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How can we get more people on trains instead of planes?

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

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What is the most beautiful train station in Europe?

Whether it’s a charming hidden gem or a grand architectural marvel, let us know in the comments which European train station you find the most beautiful! 🚉✨

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Are Eurail and Interrail Confusing?

Hey Eurail/Interrail Community! 😊 We’ve noticed that some travelers find the brand names Eurail and Interrail a bit confusing. Have you ever experienced this? 🤔 Or do you know someone who’s mixed them up?What are your thoughts on this? We'd love to hear from you! Whether you're a rail travel veteran or a newbie, your insights can help us and others.  Share your thoughts and experiences in the comments below 👇 Looking forward to your responses! Cheers,The Eurail Community Team

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How to book your seat reservationsSeat Reservations

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.   

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Suitcase or backpack

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 

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Wherer do you reccomend to go?

Hello! Can anyone help me recommend a route for July?I would like to leave Arad at night, arriving in Budapest at 8:50, where I will probably stay 2 nights. Can someone help me with recommendations for a route that leaves Budapest and ends up here. I would like the route to last somewhere at most 7 days, and not be necessarily long or expensive (I prefer it to be cheaper :) )I mention the fact that I have a 7-day travel pass

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Messed up travel days - this a solution? (nighttrain)

Hi all. I have a 4 day pass. Will travel 3 days on it then take the night train from Amsterdam to Zurich (leaving Amsterdam at 19.05) and then travel the day to get home in Italy. However, is it right that the day I get on the night train and the next day travel as two travel days…? I messed that part up I believe.Could I solve it by buying a regular ticket from Amsterdam to the first station where the train arrives after midnight (Bonn)? Amd activate my travel day from Bonn? Only 20€ I saw, would be an easy fix, right?

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KasperNew aboard
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Cannot find a departure for TGV 6964 on July 17th

Hi all,I am trying to book seat reservation for TGV 6964 from Annecy to Paris on July 17th. It seems like it is not running on that date or the day before. Does anyone know of any planned interruption or any other reason why it it would not run on those dates?Thanks in advance,Kasper

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reservas

Realmente es necesario tener impresos en papel las reservas????

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Reservations in Italy questions

This my family’s first time using Eurail in Italy and I have just a couple questions. After getting the passes for my family a couple months back I first used the website to route our travel and made all of the necessary reservations. Then, just a couple weeks back we activated our passes in the app, looked up those same routes and added those journeys to our passes. I’m still getting emails from Eurail however reminding me to make my reservations, which I have already made. Was the order in which I first made reservations and then created the journeys and add them to our passes in the app wrong? Related to this, for those trains in which we have reservations, do we need to only show the train attendants that PDF ticket, or do we also show them the QR code for the same journey in the app? Finally, those Trenitalia reservations ticket don’t indicate whether they need to be printed or can just be shown on our phones. Are printed tickets necessary? Thanks very much.

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Jenny PalmerNew aboard
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app query

Trying to do my reservations needed and app doesn’t work/ load the page for the reservation. Then it clicks to an error message. Try on the desktop rather than app and even though I sign in my trip and pass aren’t there. Can anyone explain why I am doing wrong lol 

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Todd BruceRail rookie
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Booking seat reservations in Switzerland

I'm trying to book seat reservations for a day-trip from Interlaken to Engelberg (via Luzerne). The Eurail app days I can book it through them, and all of the other suggested booking sites also don't have this journey as an option to reserve seats. The first train is PE2915 (Panorama Express) to Luzerne. Hoping someone may be able to assist please? 

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Achat billets via le pass interail

Bonjour,Nous sommes 3 amis et cherchons à aller jusqu’à Sofia (Bulgarie). Nous avons réservé le trajet, mais seule la partie payante s’inscrit comme réservé (Hongrie à la Roumanie). Est-ce normal ? Pouvons nous voyager dans les autres trains sans billets (ceux de notre itinéraire mais sans placement obligatoire) ? Comment pouvons-nous avoir accès à nos billets (non sur payant) ? Et si nous n’avons pas payé de place assise pourrons-nous l’être quand même ?Merci de votre aide,Cloé, Mathilde et Coline

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KarieNew aboard
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trouble with train reservation

Hello, we are traveling to Germany, Austria and Switzerland in June/Julyi have one leg left to book and can’t get anything to work. Need to book seat reservations from Rothenburg de o Tauber to Grindelwald. We have the Global Eurail 1st Class Pass. Have tried Eurail site, DB, SBB, and can’t get it to secure. On Eurail, it never prompts me to enter credit card number, it just processes and then errors out. I’ve cleared cache, changed computers, gone incognito. any help would be appreciated!!!

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Eurail or Interrail if American holding a 2-year UK HPI Visa?

I only have an American passport and I’d like to spend a couple years in the UK to do research via the UK HPI Visa. I’ll be staying with a family member near London.Am I eligible for an Interrail pass? I have a feeling I would have complications with showing my US passport and an Interrail pass together.

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Sicily - Milan night train

I’m planning to travel to Sicily in june and want to take the night train back from Siracusa to Milan on june 24. However, when looking for availability on raileurope or italiarail, thay can't sell me a reservation for this train on that day. When going to the Trenitalia website, it shows that the train is running, bus not being bookable. Does anyone know why this might be the case? Engineering works? On the dates before and after june 24 the train is bookable, but only couchettes, sleepers are not available. This is the case for the whole of june and a large part of may. It seems that may 14 is the last day for which a sleeper compartment can be bought. Are these completely axed from the Milan - Sicily route during the summer?

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TER train from Perpignan to Portbou. Reservation required?

Does anyone know if you need to reserve a seat on this train? I've just looked the timetables up and says the train we need to take (08.55) is fully booked?  EDIT: to change the train time

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Direct train Latour de Carol to Perpignan

Hello fellow railers! Does anyone know if there is a direct train from Latour de Carol to Perpignan?

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Question about the travel days when boarding Euronight

Hello,I recently booked a ticket on the Euronight train from Prague to Warsaw via the cd.cz website.Here is the link to my journey:https://www.cd.cz/en/vlak/443/1.7.2025/5457076/22.16/5100065/9.17/The problem is that I cannot find this exact route in the Eurail app, so I’m unable to register it there. When I search for the route in the app, it only shows options with transfers instead of the direct night train.If I select one of the transfer routes, it seems I have to use 2 Travel Days. But as far as I understand, since it’s a night train, I should be able to use only 1 Travel Day (on the departure date), which would save one of my days.How can I fix this issue?

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Seat Reservation unavailable on Eurail but available on RailEurope?

Seat Reservation unavailable on Eurail but available on RailEurope? Why is this? I have a Global Pass. Need to book Barcelona to Narbonne on 22 Sep 2025. Thank you,    

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How to book night train Brussels to Salzburg?

Hi, First time Interailer looking to book onto the OBB Nightjet from Brussels Midi to Wien Salzburg. I clicked on the booking option on the Interail site but just get this message.No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection, but there are other ways to check for available seats—more info below our timetable.I there another way to book a reservation on this night train as our current trip is sort of built around it? Maybe naive to think I could just book after buying my pass but any advice would be really appreciated. Travel date for night train would be departing Monday 7th July.Thanks,Andy

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Nele7716New aboard
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Booking of trains

hello, i was wondering how late i can wait to decide which train and on which day i want to take the train? Is it possible to change your mind on the travel day if already booked? 

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HadassaRail rookie
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which number should i use?

Hi, i think i made a mistake with activating my eurrail pass. In dutch (netherlands)  and have 2 number on my passport. One is a document number and one is a personal number. They said to fill in the id number and i filled in my document number. Does it matter which number it is if the pass will match it in eacht europian country i go to. Or do i need to change it to the personal number?

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Ticket to border with Single Country Pass

I am planning to travel to France with the Single Country-France Pass. I am traveling from Cologne, Germany to Brittany. The first part of the trip would be a Eurostar train from Cologne Hbf - Paris Nord (e.g.: EST 9426). As I understood, the single country pass does not allow for an included trip to the border within the home country, as the Global Pass does. The Eurostar goes from Cologne to Paris, via Belgium. The question is now, which ticket option I would need to cover the leg from Cologne to the part where the train enters France and technically becomes valid?Do I need to buy an additional ticket for this part or what are my options?Any help or tips & tricks are much appreciated :)

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Billets de train en Lituanie

Bonjour,depuis la mise à jour des horaires du 9 mai 2025, railplanner ne propose plus aucun train de Varsovie à  Vilnius, ni aucune destination vilnius-Klaipeda en Juin. J'ai une reservation effectuée directement sur le site de la Lituanie, mais comment avoir le billet de train correspondant à la reservation si railplanner ne le propose pas ? Je n'ai pas encore activé mon pass, mais j'avais ces itineraires dans mes voyages entrés avant le 9 mai. Je souhaite changer les dates, mais railplanner ne le propose plus.Merci pour vos réponses.You can answer in english :)

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