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Eurostar on eurail pass

  • January 6, 2026
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We have been travelling around Europe for the past fortnight using our Eurail pass.  We’d booked the seats through Rail Europe and added each leg to the Eurail app with no issues, and toggled the trip as active when required.  We’re travelling from Paris to London this Friday and have booked our seats through Eurostar, received the confirmation email and printed a paper ticket etc.  Our ticket advises the train is #9023 with departure at 11.02.  I’d previously searched for this on the Eurail site but couldn’t find a corresponding train.  Based on this community I found someone mentioned a bug in the system which lists trains around 30 mins earlier than  what the ticket states.  If that is still the case, if I see the #9023 train listed in the app at “approx” 30 mins earlier than 11.02am - is this definitely the train to link on the Eurail account - and therefore toggle on tFriday?  I’m worried I will add (and possibly board) the wrong train by “assuming” my train is the one that’s listed 30 mins prior to what’s listed on the paper ticket.  I hope that all makes sense? 
 

Thanks for any advice you can offer! 

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  • Railmaster
  • January 6, 2026

Compare the train numbers. Also, if you check the details of the journey in the Rail Planner app, then you do see the actual departure time without the added 35 minutes.

@Eurail Community Moderator When will these confusing 35 minutes be removed from the overview of the planner results? Many users in all Interrail groups I read are confused by this.


ralderton
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  • Railmaster
  • January 6, 2026

It’s 1112 for train #9023, not 1102. It may have changed since you made your reservation, or you may have misread it. Either way, don’t worry. Your reservation is valid.

Rail Planner shows these trains as exactly 35 minutes early in the timetable search, so 1037 for your train. But it will show as 1112 when you tap on it in My Trip, and it will be 1112 on the departure screens. I agree with ​@rvdborgt - this is a really unhelpful way to show train times, and it confuses people every day.