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Eamon TNew aboard

asked in Train connections & reservations

Unable to reserve seats on direct eurocity train from Milan to Geneva

I’m looking at reserving seats between Milano Centrale and Geneva however I can’t find any direct trains to reserve seats between the two cities. Even weirder, I can buy full price fares on Trenitalia and Trainline for a direct train. I’ve checked OBB, the Interrail seat reservation service website, not to much avail. Can anyone help? I understand that there is an option to take multiple trains between the two cities, but I just want to take the fastest, most straightforward route as I am a first time interrailer.

9 months ago

teguhperdanapFull steam ahead

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Last travel day on 4 days/1 month flex pass for OBB NIGHTJET

Hello Eurail Community, I am wondering, if i have Eurail 4 days in a month flex pass, say that:Purchase date --- 5 jan 2023Activation date --- 15 mar 2023First travel date --- 16 mar 2023Second travel date --- 19 mar 2023 (some trains and including NIGHTJET)Third travel date --- 21 mar 2023Fourth travel date --- 25 mar 2023 (some trains and including NIGHTJET)Last vailidity date ---- ? my questions are:Are the arrangements above valid? Since I want to hop on a nightjet train on my last travel day, is this actually permitted? Because my pass is still valid until 14 apr 2023? Or If i want to do this I need to take the 5 days in a month flex pass (my pass will expire after 25 mar 2023 at 23.59 CET)? Please kindly help to clarify. Thank you,Teguh

1 year ago

Sneha AgarwalRight on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

EuRail Global Pass in Italy Avoiding Seat Researvations

I have (already) bought a Eurail Global Pass (coming first time to Europe with spouse). Budget is my BIG concern & I want to take full benefit of this pass (for cheap travel wherever possible).I am concerned about traveling to (& within Italy) on this Pass. The major routes that I want to travel (on different days) using this pass include; I want to avoid seat reservations where ever possible and I welcome all any advice.Lucerne to Milan (Dec 23rd) - I’d like to visit nearby attractions like Lake Como on Dec 24th. Milan to Florence (Dec 25th) - Maybe visit Pisa/Cinque Terre on Dec 26th Florence to Naples (Dec 27th) - I know time’s a concern and if I could, I’d love to see Amalfi coat or any other southern towns Naples to Rome (Dec 28th) - I’m in Rome for 3 days before I fly back on 31st Dec.So my questions are:I need help/guidance to find a cheap/free train from the above locations (or some nearby location) till Rome while utilizing Eurail Global Pass. Suggestions if I can add

4 months ago

pavloseggRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

Nightjet couchette 4-berth numbering

Hi allI’ve just booked the following journey. I selected compartment with 4 beds and assumed this would be a 4-berth couchette. But when I got the tickets, it shows seats 21-24. My understanding is that the numbering for a 4-berth would be 21/22/25/26…Any thoughts? Anyone have an up to date nightjet seating plan?Thanks

10 months ago

BartJRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Inbound/outbound probleem

Ik ben nieuw hier en weet niet of vragen hier ook in het Nederlands gesteld kunnen worden, maar vooruit maar, ik waag het er op in de hoop antwoord te krijgen.Ik zit namelijk met een onduidelijkheid.Mijn situatie is als volgt. Ik heb een (digitale) Global pass voor twee maanden. Binnen die periode wil ik verschillende reizen maken. Een eerste reis heb ik al achter de rug. Daarbij heb ik mijn outbound/inbound gebruikt (onbegrijpelijk trouwens dat je bij zo'n meermaandenpas maar één keer outbound/inbound kunt gebruiken) Een volgende reis ligt in het verschiet, van Amsterdam naar Heidelberg. Daarover heb ik nu een paar vragen:Als ik het goed begrijp moet ik nu een apart kaartje kopen voor het traject binnen Nederland. Ik heb een Dal Voordeel abo… Is het mogelijk online een NS ticket te kopen met Dal Voordeel? (Want ik kan wel inchecken met mijn OV-kaart, maar uitchecken zal niet lukken aangezien ik dan in een trein zit die de grens over gaat) In het geval van bovenstaande reis, dien ik da

1 year ago

EdMRailly clever

posted in Train connections & reservations

A couple of small but welcome benefits to booking reservations with ČD

Another appendix to the reservations thread, detailing why cd.cz has become my favourite place to buy seat reservations for central Europe; This really helped me out today when I realised that track works meant the 9-minute change at Ostrava that I had booked wasn’t going to be feasible; unlike at either bahn.com or oebb.at, many (or perhaps even all) reservation-only bookings at ČD are fully refundable.As well as domestic trains, you can also book most trains in all of Czechia’s neighbouring countries, generally priced at 75Kč each. This is only €0.07 more than at oebb.at, and is usually* quite a bit cheaper than at bahn.com.Now of course, €3.07 on a train cancellation won’t be the biggest saving you’ve ever made, but it also frees up the seat for someone else to buy; so it’s considerate and ecological too. Another thing I really like about booking through ČD is that it’s possible to select specific seats even for foreign trains, by typing in the carriage and seat numbers. Although yo

1 year ago

Anna MearsRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Help with UK Travel - Reservations

Hello! I am about to buy a 15 Day Use Global Pass but need some help on UK travel. I think I am ok from London to Paris / Amsterdam / up to Scotland but I can’t seem to work out the UK - I tried to do one of those ‘Plan your Trip’ searches but all I could find in the UK that I want to go to is Bath and London.Has anyone used the Global Pass to go to Oxford / Cambridge / Brighton or anywhere near the Lakes District? Thanks so much! Cheers

1 year ago

Chrissanthy AgtzoglouRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

How does it work with trains that do not require reservations?

I know that's a very frequent question but i Search and couldn't find the answer... sorry for the inconvenience...So i bought my pass for Italy...If the Train that i have choose to travel DOESN'T need reservations for seats what am i doing... Going to the station find the Train hop in and find dome empty seats?And if i m asked for a ticket i dhow them my pass?or do. I have to go earlier to the station desk and show them my pass to give me tickets? thank you

2 years ago

TriviagirlRight on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Pass cover number required for multi country seat reservations

We are a family of 6 travelling through Europe and I’m trying to make seat reservations. Unfortunately this is proving to be extremely time-consuming, difficult and frustrating. I tried to make seat reservations from Paris to London via the Eurail website and app, and am unable to find seats for July 2022. I could find the seats through a different website (b-europe), however in order to book a reservation I am required to enter a pass cover number, which I do not have since I purchased a mobile pass. I’d also appreciate some help in booking seat reservations from Montpellier to Geneva, and Zurich to Paris.

1 year ago

Rachel SbtRail rookie

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Deutsche Bahn and SNCF's timetables not yet available on Rail Planner - Christmas period.

Does anybody know when timetables will be passed on from railways to Rail Planner? Trying to book on Deutsche Bahn (Germany) and SNCF (France) but getting an error message saying Rail Planner is still waiting for a timetable update from the railways. However SNCF opened for bookings over a week ago and Deusche Bahn opened today so one would think data would be available.Thanks!

1 year ago

Alby1979Right on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Last pass day

My daughter and I have a 4 day in 1 month global pass. We have travelled from Manchester to Euston, St Pancras to Paris, Paris to Barcelona and Barcelona to Alicante. We travelled over 3 days. We will fly back to Manchester from Alicante, leaving one travel day left on our passes. Is there a definitive answer please as to whether we can use our last pass day once we return home? I have asked a similar question previously, but felt using the last day on a separate trip was a little frowned upon, but it’s a free day on my pass, that I’ve paid for and could still use. Could we travel to London from Manchester, for example, using the pass, and then pay for a single ticket the next day to get home?

4 months ago

Aaron FelcherRail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

App vs. Website

Why do the train times on the app not match up with the ones listed on the website? I’m not trust which one is accurate.

2 years ago

Josep MariaRail rookie

posted in Train connections & reservations

It is so complicated to make a reservation with the interrail pass for the greek islands!

Dear community, i am very upset. We bought the Greek Island Pass 6 days, long time ago in orther to planify our holidays with time and to avoid complications. From more than 4 weeks we are trying to make a reservation using our pass with the only company that has service to Lemnos (Blue Star Ferries). We phoned several times, it’s very difficult to be attended and almost impossible to make the reservation with the pass, when we finally thought it was done, but they made only the booking for the car (obviously not included on the pass) the reservation for us was for an other day! When we finally could cancelled it we couldn’t make another reservation for the day that we have our car, maybe just our car will go on holiday. The problem is that by phone they say that our pass is not valid for the 5th of August, out of date they say (it is for one month and we start on the 3 of August!!) online it is impossible to. They told us to talk with Interrail. We sent more mails to the ferry compa

1 year ago

CatLover101New aboard

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Pass for 2 adults - need to travel together or are the Passes separate?

Hi,I’ve I buy interrail passes for 2 adults, do the 2 adults need to travel together at all times or do they get separate passes and can enter separate journeys etc?Best wishes

1 year ago

fryerrachelRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

Times on interrail not matching times on rail europe

Hi We’re exploring options for our trip and are slightly confused as trip options which come up under ‘Rail Europe’ don’t appear as options under the interrail - one of the journeys is TGV but the others aren’t. Has anyone else experienced this and if so can you advise on why and how this happens? Another thing is that we’d reserved seats with Deutsche Bahn for a journey which now no longer exists and they never let us know - so now it looks as if we’ll arrive at 11pm rather than 9pm (with a 9 year old in tow so not best pleased).Happy to provide more details but any general advice to start with would be gratefully received. Thanks

11 months ago

Maureen ten DamRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

I have lost my paper train reservation ticket

I made the reservation from Amsterdam to Brussel, Lyon, Barcelona. The ticket Lyon Barcelona is a paper ticket, which I received at home, but I lost it in the moving my new house.Anyone an idea if it is replacable?LYON PART DIEU (France) 07 April 2022, 14:35 BARCELONA-SANTS (Spain) 07 April 2022, 19:32 4hr 57min Booked

1 year ago

bigoKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Train connections & reservations

Train transfers.

Hello all!When I booked my train trips I was a complete rookie and didn’t know you could set transfer times. When we leave Nice and arrive in Marseille St Charles we have 17 minutes to switch trains going to Nimes. In Nimes we have 11 minutes to switch trains going to Barcelona.Is this possible? We are not familiar with these specific train stations. These are paid reservations but tickets are Eurail passes and can be changed. I am considering booking new reservations? Any advice would be appreciated. Cheers, Brian

7 months ago

Truc PhanKeeps calm and carries on

posted in Train connections & reservations

LedlikingRight on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Pass activated too early

Hey everyone! Unfortunately our Global Passes were activated one day early and our first travel day got used up without travel… So frustrating this is even possible but we emailed customer support right away and now hoping they get back to us in time. I sent the email on Thursday 16th of June with all the details and dates for our travel. We are leaving on Thursday the 24th of June and we just want to make sure this will get sorted?? Is there any type of guarantee? We don’t want to have to buy new tickets for 200£ each just because of this.. A big headache when on vacation.. Thank you in advance for any tips!

1 year ago

Davide ZambelloRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

Can't book seat reservation Paris-Milan. How to book?

Hi guys, I have 2 question, the first one follows:Like written on the title of this topic, i cannot buy a seat reservation for a TGV Paris-Milan. I’ve got the same problem before for Amsterdam-Paris but resolved with https://www.b-europe.com/EN/Booking/Pass#TravelWish Unfortunately this site don’t allow to make a seat reservation Paris-Milan.Anyone knows about other sites to do this? I’m also thinking about to make a seat reservation in a ticket office in Paris but i’ve never did it before and i’m scared of not be able to do it when i will be there (maybe no seats avaiable or something else), so my second question is:anyone have experience on make seat reservation last minute into a station? It’s possible or better avoid this solution? If matter, I have a paper pass (no mobile), I specify it just in case there is any differenceThank you all for your tips!!

1 year ago

sannieejjjRight on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Lost passport - change global pass

Hi everyone,My bag with my passport got stolen on the Zurich-Ljubljana night train.I have contacted my embassy for an emergency passport to travel, but then the number on my passport won't match with the number on my global pass in the app.Will this be a big problem? And if so, how can I solve it? I have contacted customer support but haven't received an answer yet.Thanks in advance!

1 year ago

LiamDennis92Rail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

Interrail website showing no seats available London - Brussels

Hi there. My partner and I have bought a 4 days in 1 month interrail pass, as we're planning a trip to Brussels and Rotterdam. When I go on the Eurostar & Rail Europe websites and put in the details of our departure (London to Brussels, Friday 27th May) there are trains and seats available.When I try to book the same journey using our passes through the Interrail site, it shows a €0 fee, implying no seats available, and will not let me book. Why is this the case when there are seats available through? Is it an issue with your site?Please let me know asap, as if we can't travel on the 27th using Interrail we will need to cancel our passes, as it's not worth the money if we can't use it for London to Brussels. Thanks very much, Liam.

1 year ago

fausto97Rail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

Reservations not possible? Traveling to Germany and Czech Republic

Hello everyone,I've bought an Interrail Global Pass for 3 July - 10 July. I want to travel from Amsterdam to Prague and later from Prague to Munich, and from Munich back to Amsterdam.However, there is one thing i don't understand. The website of the Deutsche Bahn says a reservation is required for every high speed rail as well as night trains. The travel plan of the Interrail website tells me i do not need to book a reservation, but that it is possible to do so.However, i cannot add any train journey to the cart. The ‘add to cart’ button is not clickable: Am i too late for booking? I have not received my pass yet, but i will get it within two weeks. Thank you in advance, Kind regards

1 year ago

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