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Out and In - UK Twice

  • April 18, 2025
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Hi all,

I’m new to interrailing and trying to learn as much as I can quickly. I am worried about booking tickets for this summer and missing the tickets for Eurostar and night trains.

I have purchased a 10 day pass with the aim of going on two trips this summer with my partner and two sons. First trip is from London to Amsterdam, then to Germany, and back to London. The second trip is then to Croatia - I’m still trying to work out a route for this. Today, I noted that I cannot use the pass for my second trip in and out of the UK. So I guess I need to purchase Eurostar separately for this return trip. My concern is that if I do the first trip and return back to London my pass will no longer be valid. Is it ok to do this?

Also I am looking at booking the night train from Zagreb to Stuttgart and the website says the train might be subject to change. Is this a concern? I am not sure if this just means a timetable change or a cancellation. We do need to return from Croatia as quickly as possible and this seems the quickest way.

I have much to learn and any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much!

Sarah

Best answer by rvdborgt

You can indeed only travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days, but you can decide yourself which travel days. That doesn’t need to be the first and the last days.

You forgot to mention your travel date and on which website you were looking at the night train Zagreb-Stuttgart but the ÖBB now seem to warn about changes for every night train.

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  • rvdborgt
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  • April 18, 2025

You can indeed only travel in your country of residence on 2 of your travel days, but you can decide yourself which travel days. That doesn’t need to be the first and the last days.

You forgot to mention your travel date and on which website you were looking at the night train Zagreb-Stuttgart but the ÖBB now seem to warn about changes for every night train.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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  • Saspi
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  • April 19, 2025

You forgot to mention your travel date and on which website you were looking at the night train Zagreb-Stuttgart but the ÖBB now seem to warn about changes for every night train.

Thanks so much for your response. I am looking at the 8th August to travel and it was on the OBB website. 

The message is: 

Please note – timetable subject to change

Due to construction work or other factors affecting our services, the departure and/or arrival times of this service may change even on the selected day. If you buy a ticket, we will send you an email or sms text message to notify you about any modifications. (Please also check your spam folder regularly).

If the departure time changes 60 minutes or more, a refund is also possible and free of charge for a Sparschiene saver ticket up to 15 days before the first day of validity.

This leaves me concerned as I need to book our tickets back to the UK. Do you think this is normal?

Best wishes,

Sarah

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  • BrendanDB
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  • April 19, 2025

Yeah, quite normal. The train may leave a bit earlier, or arrive a bit later than originally planned because of the works, might just even change a couple of minutes or nothing at all will change. No final timetable available yet, but the train will run, the operator just does not know with which exact timetable.

I would reserve, but keep a bit of buffer of one or two hours in Stuttgart. Just don’t plan a tight connection of 15 min for your next train.

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