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eurostar at qouta, any alternative routes from rotterdam to tolouse with seats? (urgent)

  • June 17, 2026
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Eurostar is at pass qouta and will be for serval more days. I need to meet up with family for another trip in toulouse but now can't as no seats are available. The no reservation needed route takes 25 hours with 11 changes with an overnight stay at the station. Are there any other more reasonable routes to tolouse that aren't sold out, willing to take almost any other route.

Best answer by rvdborgt

Possible solutions:

  1. EC or ECD to Brussels (no reservations), then Eurostar to Paris and further to Toulouse.
  2. Regular trains to Antwerp and then Lille (no reservations), then to Paris and Toulouse.

For detailed help, please mention travel date, class of your pass and any time restrictions.

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ralderton
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  • Railmaster
  • June 17, 2026

Find out where the blockage & where the availability is. You don’t have to go ‘no reservation’ all the way. 

Can you get to Paris without reservations, then TGV?

Night train from Paris?

Down through Germany then TGV from Lyon?


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  • Railmaster
  • Answer
  • June 17, 2026

Possible solutions:

  1. EC or ECD to Brussels (no reservations), then Eurostar to Paris and further to Toulouse.
  2. Regular trains to Antwerp and then Lille (no reservations), then to Paris and Toulouse.

For detailed help, please mention travel date, class of your pass and any time restrictions.


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  • June 18, 2026

Find out where the blockage & where the availability is. You don’t have to go ‘no reservation’ all the way. 

Can you get to Paris without reservations, then TGV?

Night train from Paris?

Down through Germany then TGV from Lyon?

Its basically all fully booked, some southbound seats from lyon to tolouse were still available so I'm going through Germany and Switzerland instead. Thanks for the help.