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MaialightfootRail rookie
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Seat Reservations- When to Book?

I am aiming to go interrailing next year in 2026, however am very prepared and like to have a look at various route options, and to accustom myself to the process I will have to go through when eventually booking my trip. I looked up the routes I want to go on during my trip with my partner, and also had a look at some of the seat reservation options for 2025 in May (which is when we want to travel next year). I see that you can book seats up to 90 days in advance, but found EVERY date within 90 days in the future completely booked up! 90 days from today is specifically the 7th of July 2025, and even those tickets were completely sold out. How do I avoid this or ensure that I can reserve a space on the more popular routes? I did check at 11am, should I be checking at midnight or early hours of the morning? The route I am talking about specifically is Avignon to Barcelona. 

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KieranmcgNew aboard
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Itinerary Advice - London → Amsterdam → Freiburg → Vienna → Zagreb → Split

Hello is this a good plan Need to get travel London to Split. Any advice greatly appreciatedLondon → Amsterdam (26th June) Amsterdam → Freiburg (27th/28th June) Freiburg → Vienna (29th/30th June) Vienna → Zagreb (2nd July) Zagreb → Split (4th/5th July) 

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Meet the community | Introduce yourself!

 Hello, newbies! 🎉We’re absolutely thrilled to welcome you to our community! 🙌 Whether you’re a first-time Eurail/Interrail traveler or you’ve done it 10+ times, we’re happy to have you here. This is a space to share advice, connect with fellow travellers, and fuel our wanderlust together! Let’s break the ice! 👉 Tell us your name, where you’re from, and what excites you most about train travel and exploring Europe. We hope you stick around and make this community your go-to place for all things Eurail and Interrail! 🚂✨

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Lena HeilmannNew aboard
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activate a pass wirh an old IPhone

Do I have a Chance to aktivate a pass with an iPhone 6??? Thanks for help! 

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Mel McClemRail rookie
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train from Maribor (Slovenia) to Chioggia (Italy) on 12 July

Hello!I’m trying to book seat reservations on trains between Maribor and Chioggia on 12 July, but am wondering if they’re not yet available? Can anyone please confirm?Also, a while back (actually quite a few years ago) I took a train from Ljubljana to Venice, but I’m not sure such a train is still running? The suggested routes seem to be to head north to Austria before heading down to Venice and then Chioggia. Is it no longer possible to take the train from Ljubljana to Venice via Trieste?Thanks for your help in advance - it’s hugely appreciated!Mel 

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Duncan BeattieRail rookie
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Trains not appearing in rail planner - help!

Sorry if this is a silly question but I’m new to this and finding it harder than I thought!I want to book my trip but trains don’t appear when I try to add the journey for example trains from Helsinki to Kemi  and Narvik to Stockholm at the start of July.Why is that? and what should i do?Thanks for any help

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EinatNew aboard
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no seats left - prauge to berlin

Hey,on April 17th, I need to go from Prague to Berlin.i tried to reserve a seat, but it looks like there aren’t any available .according to Eurail , seats are recommended , not required .is it still possible to get on the train?or should I find an alternative ?

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Todd BruceRail rookie
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Florence to Pisa daytrip

Hi, we’ve got 4 nights in Florence early July 2025 and looking at taking a day-trip over to Pisa one day and possibly across to Venice on another day. Can we use our Eurail pass on these trains please?I’ve checked the timetable and it seems like there’s plenty of trains departing Florence to Pisa, looking at the 08.28am train. Seems I’m unable to make seat reservations however. Do we simply board the train and show our Global Pass or I assume we need to validate a ticket somewhere? 

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honeybuttersteakNew aboard
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Does GWR uses a travel day of Eurail Pass?

Hello folks,I’m wondering if I book a reservation for GWR in UK (return trip from London to Oxford), would that use one day of my Global Eurail Pass (Flexi pass)? I have already planned out all travel days for my pass and I won’t be able to use the pass if GWR requires one. Thanks.

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Rene ReinebergNew aboard
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Looking for a travel buddy - June 2025

Hey! I’m Rene from Estonia. I'm 18, and I’ll be using my DiscoverEU pass to travel around Europe this summer—starting in Paris (June 6–10) and making my way through France, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, and Italy before heading home in early July.I’m up for anything—exploring cities, chilling on a beach, trying weird local food, last-minute plan changes, doing sports, partying, or just going with the flow. It would be awesome to find someone to travel with for part of or even the whole trip!If you’re on a similar route and wanna team up or have ideas, hit me up!I speak English, a little Russian, and a tiny bit of French.IG: rene_reineberg

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New ferry timetables available in the Rail Planner App

Timetables for Stena Line and Tallink Silja ferries have been added to the Rail Planner App. This update supports better planning for routes involving ferry travel in Northern Europe, including connections across the Baltic Sea and between key destinations in Scandinavia. Ensure your app is up to date to access the latest schedules and departure information. 🙌 Please note that ferries are not included in the pass but are benefit partners. You can find out more about our ferry partners, here.  What timetable improvements do you want to see next?    

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B Douglas BullRail rookie
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travel with friend

I have traveled with Eurail for five summers but always individually. This coming summer I will be traveling with a friend. We would like to make our reservations so that we can be seated together. I have had a long email dialogue with Eurail Customer Support be I still don’t see exactly how it works when using the app. At the website we can join both of our passes to one trip. In the app it creates a Copy Trip. It doesn’t seem like the original Trip (my pass) and the Copy Trip (my friend’s pass) are linked in any way that making reservations will assign us adjoining seats. Can someone give me a better explanation than Eurail Support?Do we need to always make reservations through the website? If we are linked in the same Trip on the website does it effect our passes in the app?

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EinatNew aboard
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shiould i book seat in advance ?

I’m planning to travel by the from Munich to Vienna (see picture ).should I reserve a seat in advance for this route ? 

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Sarah WCommunity Manager
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Welcoming Greenland to our Pass Network

Greenland is officially joining the Eurail/Interrail Pass network! We’re thrilled to bring Europe closer together, letting you explore Greenland's majestic glaciers, midnight sun and breathtaking northern lights—all accessible with your Eurail/Interrail pass. What should we add to our pass next?

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Clarabelle2025Right on track
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Night train passing through home country but not alighting

Hello, I’m wanting to travel via night train from Prague to Zurich and back, but my home country is Germany which the train travels through. I understand that this would be impossible as each journey would count as both an inbound and outbound day due it passing through Germany. However, could I work around the issue by purchasing point to point tickets for the journey from Prague to the German border and the same in reverse and then adding the journey to the app simply from the first stop over the border (Bad Schandau - DE) so that the way out would count as my outbound journey and the return my inbound?The other issue that could complicate matters is that I would need to make a couchette reservation and this would be for the full journey at the Interrail pass rate. Would this be a problem if the journey was split this way?Thanks for any advice!  

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BdelarivaNew aboard
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como reservar billetes de 5 pases a la vez

Hola, He comprado 5 pases de siete días para este verano, 2 de adulto y 3 de niños, al añadirlos a la aplicación me hace crear una carpeta para cada pase,la duda es:como puedo reservar los trenes de los 5pases a la vez ya que todos viajamos juntos?Muchas gracias 

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jset9766Rail rookie
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Travel destinations - Venice Italy to Ljubljana, Slovenia

Is there a way to determine if my eurail pass covers gong from Venice to Ljubljana? I do the Reservations part and enter in those two destinations and it comes up empty. It seems odd me when looking at other online sources. Not sure if there is a hidden trick that shows how I can get to to Slovenia from Italy. 

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PauljackDNew aboard
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Can't book Nightjet from Amsterdam to Basel on July 31,2025

We are having trouble booking the Nightjet from Amsterdam to Basel on July 31 2025.  For that date it says, “Currently not reservable”.  (Also for Aug 1 & 2) But dates before and after seem to be fine. Any suggestions? 

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AndrewAllAroundTheWorldRail rookie
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I purchased to your Eurail passes today & didn’t get my email. How do I contact them with questions, specifically where is my email?

I purchased to your Eurail passes today & didn’t get my email. How do I contact them with questions, specifically where is my email?

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comparar precios

Estoy comparando el precio entre comprar el interrail con la reserva de asientos, y la opción de coger un viaje  de ida y vuelta, y sale mucho más caro está segunda opción..como puede ser? Tengo miedo estar haciendo mal !Gracias!

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Vegit8New aboard
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Train booking has dissappeared --

We were advised to book seat reservations as soon as they became available, as they can be limited on some routes.We have planned our itenary and book the relevant trains / seats.There is still a while to go but I have been sorting the paperwork and adding information to our running sheets.On checking our journey from Salzburg to Strasbourg on the 3rd May the first 2 legs starting at 10:00 from Salzburg to Munich and then 13:02 from Munich to Mannheim have both dissappeared.How do I get on about changing the seat reservations to an alternative?Obviously the seat reservations will not be valid on an alternative timetabled journey, despite the route being the same.

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Can you have more than one pass activated on the eurail travel planner app ?

Hi all, I finally brought two eurail 10 day passes as we are two australians travelling around europe.I managed to download the eurail app and add my pass but i have not activated it in fear that will mean i have to use it within two months when we dont start until june 15.I went to add my partners pass and couldnt see an option to do this ??Maybe it is only one pass per app but how would this work if you had family members without phones ?? Much thanks Marty

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Eurostar sale today but I’ve already bought an Interrail pass

I’m frustrated to see there’s a great Eurostar sale on today when I bought a sale Interrail pass the other day in order to do a short trip from the UK to mainland Europe in May. With the great Eurostar sale today I could have booked it cheaper with individual tickets rather then the Interrail ticket I bought the other day…

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JessRail rookie
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Spain into Portugal

Hi there, we have an inter rail pass and will be in Madrid in August. We wish to travel to Lisbon. We are happy to head north and come down into Portugal from Galicia (Ourense) or to travel to Salamanca and across to Coimbra and south to Lisbon from there. When I look on the Inter Rail map, it all seems possible but when I try and look at timetables or reserve seats, it comes up with nothing. I know I’m early to book but usually I am informed that reservations etc. will be possible 90 days prior. With this route it just indicates that it’s not possible. Can someone advise please? Thanks so much

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Huanming.luRight on track
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passport

Hi,my passport lost.I already got renew one.My 2 months global pass still shown on OLD passport number.Can I use this pass continuously?It’surgently as I will take Eurostar two hours later.Please let me the outcome.Thank you

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