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Hey Eurail/Interrail Community,We have an exciting topic to discuss today: getting more people on trains instead of planes!🚆✈️ With all the talk about sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint, we know that trains can be a fantastic alternative to air travel. But how do we encourage more people to make the switch? Do you think partnerships between airlines and Eurail could be a nice benefit for our customers? And also, can it help promote rail to a new audience? Tell us your opinion in the comments 👇 Cheers,Eurail Community Moderator
What is a Eurail/ Interrail Pass?The Eurail and Interrail Pass is a single train pass that lets you travel as much as you want on participating European train networks for a set amount of travel days. There are different validities you can choose from, ranging from just 4 travel days up to a maximum of 3 months. You can travel with a Eurail Global Pass / Interrail Global Pass, which is valid in 33 European countries, or pick one of the Eurail One Country Passes / Interrail One Country Passes. The majority of our Passes, including the Eurail Global Pass, are now also available as a mobile Pass. Eurail Passes can only be used by non-European citizens or non-European residents. European citizens can use an Interrail Pass instead. Do I need a Eurail or Interrail Pass? A Eurail Pass can only be used by non-European citizens or non-European residents. European citizens can use an Interrail Pass instead, available from Interrail.eu for the same price as a Eurail Pass. If you are not a Europe
For some routes, an additional seat reservation is required. Seat reservations are not included in your Eurail or Interrail Pass, but for a fee they guarantee you a comfy seat on busy routes across Europe. On most high-speed trains and all night trains, seat reservations are mandatory. For a fun set of instructions, check out our Instagram highlight, here. You can book most of your reservations through our Reservation Service. Visit this page for detailed and up to date information on how to book seat reservations per country. Another option is to book seat reservations directly with the rail carrier. Our community put together this handy guide on how to do that, here. Feel free to ask questions, but please be sure to start a new topic first.
Hi , I am planning to go interrailing for three months between march and june. I am still contemplating whether to get a suitcase or a backpack. What is the best option (for three months)? Thank you so much, David
Where can I download the Rail planner App? Just click the right link below or go straight to your phone’s app store and search for Rail Planner app.Get the Rail Planner app for iOS →Get the Rail Planner app for Android → Why is my journey split over two travel days? When you add a journey to My Trip, we work out how many travel days you need for you, including for night and sleeper trains. This makes it easier for you to plan your trip and get the most out of your travel days. How often does the app timetable get updated? We update the timetable every month to keep the journey planner as accurate as possible for using offline during your trip. If you don’t have automatic updates turned on in your phone settings, check your phone's app store before you travel to make sure you have the latest version.Remember, the train times in the Rail Planner app are not updated in real time, so keep an eye on station departure boards just in case there are delays or disruption. Do I need to be onlin
Hello,We’re back on the rails after a year off and the first of two trips is a week looping around Adalucia, reading up on rail pass versus Renfe Pass versus just buying the tickets. I need to do the maths but has anyone done this and has experience to share, its probably about 6/7 trains.I’ve started reading up on seat61 too but wondered if anyone had done something similar.Thanks
I'd like to ask because I want to book an Eurail Pass seat but it doesn't work. If you try to book a seat without logging in, it will pop up as shown in the picture belowbut, Log in to the account where you registered your pass and click on the seat reservation and it disappears like the picture. So I can't make a reservation. Does anyone know the solution?
Hi Community!We are going to Amsterdam for 4 days in February, and Rome for 4 days also. We luckily have 4 days in-between! Feb. 23 to Feb. 27. Our current itinerary had us going back to New York, but we would rather make the trek between by train.Here is our thought process, but please advise if anyone has some better options!We are going to get a Global Pass for 5 days. Feb. 23 - early train to Brussels. Spend the day in Brussels (Feb. 23)Feb. 23 - Night train to BerlinFeb. 24 - Day in Berlin (Overnight in Berlin)Feb. 25 - Day in Berlin - Night train to MunichFeb 26 - Day in Munich - Here is where we need some helpFeb 26 .. ideally we would do a night train Munich to Pisa.. but I don’t think there is a route? We would prefer to make a stop in Pisa without losing an entire day - is that possible, or should we try to find a night train directly to Rome? Our check in is Feb. 27 Is there a Better way to see as many countries as we can in between Amsterdam and Rome in these fou
HelloI can see ECD 9551 on the NSI website for the above date: https://www.nsinternational.com/en/traintickets-v3/#/search/BEBMI/NLLLC/20250412/1357/1638?pax=A,Abut I can’t see how to confirm that it is running (trains to Amsterdam Centraal aren’t) nor how I can use my Eurail Global Pass.Could some kind soul please post detailed instructions on how to do so or is it just a question of turning up as there are no seat reservations?Thanks Graeme
Hi, I'm planning my Interrail trip and I have a train from Zermatt to Paris with 3 connections:Zermatt to Visp Visp to Lausanne Lausanne to ParisThe only part of the trip that allows me to make a seat reservation is the third part (Lausanne to Paris), and I'm a bit worried that I might not be able to take the train due to full capacity on the previous two connections, which don't allow seat bookings.
I have Eurail Global Pass and have booked reservations for Paris CDG to Amsterdam direct on Eurostar. Where do we get on the train at Paris CDG ? Can anyone help that has made this trip ?
We plan to travel from Salzburg to Bologna on a Railjet with transfer in Innsbruck using a first class eurail pass. The seat reservation fee on the obb website is 3 euro. But when I put the seat reservation into my shopping basket the 15 euro supplement that is supposed to be paid is not added to the seat reservation fee. I have selected the eurail pass discount for my obb profile. The eurailpass website says that seat reservations made on obb site will automatically include the supplement. So I am puzzled as to what we should do.Thank you!
Hi all, I have been hearing mix things about what is covered and not in eurorail pass for the above two trips. Some of the routes in this area was recently added maybe. Can someone please confirm about the above two journeys if they are covered or not. Lauterbrunnen to Gruetschalp (Grütschalp) Lauterbrunnen to Wengen
(I have the Eurail Global Pass) I’m trying to book the PE 2937 LUZERN-INTERLAKEN EXPRESS at 06:06 on December 22, but the seat reservations details are unavailable. If I add this to my trips without booking seat reservations, will I still be able to board the train. Or do I need to book the seat reservations on the Luzern website, or buy the whole ticket?
April/May we will travel through Europe. One of the routes we are planning to do is Vilnius to Krakow. I’m figuring out how to book a seat reservation for this train. (for April 25 – connection: Depart 12.10 Vilnius (IC 143), 1 transfer in Mockova Arrival 23.39 in Krakow) We do have a 2 month pass so remarks about taking a bus instead are not very relevant.(although for Talinn-Riga and Riga-Vilnius we will take the bus) There is a daily connection leaving 12.10 and arriving 23.37 with 1 change in Mockava (LT). See seat61 whichs is trusthworthy and valuable info. https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/warsaw-to-vilnius-by-train.htm He also indicates tickets can be booked 30 days in advance. I checked the ltglink website and this is correct. (I found out when booking online a ticket for this train you cannot choose Interrail as a discount so I think a seat reservation through the Lithuanian website isn’t possible) To check how to book I used several dates in the oncoming 4 weeks so I k
Hi,I was hoping to take a direct train from utrecht centraal to koln hbf on Dec 7th (ICE255) and back on Dec 8th (ICE 152). As the seat reservation is optional for this route, I did not get the reservation in advance. But, now it says the train is fully booked. Can I still travel on the same train with my Eurail pass (knowing that I might not get a seat to sit)? Or is it advisable to take a different connection? The train on 8th says only first class seats available. Does this mean I cannot use my Eurail pass (2nd class) for the journey?(Apologies if this has already been answered before but I couldn’t find an answer for my scenario yet.)Thanks in advance!
Hello everyone I've a 1st class eurial pass and im planing a trip to Scandinavians from 14 to 24 Of Dec I saw that I shouldn't book seat reservation or I should call or go to the station to reserve and I don't know what exactly I should do I'm going fromRovaniemi to Helsinki Bergen oslo Oslo stockholm Stockholm to Copenhagen
How much did you save up before going interrailing and how much did you end up spending?
Hi everyone! I’m planning to start interrailing in the second week of February, but I am a bit unsure about the global pass time frame of "7 days in a month."My question is whether that means 7 out of 30 days starting from the day of activation (i’m a bit unsure as Feb only has 28 days) I would really appreciate it if anyone could clarify the system for me!Thank you! :)))
Hi, I’m new to this site and I’m trying to plan an inter-rai trip from the UK to southern Portugal and return. I’ve started by looking at the section from Paris to Montpellier, but I’m having problems with the reservations. Several trains on this route show as “Pass not valid”, but the train I want to look at (14.42 from Paris Lyon) shows as “seat reservations required” which is good. However, no matter what date I look at, the site always shows as “Sold out”.It’s hard to plan this trip with numerous trains being non reservable, but it’s even harder when some of those that are reservable, are always shown as sold out. My question is, is it usual that most of the TGVs on the route from Paris to Montpellier are not available to Inter-rail passholders? Also, is this true of many other high speed train routes in France and Spain, or have I just been unlucky when starting to plan our trip?
I’m once again adventures enough to go on a Vienna - Nürnberg - Stuttgart - Paris trip and after causing quite some confusion last time around I would like to ask in advance:What exactly am I supposed to do if my train connection between Vienna to Stuttgart is getting delayed and I miss the TGV to Paris I have a reserved seat?The DB Servicecenter in Nürnberg bluntly refused to help me at all, while the DB Servicecenter in Stuttgart rebooked my TGV reservation to the next TGV to Paris without any issues at all. Which left me both happy and quite confused.
I’m interrailing to Kolari / Äkäslompolo / Ylläs via Stockholm and noticed the Helsinki to Kolari night train would take me a day longer than if I were to travel through Sweden. (Also, in December, the Helsinki to Kolari “Santa Claus Express” is often fully booked.)Therefore, from Stockholm, I’m taking the overnight train to Gällivare (direction of Narvik). From there, thanks to the suggestions in this post, a bus to Pajala, near the Finish border, where a taxi takes me to Kolari / Äkäslompolo / Ylläs (as there are no trains/busses to get me closer, at least not on a Sunday). On the small chance any one else needs an alternative way to travel to northern Finland, this might be an idea. Also, you can share a taxi with me from Pajala on Sunday, December 8, 16:15.
