Two of my friends and I are planning to do an Interrail trip in northeastern Europe in August, and we need some information. We have already purchased the 15-day Global Pass, but we are unsure whether we need to book train tickets, how far in advance we should book them (months ahead or even just the day before), or if reservations are not required at all.
Our planned destinations are:
Bucharest → Sofia → Skopje → Belgrade → Budapest → Vienna → Bratislava → Warsaw → Vilnius → Riga → Tallinn.
Thank you for any information and advice you can give us.
Pietro
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Best answer by ralderton
The pass is your ticket, but on some trains, you need reservations. You can check here which trains nee reservations, and how to buy them. Just click the starting country of each train:
I think in most of those trains, you don’t need to book far in advance, just a day or two.
There are no trains between Skopje and Belgrade. You can take a bus to Niš (not covered by the pass) and then train from there.
Between Belgrade and Budapest, it’s a slow route at the moment, with several changes. It should get quicker sometime this Spring, when more of the high speed line opens.
The pass is your ticket, but on some trains, you need reservations. You can check here which trains nee reservations, and how to buy them. Just click the starting country of each train:
I think in most of those trains, you don’t need to book far in advance, just a day or two.
There are no trains between Skopje and Belgrade. You can take a bus to Niš (not covered by the pass) and then train from there.
Between Belgrade and Budapest, it’s a slow route at the moment, with several changes. It should get quicker sometime this Spring, when more of the high speed line opens.
