcelona and Madrid as I travel from London to Braga in Portugal (hence wanting to get to Vigo and cross the Spain/Portugal border there).Thanks for any creative travel tips!Julia

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Anna-MarieNew aboard
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Malmo onwards for 2 weeks where to visit, happy to use sleeper trains

Arrive into Malmo In August, have 2 weeks left to explore Europe but want to keep travel times minimal unless we use a sleeper. We have travelled from London, through Amsterdam, Berlin and arrived in Malmo. 

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GuglielmoNew aboard
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Planning a trip - flexible dates or not (?)

Hello,I would like to know if i can purchase a train ticket the day before or even on the same day. What I mean is, let me give you an example: I decide to change my itinerary at the last minute. Can I use my travel days freely, or do they have to be booked in advance?I’m not sure if with the app i “buy” a train ticket or just generate a general ticket that it is possible to use for every train route, like a passepartout. Example of what i need:I want to go from A to B on the 18th of july. i manage to plan this on the app but on the 17th of july (or even 18th morning) i change my mind and i have to go from point A to point C. Can i do so? Iterrail pass: Interrail Great Britain Pass Youth8 days within 1 monthUnited Kingdom - 2nd class Really thanks for your help.

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Nils StanigelNew aboard
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Durchreise durch das Heimatland - ohne Stop

Hallo,ich plane gerade eine lange Reise. Ich wohne selbst im Norden des Ruhrpotts. Ich würde mit meinem D-Ticket nach Kiel fahren, wo ich dann auf die Fähre nach Oslo steigen möchte. Dort würde dann eine lange Reise bis hoch nach Bodo starten. Dazu jeweils den Nachtzug nach Trondheim und dann die Nordlandbahn.Anschließend wäre entweder mit dem Bus oder über die Hurtigroute und kurzer Busfahrt die Fahrt nach Narvik angesagt. Von dort würde ich mit dem Nachtzug zurück nach Stockholm und weiter nach Malmö. Von dort wollte ich dann mit dem Nachtzug in einem Rutsch durch nach Innsbruck fahren.Die Reise würde sogar noch weiter bis Lausanne und zum Ätna gehen und knapp 12.000 km Gesamtlänge haben. Durch Ostfrankreich und Benelux geht es über Amsterdamm dann zurück ins Ruhrgebiet.Meine Frage ist: Würde für die Reise im Nachtzug von Malmö nach Innsbruck einer der In/Outbound-Tage gezählt? (Deutsche Halte wären zwar in Hamburg und München-Ost, aber ich halt schlafend auf gesamter Strecke an Bord

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Travel Buddy in July/ August 2025!

hello guys:) i’m egehan from Turkey! Interrail has been a lifelong plan which i have been longing to reach for a couple of years:) our (w/ one friend) initial plan is rome-venice-prague-vienna and maybe sth more, not so sure😞 the date is prolly between the 2nd half of july and 1st half of august:) if anyone interested here is my insta : @egehanalgul ! take care, bye!

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Sara_07New aboard
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I made a reservation that doesn't appear on the app timetable

For my ferry going from Venice to Patras I made a reservation that doesn't appear on the app when I want to add my trip. Can I add whatever to just get the QR code for my travel day and then show my separate tickets for the ferry? Or does the reservation need to match rhe trip added to the app? Also, other trips departures and arriving times are not what the ones on their own websites say.Thank you so much for you help!

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