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Trying to book seats from Edinburgh to Lille and then seats in France

  • March 10, 2026
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We are trying to book trains for Europe online from Canada.We are blocked from booking with our Eurail passes until 150 days in advance of our travel.  We’re not traveling until October of 2026.  We’re concerned that when we get to 150 days prior there will be no seats available.  As a test, we’ve tried from today to book out 150 days in the future and get the message that “no reservations available for pass holders” on one of the legs we’re traveling later this year for any of the trains shown.  Are we going to be restricted from booking or is there a certain time (GST) that we should start tryng 150 days in advance of our first booking?

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  • Railly clever
  • March 10, 2026

Not all seats are available that early(150 days in advance), itis  different between the train companies. (for example french TGV can only booked till 4. July at the moment). 

The Eurostar is one of the trains its important to book early(i think it can already be reserved) as it only has a limited amount of passholder reservations. Most other trains are not that critical to reserve early (except  night trains as some of those have dynamic reservation prices or get booked out)