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Sarah W
Sarah WCommunity Manager
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⚠️ Rail strike in Belgium: 14–15 and 21–22 AprilDisruption

Two nationwide rail strikes have been announced in Belgium that may result in limited rail services across the network. The two strike periods are scheduled between Monday, 14 April from 10 PM CET until the end of the day on Tuesday, 15 April, and Monday, 21 April from 10 PM CET until the end of the day on Tuesday, 22 April. Alternative train services may be operational depending on the SNCB staff availability. We recommend checking the SNCB timetable shortly before departing for your planned rail journey for up-to-date train times. For more information about the strike, please read the strike announcement on the SNCB website. Delay compensation: Interrail travellers with an activated travel day for any of the affected dates can request compensation here.

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Sarah W
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How do you stay entertained on a long train ride?

Do you prefer a good book, a playlist, or just watching the world go by? Let us know your go-to train ride entertainment in the comments! 🚆🎶📖

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Help us with our packing list

What are your packing essentials for a train travel trip? 🎒

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Sarah W
Sarah WCommunity Manager
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🚆 Exciting News: We’re Welcoming High-Speed Spanish Carrier, iryo, to the Pass! 🌟Pass update

Update on iryo’s integration into the Pass Network iryo's integration in our Pass Network is delayed due to an unexpected technical issue. We are working with iryo to complete the necessary preparations and are optimistic that travellers will be able to board iryo trains with an Interrail or Eurail Pass in the near future. We appreciate your patience and will continue to provide updates as soon as new information becomes available. We’re excited to announce that, Spain’s first private high-speed train operator, will be joining the Pass network! With iryo, you’ll be able to explore even more of Spain, with increased flexibility and convenience. Who Is iryo? Welcome to the future of high-speed train travel in Spain! iryo is a partnership bringing together the expertise of: 🚄 Trenitalia – A European leader in rail transport and high-speed innovation. 🌍 Globalvia – Experts in infrastructure and mobility services.✈️ Air Nostrum – Spain’s leading airline. iryo provides travellers departing

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⚠️ Construction works on Oslo to Gothenburg, Sweden, train route from Apr to Oct 2025Train Disruptions

Planned maintenance works in Sweden will impact the railway line between Gothenburg to Oslo, which will be under construction for several periods between April and October 2025. During most of these construction works, no alternative transport is arranged and a longer route via Kil or Hallsberg is advised for travellers. Please note that the alternative transport VY Bus4You 600 on this route is not valid for Eurail/Interrail Pass holders, so full-fare tickets apply. For up-to-date train times, please take a look at our timetable or the planner in our Rail Planner app, Entur's timetable or VY traffic updates. You can find more information about train schedules approximately one month before the work starts on the VY traffic updates website. Halden – Gothenburg This route will be disrupted from 02:00 on Friday, 18 April to 02:00 on Tuesday, 22 April CET due to planned construction work by the Swedish Transport Administration. Halden – Gothenburg This route will be disrupted from 11:00 to

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🚂 What European city surprised you the most when you visited and why? ✨

Was the vibe different than you were expecting?Was it the food?Or a hidden gem you found while exploring? Let’s swap stories about those surprises. Who knows? Your story might inspire someone’s next trip! 🌟

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⚠️Dombås - Vinstra line closure due to damage from floodTravel Disruptions

Due to a damaged bridge that resulted from a flood, the Dovre railway is partially closed between Dombås and Vinstra. According to Bane NOR, it is difficult to estimate when the repair work will be completed. SJ Norge has canceled night trains between Oslo and Trondheim, as well as two daytime departures. During the day, buses will replace trains between Dombås and Vinstra/Ringebu, and trains will run for the remainder of the route. Note: train departure times between Trondheim and Dombås have been altered. For up-to-date information, please check Entur.

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Sarah W
Sarah WCommunity Manager
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⚠️ Construction works at Sofia Central, Bulgaria till Aug 2025Train Disruption

BDZ, the Bulgarian national railway company, has announced that construction works at Sofia Central will start from 7 May 2024 and are expected to last for 15 months until August 2025, impacting the flow of traffic through the station. You can expect the following changes in traffic movement at Sofia Central: For trains leaving/arriving at Sofia Sever, the BDZ have arranged special replacement trains which will do the transfer from Sofia Sever to Sofia Central. These trains will depart/arrive on platform 6, track 13. All trains coming from Northern Bulgaria will stop at Sofia Sever(North). Trams 1, 3, 7, and 27 will change their routes to accommodate traffic, with trams 27 and 3 continuing to Sofia Sever as their last stop. Bus line 413 will also continue to Sofia Sever. For more details about the construction works and the impact on Bulgarian public transport systems, please read the BDZ announcement (only in Bulgarian). The BDZ timetable is also expected to be updated by the end of A

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NanjaRetired Community Manager
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How the ''ask a question'' forum works

If you have a question and are not sure where to start, ask it here. We'll keep an eye on everything that gets posted here, and once something has been answered by the community or by us, we'll go ahead and move the topic to the right place, and mark it as answered.To find your topic back, click on your username in the upper right corner and click on "topics", or follow the link in the email we'll send you when you receive replies.

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Julian Kraus-PolkRail rookie
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standby tickets brussels to london

Is it possible / common to be able to get a standby ticket on Eurostar train (Brussels to London) the night before my current train ticket?

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StephenttttatatatatatatatatataRail rookie
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travel in home country with global pass

hi, i’m travelling from the UK to Europe using a global pass. can i make multiple journeys in my home country using the pass? the website is ambiguous - it says i can only make two journeys - one in, one out - but i can have ‘multiple train transfers’. Does this mean i can travel from any location to London then get the eurostar as long as it is on the same travel day? And the same on return i assume?

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Sylva MC
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EN 476/407 Deluxe Single Reservation

Q: Can I use my Interrail 2nd class Global Pass to book a deluxe single sleeper cabin on CD? I’d like to use my 2nd class pass to reserve a single deluxe cabin on two routes (Budapest-Krakow & Warsaw-Prague). CD has an easy process, and for both it does assign a single deluxe, *but* going through the ‘Document terms and conditions’, it says: “Compartments in sleeper carriages are divided into so-called “Economy”, where a 2nd class ticket is required for all types of compartments (Triple, Double, Single and possibly connected Family compartments), and so-called “Deluxe”, where a 1st class ticket is required for all types of compartments . For use of a berth of the category Single (a compartment with one bed), it is necessary to present a travel document issued for 1st class travel.” CD giving me the option to book a deluxe single with specified 2nd class IR seems to contradict the Ts&Cs. Man in Seat 61 does not specify (as he does for all other night train options) for the Czech site th

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Joel MillerNew aboard
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Had an Issue Booking Flight?

Has anyone experienced issues making reservations for Flight, such as becoming trapped on the checkout page and losing out on the offer? I did, however their support staff genuinely assisted me in rebooking and honored the offer when I followed up. Have you also benefited from Flightd.pro?

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Joel MillerNew aboard
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I was denied boarding because the flight was “overbooked.” Why does this happen, and what can be done about it?

Overbooking happens when airlines sell more tickets than available seats, anticipating no-shows. While legal, it can be frustrating. Passengers denied boarding are entitled to compensation and rebooking under most regulations. To avoid this, Flightd check and confirm your seat in advance. Airlines are being encouraged to improve communication and offer fairer solutions when these situations arise.

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MaxwellFull steam ahead
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The Bergen Line - seat + carriage recommendation

Hey everyone! I'm planning to travel with The Bergen Line from Bergen to Oslo soon. Which seats would you recommend, based on the side? Are there any advantages in certain carriages (cars 4, 7, and 8 are still available). Thank you for your help! :)✌

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MikaelaNew aboard
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Seat reservations

I’m forever grateful for all the help I’ve gotten from you users today, and since you know so much, I wanted to ask you a few more questions. These are regarding the seat reservations as well. You told me that it is not possible to buy seat reservations fore some regional trains, are these included?: Chur - zeurich Hb (19.11-20.48 11 July 2025), berlin Hbf - Magdeburg Hbg (0.44-02.37 13 July 2025) (I have been told that this is a regional train), Magdeburg Hbf - Uelzen (04.47-06.41 13 July 2025), Uelzen - Hamburg Hbf (07.04 - 08.03 13 July 2025), Fredericia - Slagelse (12.15 - 14.10 13 July 2025) Also please tell me if you think it’s stupid that we sometimes only have 20 minutes in between arrival and departure. We struggled to find other alternatives that would cost us many more hours.

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Brian StarkRail rookie
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Two one-way tickets with railpass needed London to Edinburgh 7/7/25 - Help Requested!

Thanks to this community for your advice and help. I need to buy two adult one-way train tickets from London (any station) to Edinburgh for the morning of July 7, 2025. I already bought two Interrail Global Passes, good for any 4 days within a month. I would like to use those passes for this train ticket, but so far I cannot see how to do that. I live in Switzerland and have residency there but hold a US passport. I’ve tried doing this with VPN set to Great Britain and and also without, neither seems to make a difference. Here’s also what I’ve tried: Interrail.eu : when I try to book on this site, while logged into my account, and I’ve added my passes to my account, I can see many trains throughout the day, but I get a red popup that says seat reservations are required for this train travel, but that I can’t make seat reservations from this site. The “more information” button says to try buying tickets on acprail.com Acprail.com : I created an account on this site and tried to load my

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Helena SilvaNew aboard
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Activating the pass and reserving seats

Hello! I am planning a trip for this summer. I already bought the pass from eurail but now i want to add journeys and make the seat reservations for one of them, but i am so confused. I’m scared to activate my pass before I’m supposed to and don’t really know how I can reserve seats without having my pass activated. Plus, if I want to start traveling in august am I supposed to activate my pass now?

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Vincent MartinNew aboard
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[Europe - August 2025] Looking to meet fellow travelers 🍻🌍

Hey everyone! I’ll be solo traveling through Europe this August and would love to meet up with other travelers along the way. Whether it’s grabbing a drink or doing something fun together, I’m totally up for it! Here’s my itinerary: Brussels: August 1–6 Berlin: August 7–11 Prague: August 12–16 Vienna: August 17–23 If you’re around during those dates, feel free to shoot me a message! Always down to hang out over a beer, coffee, or some random local adventure 🍺🗺️ Hope to cross paths with some of you ✌️

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Philippe KoeckNew aboard
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verblijf

Hallo iedereen, ik vroeg me af dat iemand weet hoe we aan de lagere kunnen bereiken of hoe ik mijn verblijf moet organiseren als ik wil genieten van de ontdekking kortingen?

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MikaelaNew aboard
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Seat reservations

Some seat reservations can’t be made in the interrail app. They refer me to int.bahn.de but there it’s not possible to connect the interrail-pass to the reservations so we would’nt get any discounts. I am super stressed and feel like this needs to be done before all the tickets are sold out. HOW DO I CONNECT MY PASS TO INT.BAHN.DE. Please help!!

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JoachvalRight on track
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DB timetable change alternatives to Brussels Basel or Milan without fees

Hi/Bonjour, We plan to reach Milan on April 25th (to get the night train to Syracus). We had seats reservation on Brussels-Koln and Koln-Basel, but we just get a message that DB timetable change and we have to find alternative. It look that I can’t book the alternative in TGV via Strasbourg on DB website… What are my passengers rights to get to Basel or Milan (if possible without extra fees...). Thanks for your help ! Joachim

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wazma jawlanRight on track
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seat bookings!

hi team just another question regarding seat bookings. we are doing the long journey from Rome to Paris, - and we want to go through southern France instead of Switzerland. I know the train is leaving at 8:20am from Rome - on the 12th May but i wanted to ask, as it stops in Milan and we have to change train stations from Centrale to garibaldi in a half hour gap between the trains it said that the TGV inoui is departing from Garibaldi station in Milan. Just looking at worse case scenarios if. we miss our train how can we find if more trains are coming? and is there a chance we can keep our seats on the next train if we do. and can we book family booths through rail plus? ive heard they have some is there any recommendations on the best way to get to garibaldi, although its close walking alone ins 20 minutes, can anyone recommend the quickest way to get to garibaldi station from Centrale which gives us some time to find the platform? your assistance is greatly appreciated!

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Orlane BouriauNew aboard
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Qu'est-ce que sont les crédits et pourquoi je n'en ai que 4 ?

Je suis en train d’effectuer mes réservations de sièges sur interrail pour un pass avec 7 jours de voyages mais je n’ai que 4 crédits disponibles et au delà de ceux ci je ne peux plus réserver de sièges, je ne peux pas payer non plus comment dois-je procéder ?

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jamesdawnRail rookie
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Reservations Bulgaria

I wondered if anyone has experience of making bookings at Bulgarian Railway Stations as the app advised. We are travelling from Sofia to Ruse on May 29th and need reservations Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa Gorna Oryahovitsa to Ruse We will arrive in Sofia on May 27th and will try to make reservations on that day for onward travel on May 29th. Will this work or there any other options for reservations? Thanks

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