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Can I buy train tickets without having a travel pass?

Afternoon all,Just having a panic!Am trying to add a prebooked (already paid seat booking/reservation) ticket to a journey day whist on my App on the mobile. Any advice helpful :) Thank,Daniel

Hello my name is Cathal I'm 30 and I am keen on travelling from the 8th August for two weeks.  First time interrailing can anyone advise - is my travel plan interesting and doable? What am I to expect, it's my first time travelling solo and I am someone who would be classed as a sociable person would hostels be recommended as accommodation? And is anyone planning to travel? Cheers for the advice - CathalMy travel plan - Vienna - Munich - Zurich - Milano - Nice - Barcelona 

Hi, I purchased a 7 day travel day (mobile pass) w/in 1 month last night and went to activate my pass/input my passport # in when I saw that I could not enter the desired dates for travel. I want to start using my pass July 1st but it is only allowing me to start it September 1st. I’ve tried everything I can think of to adjust it (including deactivating and then reactivating it) to see if I can move the dates…but nothing as worked. I never saw any specifications of dates when I purchased the pass, so I’m very confused. What do I do? My mom and I leave Tuesday and I want to get this sorted. Thank you! 

Partirò da Bologna domenica diretta in Olanda come prima tappa non so se fermarmi a Friburgo o a Strasburgo. Cosa mi consigliate?

Hi. I can’t believe I have to ask this but I have read through the whole website, watched the videos, read the FAQs and tried to find answers in the Community. Still, I’m confused with trips, journeys, activations, tickets and so on. I believe I will find my way through it when it’s time to travel, but to avoid extra stress, my question is: are these (below) the right steps to use the Mobile Pass?I have the “5 days per months pass”. I have the app and I have connected my pass to it. Is this what I’ll do next:1) Create 5 trips, one for each travel day, and connect them to the pass2) Find the right journeys for each travel day and connect them to the right trip (or is that possible before the pass is valid?)3) Activate the pass when day one is coming closer4) On travel day, create a ticket by choosing the right journey from my trips and add it to the pass (will this also activate the ticket?)

Is there a 1st class lounge for Eurail 1st class pass holders in Naples and if so, where would I find it?

So I’m planning on travelling from Germany to UK then back to Germany.I realise I can’t then use the pass to leave Germany again; but if I pay for my own ticket to get to Poland can I use any residual days on my pass in Poland?Thanks for any help and advice

Cone si fa ad avere gli sconti negli ostelli?

Hello,  we leave tomorro and when I try to introduce the pass says that details don’t match. What can we do.  

We want to travel from ljubljana to budapest 19th of july.As the direct train doesn't go in july we are looking for an other route. Right now our best option looks to be 8:55 from budapest via Wien and Graz so we will be 17:37 in Ljubljana. In Graz the transfer time is short, 5 minutes.What do you think of this route and the short transfer time? Are there better options?

Hoi guys,Weten jullie misschien nog leuke routes met de trein? Ben nu aan het rondkijken voor korte trip naar het buitenland. Ik had begrepen van bronnen dat de hogesnelheidstrein van naar Budapest, Hongarije eind dit kwartaal gelanceerd zou worden. 

For my ferry going from Venice to Patras I made a reservation that doesn't appear on the app when I want to add my trip. Can I add whatever to just get the QR code for my travel day and then show my separate tickets for the ferry? Or does the reservation need to match rhe trip added to the app? Also, other trips departures and arriving times are not what the ones on their own websites say.Thank you so much for you help!

Hello, I am unsure on what dates I can do yet for summer 2026. How far in advance do I need to book my trip? Thanks, Piper.

Hallo ZusammenFür dieses Jahr ist meine Interrailreise vorbei. Die nächste Interrail-Reise 2025 ist ihm Planung, aber ich habe mich noch nicht entschieden, aber folgende Städte möchte ich mit dem Interrail besuchen:Stockholm-Kopenhagen-Hamburg Budapest-Bratislava-PragWie ist es so mit dem Nachtzug ich gesehen habe es gibt 2 Nachtverbindungen 22.03/23.57 nach Stockholm welche würdet ihr empfehlen und wie sind die Preise Sitzplatzwagen, Liegewagen… was sind eure Erfahrungen… Lohnt sich eher 1./2. Klasse ….Bei Stockholm Kopenhagen Hamburg möchte ich gerne vermeiden, im Herbst Winter zu gehen, da es Schnee hat und kalt ist. Ich habe von vielen gehört mitte Mai Juni soll es recht warm sein was ideal wäre für mich frage ich oder eure Erfahrungen was daher die beste Reisezeit ist?Ich würde 5 Tage in Stockholm, 5 Tage Kopenhagen und 4 Tage Hamburg planen. In Stockholm kann man noch die Insel Djugarden besuchen was gibts sonst noch für Empfehlungen von Kopenhagen Hamburg ich möchte viele Sehens

 Hello,We had added a train to our Eurail Pass before it was changed by the train company (DB).Now we’ve been moved to a different train. What happens with the old reservation and the pass entry?Do we need to update the train details on our Eurail Pass?Also, do we have to book new seat reservations, or is the old one still valid?Thank you!

I have reserved seats through the app and received my car and seat number. I would like to view a seat map ahead of my trip but I need to know the specific train operator.  How do I find that information? The only thing next to my trip is EXP Express

Going from Barcelona to Seville.  When I try to book seats it tells me how but I can't get it to come up to actually buying them and putting them in my cart?  Step by step answer would be helpful.  Thank you 

New here. Just navigating this site. Having issues with getting started.

Hello community,does anyone know how I can book a seat on the bus from Saint Jean de Monts to Challans or Nantes? Thanks for any advice.Yasmin 

Hi fellow travellersI’m looking for route suggestions to travel from Malaga to lisbon.  Hopefully using my eurail pass. I understand that the high speed trains require a seat reservation.  I’ve also been reading that seat reservations will have to be made at a train station in Spain.  Is this still the case? I’m travelling in October and the Eurail website states that seat reservations can only be made 90 days in advance.  I’m hoping I can make the seat reservations online🤞Thanks team in advance.Sab 

Hey! Ik kan geen stoelen reserveren, maar ga al 21 juli weg. Graag wil ik zo snel mogelijk telefonisch contact met iemand om mij te helpen!  Dankjewel en vriendelijke groet van Iza Kool

On our first day of travel we have to get to St Pancras (from Reading) to access our booked Eurostar train.That means travelling on a peak time GWR train that would normally cost £60 in rush hour. I know that domestic travel on the day of commencement and day of returning home are covered by my pass--but how do I access tyhat? Do I just show up at Reading station and ask to get on the peak rate train by showing my Interrail pass--or do I have to book a train with the benefit of my pass?And likewise, what is the prorocal coming home?

Hello friends,I entered the location and date information I would like to go to in the travel planning section. I made a selection from the results and saved it with the "save Journey" button. After saving, was my ticket purchased for my trip? How can I view my ticket? What will I show when the conductor asks for a ticket?

Hello Interrail community,I bought the global pass 15 days within 2 months. Within this trip I would like to go on the first month on a big trip (visiting 4 countries and several cities, but of course starting from my country of residence) using about 11 travel days and on the second month (weeks later after my first trip) i want to travel to only one other country/destination.I read, that you are only allowed to travel twice within your county of residence. So does that mean, when my first trip ends, the way from my origin country and back is not included anymore for my second trip?The second trip would be from Austria (country of residence) to Amsterdam.Thanks a lot for your time and help!Kind regards,Andreas