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  • August 13, 2026
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Hello !

I am from France, and I am visiting Hambourg in Germany with my family. We are going back home tomorrow by night train to Paris, and then go home with another train. I know it will take two days of travel and that's ok. However, when i put my travel on the railplanner app, the first part (Hambourg to Paris) use our inbound travel and I can't use my pass to go home... I dont understand this, because when we went to Hambourg, we did exactly the same travel in the other way, and it worked !

I dont know how to do, and I would like not to get a fine going back home ...

Best answer by BrendanDB

You only have two inbound/outbound days.

I think you can fix it by splitting your journey up in the rail planner app.

You register Hamburg to Brussels or Mons on your app. And immediately after, you do Brussels or Mons-Paris-Somewhere in France where you live. That way the inbound/outbound day only triggers on the day you want it, so that way you can get home with your interrail pass. 

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Dagi
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  • August 13, 2026

You can look if it’s possible to virtually break up the journey after midnight: 

I don’t know where you’re night train passes but for example, if you start in Hamburg at 23:00 and the train passes in Hannover at 00:05, you put in the rail planner Hamburg to Hannover and Hannover to Paris, which makes the next day your inbound day


BrendanDB
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  • August 13, 2026

You only have two inbound/outbound days.

I think you can fix it by splitting your journey up in the rail planner app.

You register Hamburg to Brussels or Mons on your app. And immediately after, you do Brussels or Mons-Paris-Somewhere in France where you live. That way the inbound/outbound day only triggers on the day you want it, so that way you can get home with your interrail pass. 


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  • August 13, 2026

Thank you for your answers, I will try this !!!

Thanks a lot !