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Use of passes in home country

  • June 16, 2025
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Hi all,

Just a question about the journeys to/from the UK on the Interrail pass. I am unsure as to whether one inbound/outbound journey is included in the pass, or is it one inbound/outbound day?
 

For example, if in the app we have one journey from Cardiff to London and then a separate one for the journey from London to Germany (as in removing the first from the mobile pass) after travel and adding the second), is this possible. Or will the first use up our outbound journey and not let us add the second (meaning we have to have Cardiff to Germany as one journey).

Just asking as the first option here would allow us more choice of train for Cardiff-London rather than sticking to the connection given in the app for the second.

Hope this makes sense and thanks for any help,
Morgan

Best answer by ralderton

It’s two days - one in, one out (although you can use them both in the same direction).

You can have as many trains as you need to reach the border, but they do need to be in conjunction with an international journey (by train, plane, ferry, swimming the channel).

You don’t need to remove the Cardiff trip. In fact you shouldn’t - that’s how Eurail know how to allocate the revenue to each operator.

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  • June 16, 2025

It’s two days - one in, one out (although you can use them both in the same direction).

You can have as many trains as you need to reach the border, but they do need to be in conjunction with an international journey (by train, plane, ferry, swimming the channel).

You don’t need to remove the Cardiff trip. In fact you shouldn’t - that’s how Eurail know how to allocate the revenue to each operator.


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I would enter the trains separately.  That way you can choose exactly which trains you take


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  • June 16, 2025

Okay, will do that. Thanks for your help. Love the suggestion of swimming the channel, not sure I am up to that however ;)


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