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How can I print out tickets that are on my app only

  • May 18, 2026
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I have an Interrail pass for use in June/July with ten travel days. I’ve booked some of the trains directly through the pass on my phone and booked others on my laptop and then added them to the pass. I have all the train tickets in My Pass on the phone - BUT I also want to print out each ticket for backup in case of any last-minute issues with phone power/connections or at worst, having the phone stolen. This is what I always do for peace of mind with travel reservations.

For tickets not booked through the pass, I received an email confirmation with a copy of the ticket, and I’ve printed those. But for the other trips, I can’t see how to print out the tickets from the app. They don’t appear in my Interrail account when I log on on my laptop; I can’t share a ticket from the app to my email account; I can’t take a screenshot of a ticket as the screen shows only part of the info and QR at one time; and I can’t see how to get the app itself on the laptop.

SO all helpful suggestions very welcome please! 

Anna

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  • Railmaster
  • May 18, 2026
  1. The pass is your ticket. You don’t need to book any other tickets for trains included in your pass. Your pass is only valid in the app. No need to print.
  2. You will need reservations for some trains. These cannot be made in the Rail Planner app. The app can only forward to some of the websites where you can book. That means all of your reservations were probably made via a website, or possibly in an operator's app, if the website forwards automatically (such as DB).
  3. Reservations don't need to be printed, except for some of the night trains. You're free to print them though.
  4. As far as I know, you get a confirmation mail for each reservation you book, with something to print in it, if you so choose.

So I'm not sure what “tickets” you mean here. Do you mean the pass barcode that you see when you tap on "View ticket”? That barcode is only valid in the app, and some ticket inspectors do verify that it is the app they're looking at.


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  • Railly clever
  • May 18, 2026

Reservations shown the app can also be exported as a pdf using the share button.

But the pass itself can only be in the app. And the Reservation will not be of much use without a valid ticket or your Interrail pass.


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  • Right on track
  • May 18, 2026

Thanks very much for these prompt replies. I certainly understand that the Interrail pass with the train journeys saved to My Trip is what I have to have; and I’ve also made seat reservations where they are compulsory. I understand that I don’t have to print anything, but what I mean by each ticket I wish to print is the ticket that appears in the Rail Pass when I click on Show Ticket, with a QR code or barcode. 

I did receive email confirmations for seat reservations but they did not include a barcode so while I’ve printed them out, they clearly won’t work on their own. However the ticket attachment sent with my Eurostar email confirmations do include the QR code and on previous trips I was able to scan the paper version at the ticket gate. 

I can’t find a Share button on the app with which I could export a ticket as a pdf and then print it from my email account. The only option I can see is to take a screenshot and forward that to my email, but the screenshot doesn’t include both the barcode and all the info on the ticket.

In Ireland a printed QR code is generally accepted by transport operators, event venues etc, just as the same code is accepted on a phone screen. IF the Interrail QR /barcode is accepted only on the app, there’s no protection from a phone or phone connection malfunction - and for example I’ve read reviews by people whose mobile ticket disappeared from their screen just as they opened it in a train station. We all know too that large and small online systems can suffer cyber attacks or go offline for other reasons. So while I know that most people don’t consider printing tickets in advance of a journey, I find it a very helpful precaution and I’m very disappointed if it’s not possible.

For a newcomer, it takes a while to figure out the difference on the app between My Trip and My Pass, and to ensure that information entered manually really has been saved. So being unable to print out each ticket is an added hassle - and I really hope it won’t cause problems during the trip. 

 

 

 


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  • Railmaster
  • May 18, 2026

Not all seat reservations have a barcode. It depends on the train and on where you book. Especially optional reservations can be without barcode, since nobody else needs to see them.

As already explained, the travel day ticket with barcode is only valid in the app, and as such, no provisions have been made to export it. You can indeed take a screenshot but that is not valid to travel on. I haven't read any story that the barcode disappeared as you open it. What can happen, when you have a bad internet connection, is that showing the barcode takes a long time (minutes), since the app struggles with bad internet. It works well with good internet and also without internet the barcode will show immediately if you had created it earlier.

Finally, it sounds like you have already activated your pass and travel days. Please note that this is not a good idea. You can only cancel activation before validity starts, which is at midnight. If anything happens after that, e.g. you wake up ill, then it will be too cancel and the clock starts ticking and you can loose travel days.


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  • Railly clever
  • May 18, 2026

I can’t find a Share button on the app with which I could export a ticket as a pdf and then print it from my email account. The only option I can see is to take a screenshot and forward that to my email, but the screenshot doesn’t include both the barcode and all the info on the ticket.

The pdf is only for reservations bought from interrail, not for the ticket part.

The mobile Pass is only valid in the app as was already mentioned. (if you did not want to be dependant on a phone you could have bought the paper Version, although that one comes with its own disadvantages)


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  • Right on track
  • May 18, 2026

Thanks indeed on the pdf, Marvin. I saw the paper version option but definitely wanted the mobile app, with the choice of printing out bookings as well. Not one or the other but a form of both! 


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  • Right on track
  • May 18, 2026

Thanks very much too to RVDBorgt for your explanation. It’s reassuring and does clarify the situation on the barcode and why it can’t be exported.

I don’t think I have activated the pass and I certainly didn’t intend to until I’m about to travel. I will have a look tomorrow but if it did happen, it’s because something in the process wasn’t clear to me at the time. 

I have all my tickets in the My Pass section of the app and they appear under the relevant Travel Days, but I presume that’s not the same as activation.

Thanks again for replying to my queries. They may seem pedantic but as I’ve ten travel days in total and a few journeys on a few of those days, it makes sense to me to think it all through - and to have printouts too where possible! 


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  • Railmaster
  • May 18, 2026

If you can show the tickets for each travel day, then you have both activated the pass and activated your travel days.