I am exploring the option of using Interrail to travel from the UK to Switzerland for a week with my two kids (7 and 15). I know you get 1 Outbound and 1 Inbound journey. But where does the Outbound journey end? We need to travel into London to leave on the Eurostar. Do I book a pass for 3 countries (UK, France, Switzerland) or for 1 (Switzerland) which includes the out- and inbound journeys? I have trawled the community, but not found a similar discussion.
Apologies, if it should be easy and obvious, I am brand new to this thing. Thanks in advance.
Dani
Best answer by rvdborgt
Now if we want to stay Mon - Fri do I get the 4 day pass that includes the travel days or the 5 day pass? So is it like 4+2?
The inbound and outbound journeys are not extra. Like I already wrote, you can travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days. So if you buy a 4-day pass, then on 2 of those travel days you can also travel in the UK and on the 2 other days you can't.
And another question if I may: if we travel all the way to Switzerland in one day and then all the way back at the end, but not in between, how does that look in terms of travel days?
That would only use 2 travel days. On a travel day, you can use as many trains as you like. When using an in/outbound, that includes trains in your country of residence.
Any travel day you travel in/from/to the UK will use an in/outbound.
For the UK to Switzerland, you need a global pass. No need to buy extra one country passes. With the global pass, you can travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days. So if you plan to use your pass for both the outbound and the inbound journey, then you need to leave the UK within one day; similar of course for the inbound day.
Any travel day you travel in/from/to the UK will use an in/outbound.
For the UK to Switzerland, you need a global pass. No need to buy extra one country passes. With the global pass, you can travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days. So if you plan to use your pass for both the outbound and the inbound journey, then you need to leave the UK within one day; similar of course for the inbound day.
Thank you so much. So if I want to travel from the UK to Switzerland for a week I get 1 Global Pass for us 3. We can leave the UK with it (which includes the train to London AND the Eurostar to Paris) and the same on the way back (Eurostar Paris to London and the one out of London). Now if we want to stay Mon - Fri do I get the 4 day pass that includes the travel days or the 5 day pass? So is it like 4+2?
And another question if I may: if we travel all the way to Switzerland in one day and then all the way back at the end, but not in between, how does that look in terms of travel days?
Now if we want to stay Mon - Fri do I get the 4 day pass that includes the travel days or the 5 day pass? So is it like 4+2?
The inbound and outbound journeys are not extra. Like I already wrote, you can travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days. So if you buy a 4-day pass, then on 2 of those travel days you can also travel in the UK and on the 2 other days you can't.
And another question if I may: if we travel all the way to Switzerland in one day and then all the way back at the end, but not in between, how does that look in terms of travel days?
That would only use 2 travel days. On a travel day, you can use as many trains as you like. When using an in/outbound, that includes trains in your country of residence.
Now if we want to stay Mon - Fri do I get the 4 day pass that includes the travel days or the 5 day pass? So is it like 4+2?
The inbound and outbound journeys are not extra. Like I already wrote, you can travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days. So if you buy a 4-day pass, then on 2 of those travel days you can also travel in the UK and on the 2 other days you can't.
And another question if I may: if we travel all the way to Switzerland in one day and then all the way back at the end, but not in between, how does that look in terms of travel days?
That would only use 2 travel days. On a travel day, you can use as many trains as you like. When using an in/outbound, that includes trains in your country of residence.
Ah fantastic. I did do some more reading on the FAQs, but that was very clear and helpful, thank you
Dani
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