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Hoi ik ben Anouk,Ik ben zeventien jaar en woon in Noord-Holland.Ik ben opzoek naar iemand die het leuk lijkt om samen met mij te gaan interrailen🌷.Ik ben van plan om langs verschillende plaatsten te gaan zoals Berlijn, Wenen en FlorenceMaar sta helemaal open voor andere landen/plaatsen! 🚋🌸  

I want to make sure I understand how it all works.  I purchase the pass now (7 travel days), travelling in May 2026.  I can activate the pass now or later.  I must activate the pass to be able to reserve on trains.  I can reserve starting 90 days prior to train travel date, but not before. Do I have to do anything for my pass at any train stations or do I just show up and board my train?Appreciate your time!

Hi! I’m Alessio, an 18-year-old student from Italy :)I’d love to go on a trip in July or August 2026. I’ve already visited several European countries, including Spain, Greece, and France, which I absolutely loved! I’m open to different destinations — ideally somewhere in Northern Europe, but that’s not a strict requirement.What really matters to me is sharing a great experience with great people, so I’m looking for someone who’d like to travel together and have fun.I’d also love to meet up with people along the way — maybe in some of the places I’ll visit — to share part of the journey or just spend some time together.A bit about me: I have lots of different interests, so I’m sure we’ll find things in common! I enjoy cooking, listening to music, watching and playing football, TV series, movies, and taking photos.I’m also a very adaptable person — I try to make the best out of every s

Hello,I am planning my first trip with Interrail.I will be travelling through various places to Lisbon. From there, I will be going on a long hike. The rest of my trip will continue from Faro in southern Portugal.How do I go about interrupting my travel plans in order to continue my journey or start my return journey from a different location?I haven't been able to find any help with this. Thank you for your input.

I want to take a direct train that starts in country A, crosses my country of residence (country B) and arrives in country C.Does the transit count as an inbound/outbound day, even if I stay on the train (not getting off) while transiting my CoR?My country of residence (CoR): GermanyExamples:NJ 420: Innsbruck Hbf - (crosses DE) - Amsterdam Centraal RJ 382, RJ 384: Praha hl.n. - (crosses DE) - Koebenhavn HAnd a special one:RE 48: Schaffhausen - Zürich HB (crosses DE, but stops only at CH stations)

Looking to spend 1 month in Europe visiting Switzerland, Italy, Greece and Spain. Looking for suggestions for Eurail pass and best cities to visit. I am a senior solo traveler, thank you.

Hallo ZusammenIch ziehe in Betracht im nächste Jahr 2026 eine Interrailreise zu machen und wollte gerne die Erfahrungen Meinungen von euch wissen. Mein Reise soll starten in Bukarest wo ich 5 Tage bleibe. Danach habe ich gesehen das es einen NZ gibt ab Bucuresti Nord Gara A um 17.58 mit Ankunft um 08.50 in Budapest Keleti.Ich habe gelesen 2 mal kontrolliert wird an der Grenz dass man aussteigen muss und bei der Grenzstelleoffice den Pass vorzeigen muss ist das richtig?Ist das richtig wenn ich um 17.58 ab Bucuresti abreise und das so eintrage im Interrailpass das es als 1 Tag zählt ausser wenn ich umsteige das ich ein 2 tag einschrieben muss was bei dieser Verbindung nicht der Fall wäre?Ich habe mich mal umgeschaut für ein Schlafwagen Preis bei der Ungarischen Bahn und habe gesehen für ein 2er Abteil Schlafwagen bezahlt man 42 Euro für 1 Single sind es 98 Euro was für den Preis recht günstig ist. Was ist da zu empfehlen Tipps Erfahrungen?

It is difficult to find an Train from Paris to Chartres in the afternoon in May. Does anybody have an idea. There are works on that route.

We are having trouble planning our trip - this is our itinerary but when we use the interrail planning facility it does not come up with a lot of the train routes (although I know from other sites that there are trains running ) - not sure why?  Can any one help?Mon 30 March dep. Santander 7.05  -  arr. Granada 16.49Fri 3 April dep. Grenada 8.36 - arr. Ronda 12.34Tues 7 April dep. Ronda time tbc - arr. Cordoba time tbcFri 10 April dep. Cordoba time tbc - arr Bilbao time tbc

hello!I’m trying to book the Fjordline ferry from Hirtshals to Kristiansand using the interrail discount code that is given on the Fjordline site. The site says that for my chosen date of departure there are no more tickets available. If I don’t enter the code the website lists the departures of this day normal. So my problem appears not because the trips are fully booked, but apparently due to the interrail-discount… Am I doing something wrong?t(he code does not work on specific days but the MS ferrys you can use the code on drives these days)Thanks a lot!

Hello,I am trying to plan a train trip from Barcelona Spain to Paris France. I am looking to travel on Thursday August 13, 2026. I noticed they have a direct train (6hr 46 min) for June and July but not for August. Instead, you are required to take several connecting trains with trips much longer than 6hrs in total. Is there some kind of planned outage for that line in August 2026?Thank You for your help.Shawn

I plan to do Budapest Austria Munich, from Vienna to Zell Amm See is their a direct train or need to change trains, also from Zell amm see to munich do we have a direct train ort need to chnage trains

Just about to plan an Eastern Europe trip for 2026  (before Putin takes it all !).Never used Interrail before so please excuse my lack of knowledge.Can I go direct from London (my home)  to Paris on Eurostar as my first travel or should I fly to Mainland europe and work from there ?Any suggestions ad/or tips for an Eastern Europe trip beginning and ending in London would be most welcome

Hello, I’m Miguel from Portugal, I’m planning an interrail in June till Sweden and I’m looking for advices.I want to know where are night trains that I can use and I’m open to receive suggestions from other people, like what kind of things do I need to carry with me and what kind of things you don’t recommend to carry with me.

Good morning everyone!, and merry Christmas! I would like to know if I can cancel my seat reservation and my Pass, and naturally if I can have back my money again, because I don't do the trip anymore. I have the trip for 02.01.2026  Thank you and happy holidays! ♡

Hey everyone,I bought the Interrail Global Pass for youth (4 days within 1 month) last year in August. The pass says: “Activate before 6 July 2025.”What exactly does this mean?Can I theoretically activate the pass on 6 July 2025, and then the 1-month validity period starts, during which I can use my 4 travel days? So that I would have time to travel until 5 August 2025?Or do I have to complete all my travels before or on 6 July 2025, meaning that this is the last possible day I can travel?I'd really appreciate any help, thanks in advance! 😊

Hi, has anyone travelled similarly to the below (using a 5-day in a month Global Pass), and have any tips?Day 1 UK - ParisDay 2 Return day trip from/to ParisDay 3 Paris - Eurocamp (Biarritz/Bidart)Day 4 Eurocamp (Biarritz/Bidart) - ParisDay 5 Paris - UKAny other specific information/guidance much appreciated - thanks in advance!

Was just trying to enter my trip for tomorrow into the app, but encountered a bug in the app doing so. When planning from Basel Bad to Basel SBB I only get journeys by tram, even when I apply filters to switch off trams. It is, with some filtering, possible to get options by ICE from the planner but not the SBB S6. According to the SBB app it's running, but the app refuses to show it and only entering manually works for some reason. 

I have a pass and have booked Eurostar reservations but the app will not allow me to reserve this trip. Seats are now available on SNCF but Eurail gives me a ‘bad gateway’ error message. Help!

Hi, I have started to try to plan a trip. I selected Warrington as my starting point and then added by destination of London. However, I keep getting this message ' Sorry we can't show this entire journey. You can try to split it into multiple journeys'.  I tried using destination of Birmingham, Manchester, Crewe instead to try and split the journey but still got the same nessage. im.very confused!! Can anyone help?