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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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Help us with our packing list

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

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Seat Reservations

Hi everyone! I’m hearing mixed things about whether seat reservations are required in the UK. I will be traveling from London to York and then from York to Edinburgh in August 2025. Does anyone know whether I will need to have seat reservations? I’m also having trouble booking seat reservations from Amsterdam to Ghent, Beliguim (also in August). It says that they may all be booked up. It seems like that would be very early to book up but, if that’s the case, does anyone know how else I can make that trip? Thank you!

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Geneva to Domodossola

An itinerary was previously suggested to me for a route from Geneva to Naples, the first leg of which is Geneva to Domodossola. I am trying to book this. Firstly, I thought because the journey starts in Switzerland, there would be no reservation fee. Bahn.de shows a fee of €5.20 each, but I cannot proceed with the purchase, i cant buy on obb and Rail Europe states seat reservation is to be bought at the station, quoting no fee. Firstly, how do i buy at the station? We arrive in Geneva the night before, so could we buy it then, or must it be purchased on the day? Are there normally queues at the ticket offices at 7:00am, or are they even open? My language skills are basic, so being able to buy with minimal conversational interaction is preferable, which is why i wanted to buy online Advice would be appreciated, thanks.

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refund protection not an option at checkout

I cannot find the refund protection option when trying to purchase a 4 or 5 day pass. In the past, I was able to purchase as the “Plus” option, but now that it’s refund protection, I can’t find how to add it anywhere at checkout…?

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What can I do if the trip lists the journey as arriving a day later for a 3 hour morning trip?

I created a trip on the mobile app from Rome at 06:25 to Milan at 09:24. But when it was saved to my trip it had (+1day) next to the arrival time. When I deleted and re-planned it the same thing happened. If I try to get a seat reservation for a later part of the trip, it tells me I would still be on another journey. How do I fix this?

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Buying Passes for a friend

Hi there, Can I buy a pass for me and my friend or does she need to buy the pass for herself with her own account?Thks brgds, thom

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Joyce ReidRail rookie
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Eurail pass in Switzerland discount on godolas in Zermatt

I am thinking of purchasing a global pass as I will be travelling from Amsterdam to Germany, Austria and then Switzerland. Does the Eurail pass cover internal trips from Zurich to Zermatt? Do I get discounts for the gondola rides and trains in Zermatt? Thanks

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Advise paris amsterdam

Hi folks , This is my first time traveling to europe . we are family for 4 ( 2 adults and 2 kids , 9 and 6 years).we are planning to stay in 4 countries and here is the respective schedule ; Paris to amsterdam 26 julyamsterdam to frankfurt 28 julyfrankfurt to interlaken 30 julyinterlaken to zurich 1st august .Can some one advise what is the best pass we can buy or regular tickets will be cheaper .since this is the first time , i want to well planned this train journeys to avoid last minute issues . Thank you so much .

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Island Hooping Greece 2025

I plan to purchase the 6Days Pass (2 international and 4 domestic) for island hooping in greece. Anyone has an experince using this pass und do you have tipps you can share ?

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Globall Pass Details

Hello! I am Furkan, I am currently an Erasmus student in the Netherlands and considering purchasing an Interrail Global Pass (not Erasmus Pass) to travel across Europe during my exchange period. My plan is to take multiple short trips (4-5 days each) and return to my Erasmus city in between. I will buy the 3 months in row Global Pass ticket. I understand that the Global Pass can only be used outside the country of residence, but I live very close to the German border and can reach a train station in Germany for about 4-5 euros. My plan is to purchase a ticket from my location (Netherlands) to Germany each time I travel, then use my Interrail Pass from there. I would do the same on my return journey—using my pass until Germany and buying a separate ticket back to my city. Would this travel pattern be allowed under the Interrail Global Pass rules, or would it violate any regulations? Additionally, I am a Turkish passport holder, but I currently have a Dutch residence permit valid until O

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Global pass - book as you go

Hi, Ive recently started looking into interrailing. Ive decided a global pass looks most suitable for me. I want the freedom of visiting a country and deciding how long I want to stay there once Im there, instead of booking it all in advance. I worry that I might only put aside 3 - 4 days in one place, and once Im there discover I want a bit longer. Therefore, Im asking how realisitic is this? Could I book each ticket to my next distination a day or two before? And once Im out of tickets just fly back home? For reference, Im thinking of going throughout September and most of October. Thank you in advance.

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rail planner

Rail planner shut down now ?

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paper pass : start date

Hello, I am interested in the “4-days travel within a month” pass. I know that for a paper pass you must mention the start date. But it is not clear to me if it is the start date of the mentionned month - and then I can chose which one are the four days within this month. Or if it is really the first day of the four days. Thank you for your answers !

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Ferry entre la estacion de tren de Hallstatt, Austria y el pueblo.

Buenos dias! con nuestro pase interrail tenemos descuento en el Ferry entre la estación de tren de Hallstatt, Austria, y el pueblo? Gracias :)

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S Bahn

Hi, Please confirm if Eurail pass holders can travel for free on the S-Bahn in Vienna and Innsbruck. Thank You

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Packing

So myself and a friend are heading interailling this summer. We’re hitting a LOT of countries and are very interested in outdoor pursuits such as hiking, sailing, swimming, surfing etc. Our question is two-fold; Firstly what sort of bag should we bring? Our flights come with a 20kg check-in bag, so we are torn between a suitcase and small day hiking rugsack or a backpacking rugsack or a backpacking rugsack and a day hiking rugsack. Which makes the most sense in terms of getting about from train station to hostel etc. We don’t want to be lugging a suitcase around the city for hours but on the other hand we’re not sure if giving up some of the extra storage space is worth it. It may be worth noting we will be visiting a range of climates from med to germany in early early summer. Secondly what should we pack? Is there many opportunities to wash clothes, are there any other essentials etc. Lastly how have people found sleeper trains? How much should they cost? We can get seats with our re

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Muhammad ShahwaizNew aboard
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Discover EU

Can i travel to grindelwald switzerland with the DIscover EU pass? Bes regards, Shahwaiz

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CécileRail rookie
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Incompatible version IOS

Hello,The Rail Planner app on mobile requires iPhone version 16.0. Mine is 15.8.3, and I can't download my pass. Does anyone have a solution? Thanks in advance!

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Aachen to Bordeaux

Hi everyone, I booked a ticket for 1 April from Aachen to Bordeaux which would travel through Belgium, I received an email stating that this journey is cancelled due to strike action in Belgium, the only other option I can find is from Aachen to Frankfurt, and then from Frankfurt to Bordeaux, it does make the journey longer, but it is still manageable, not having travelled much by train in Europe before I would just like to find out any comments if this is a workable solution, departures further north of Frankfurt still use the route through Belgium, welcome any advice, thanks Andre - South Africa

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FIRST TIME TO USE EURAIL

Any advice on how far in advance should i buy the pass if we are going to Europe in Aug 2025

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Philippe KoeckNew aboard
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wie wilt mijn reisbuddy zijn?

ik ben Philippe en ik ben 19 jaar. ik zou mijn reis in augustus 2025 willen maken de reis zou in belgië starten maar ik zoek nog wat gezelschap. mijn plan in om elke kant van europe op te zoeken (noorden, oosten, zuiden en westen) wie mee wilt in dit avontuur laar maar iets weten

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Caledonian Sleeper and CET

Hello, we were planning on taking the Caledonian Sleeper from Edinburgh to London before travelling onwards to Strasbourg. The Sleeper leaves Edinbugh at 23.40pm but I understood that the travel day starts at 00.00 CET so I could enter train manually onto mobile pass as leaving at 00.40pm, avoiding using 2 travel days. I am now reading the rules changed as of January 2025 and now it is local time that counts. The information on the website still refers to pass running on CET but terms and conditions says use local time. I am very confused, can anyone help?

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milan retourn

Because my wife can’t fly, we want to get the train from London to milan. Leave 31/8/25 and return 14/9/25. I’ve tried to look on the site but am struggling to find the options I want. I don’t know which type of pass I need for the trip. Needs to be a direct route as well, as we are going to tour Italy by car in between.

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