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Hanno MaasKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Train connections & reservations

reservations for NJ402

Hi travellers!I was trying to make reservations for the NJ402 from Zurich to Utrecht on the 25th of July for me and my family. Somehow I can make reservations from Basel to Utrecht (same train?) but not from Zurich to Utrecht. According to the obb app we should take a separate IC from Zurich to Basel and board the NJ there. Any idea what could be the problem?

5 months ago

Purple3033Rail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

When should we become a group?

We are a group of four travelling from different parts of the UK to continental Europe via London. We will be meeting at London St Pancras to take the Eurostar. For example, one of us will be travelling from Manchester to Bruges via London. Another one from Brighton to Bruges via London. How do we make sure the interrail app books seats for us as a group (or at least on the same trains) from London onwards?I am assuming that if we set up a group too early, we won't be able to travel separately from different parts of the UK to London. And if we set up a group too late, we may end up on different trains and with seats far apart.

5 months ago

ncoovKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Should I buy Eurail pass first then book seats? Where do I reserve seats?

Hi! I am new to this forum and planning our first trip via train in Europe. It is very overwhelming, but I think I understand, but would like help to confirm.Here is our itinerary for the first week of Aug (family of 4)Day 1: Paris - Geneva Day 2: Geneva-Montreaux then Montreux-Interlaken (Goldenpass express) Day 3: Interlaken-Milan Day 4: Milan-VeniceI am planning on buying the Eurail 1st class flexible pass (4 days in 1 month pass)My question is: Once I buy my Eurail pass, where do I book seats for these segments? My understanding is that the Eurail site isn’t quite up to date (and doesn’t go that far out) and so seat reservations should be made directly on TGV, sncf, Trenitalia or other sites? I already booked my seats for GoldenPass express directly on gpx site. Thank you in advance!

5 months ago

atraveller2023Rail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Help with reservations please

Hello everyone I have taken interrail global pass. I have a series of doubts, please excuse me if I sound ignorant. Since I don’t live anywhere near London, I am quite new to the idea of using the rail to travel Europe.My questions:I thought the interrail pass would be valid only from the day we start using it. And yet, when I was purchasing it, I had to enter a date in the box. Likewise I was not offered an option for email pass, I had to order a physical pass. Email would have been cheaper, but in my case, I wouldn’t lose it as well. Do you think I may have missed something and got it all wrong and ended up with a paper pass? This information would be helpful for future purchases of pass. I have gone for an interrail pass that allows me 7 days of travel within one month. I actually would like to travel to Brussels, Anrwerp, Cologne, Berlin and back, from Manchester, preferably in September. Do I need to do reservations for any of these journeys? Can I include Manchester to London wi

5 months ago

juliadbauFull steam ahead

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

lost email confirmation for my mobile pass

My confirmation email for my first class global pass has disappeared. Please help! I start travelling next week. thanks. I imagine it is not a good idea to put my email address here?

5 months ago

juliadbauFull steam ahead

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Cannot add my pass to my mobile

Please can you help? I keep trying to add my pass but it says over and over again, “something went wrong, please try again or contact customer service if this keeps happening” I start travelling next week so am worried! thanks

5 months ago

HAANDRail rookie

asked in Travelling by train

Adding journeys to an active travel day while travelling

Hi,I have only used paper passes before, but this summer I will use the mobile pass. When using the mobile pass, I have to add journeys to my pass to activate a travel day and make the journey appear on the ticket of that travel day.My question is; do I have to add all the journeys of single a travel day before I activate and start that travel day, or can I continue to add journeys to that same travel day when I’m on the move and when that travel day has already started?Let’s say that I start a travel day by taking the morning train from Berlin to Munich. The plan is, then, to spend a few hours in Munich, before I continue to Salzburg. All in one travel day. As I start that trip, and as I arrive in Munich, I still don’t know for how many hours I will stay before I continue my trip. So, regarding the mobile pass, I want to add the journey from Berlin to Munich, activate the travel day and make that trip. Then, when I feel that I have had enough of Munich, I want to add the next journey

5 months ago

rnkmrsh123New aboard

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

EURail coverage

Does Eurail pass cover London to Birmingham distance?

5 months ago

Trip2EUKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Advice for Rail pass and suggestions for planned Itinerary for France/Netherlands/Switzerland/Italy

Hello All,I am on Work VISA in UK and Living in Edinburgh, Scotland and holding BRP. I am an Indian national. I am Planning for Europe trip (first time) in May and would be visiting France--> Netherlands-->Switzerland-->Italy (9-day plan). We are 2 adult and 1 child (2 Y).Below is my rough Itinerary:Day 1 Arrive in Paris (France) by flight in morning.Spend the entire day in Paris .Night Stay in ParisDay2 Morning Train from Paris to Amsterdam (Neatherland). Spend rest Day in Amsterdam.Night Stay in Amsterdam.Day3 Visting near by Places of Amsterdam.Amsterdam to Interlaken (Switzerland) by Overnight train.Day4 Reaching Interlaken in morning.Sight-seeing Interlaken, Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen. Planning for Boat ridesNight Stay in InterLaken Day5 Lucerne or Zurich or Genva visit by train. Night Stay in Interlaken Day6 Interlaken to Chur by train. Bernina Express Panoramic train ride from Chur to Triano (return journey on same Bernina Express) and back to Interlaken.Nigh

5 months ago

rustynuts999New aboard

asked in Train connections & reservations

Travel from Krakow, Glowny to Budapest, Nyugati

I am trying to book the overnight between Krakow and Budapest in May.It says ‘Prices Unavailable’Does anyone have any advice to be able to book tickets, please?Thanks

5 months ago

KAJKeeps calm and carries on

posted in Train connections & reservations

Italian train - select seats

I am trying to make seat reservations for Frecciarossa train. Last year I could pick the seats my self. We are travelling with kids, so preferre seats with a table.This year I can't choose myself. I am using öbb website. Do you know anywhere else that is possible?

5 months ago

Friedhelm1954Rail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

changing valid date of a paper pass

I bought a paper pass some weeks ago for starting my trip in September . But now I saw that the valid date is from the 1st until the 30th of September. How can I change the the date .

5 months ago

GELOTRight on track

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

European Sleeper

Bonjour, j'ai effectué ma toute première réservation. Je l'ai faite directement sur ES. On ne m'a pas demandé mon numéro de pass et ça m'etonne. Est-ce la bonne façon de faire ? Est-ce que je devrai montrer mon pass au contrôleur ? Merci !

5 months ago

KarthickKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Bernina train ticket using global pass.

Hello, I have already purchased reservations in the Bernina express. As a global pass holder should I just book tickets using Rail Europe? Or is there a different process to get tickets for this train?Thanks

5 months ago

petershottsFull steam ahead

asked in Train connections & reservations

How does the interrail pass work with Eurostar?

To get onto Eurostar with a ‘normal’ ticket, you scan the ticket at the barrier. The ticket bar code has encoded your train ticket which includes your seat reservation and the barrier opens. However with interrail do you not have two separate components - your interral ticket showing that you are eligible to travel in Europe that day and your seat reservation for a particuar Eurostar train. So what do you do in order to board a Eurostar train - and does it work any differently compared to when using a normal ticket? Peter

5 months ago

ninademesRail rookie

asked in Train connections & reservations

booking a couchette night french train in august

Hi it’s my first experience here and I want to to book a night train between toulouse to Paris in august. I can’t do it on the website Eurail. the train is already available for reservation on the SNCF website. Is someone know what’s wrong or what have I to do ? Thank you for your help. Stephanie

5 months ago

kaiotesKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

How to tell whether there are seats to reserve?

I’m trying to reserve seats for my trip from Paris to Frankfurt.Per raileurope site that eurail linked me to, it shows no seats for all trains that afternoon while i haven’t completed checkout it seems to be bookable on the eurail site.. Actually when I click on the more info link, it shows it can only be done at the station?? What happened to reserving all online? is it because there’s no space anymore or i’m rolling the Russian roulette?Can someone tell me whether it is really all sold out?

5 months ago

TabalucaRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

Seat reservation Portugal

Hi, I am from Germany and I am planning my trip end of May/beginning of June in Spain and Portugal.I wanted to buy the seat reservations for two trains in Portugal, also because they are cheaper than I thought with just 5 Euro.But in the Railplanner App, it tells me as the only option I have to buy it is in person in a train station.I went to a DB-Service Center here in Germany and they told me they officially cannot book seat reservations for Interrail in Portugal anymore and they told me I need to buy them in the App, but as I said that isn’t possible.I looked up that for my route from Porto to Lisbon, I can take 3 trains without a reservation at all.But between Lisbon and Faro I cannot choose a connection without seat reservations, it’s the only possibility according to the app.I‘m a little anxious now because I already booked the hostels, next thing I wanted to try is to book the seats via a Portuguese Website but I was hoping someone here with similar experience could help me out.

5 months ago

TabalucaRight on track

asked in Train connections & reservations

Seat reservation between Barcelona and Paris June

Hi, I was buying the seat reservations for my trip in May and June, and it went fine except for my connection from Barcelona to Paris on June 5th.Looking up all the connections for the day, it tells me that they can’t show me the price and it could be that it’s booked out and I should try later.I asked a Train Station Center for help and they told me it could be that I am too soon and I should retry a few times but that doesn’t calm me enough.Does anyone have a tip for me?It‘s in more than two months so I hoped I would be early enough. thanksLuca

5 months ago

hanndeNew aboard

asked in Train connections & reservations

Ljubljana-Budapest no direct train

Does someone know what is up with this Ljubljana-Budapest-Kelenföld route in May 1st? In my interrail app it shows that it’s a direct train, but when I booked the seat reservation there were some major changes. There are two transfers, in Zalaegerzeg and Balatonszentgyoergy, one of which appears to be a replacement bus. There is very little transfer time in between too, anyone have any tips how to actually make it and not be left in a foreign city. Any info and tips are warmly welcome

5 months ago

drjkowensNew aboard

asked in Train connections & reservations

No Reservations available for a Reservation Optional route

If there are no reservations available on a route that says reservations optional, does that mean they are sold out and we will not be able to board? Or, will we have to stand with our luggage?We’re traveling from Basel to Interlaken, and Interlaken to Zurich.

5 months ago

kaiotesKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

How to tell whether there are seats to reserve?

5 months ago

petershottsFull steam ahead

asked in Train connections & reservations

How does the interrail pass work with Eurostar?

5 months ago

HanoiIGKeeps calm and carries on

asked in Travelling by train

Germany-Switzerland train plans

Trying to plan with rail seeming the best option. Arriving in Munich, then to Bayreuth for Wagner festival.Next to St. Moritz. It seems there are several changes required and I will likely have one large suitcase and something else. I have a hanging bag which would be ideal for my dress clothing, but fear it might be difficult to navigate the changes so am considering a decent sized back pack. I will likely practice pack and adjust what I take.The friends I am meeting in St Moritz say the hotel will drive us to the station and help us get on the train to ZUR and they claim 2d class is fine.OK, I have taken trains before to and from Bayreuth and we always took 1st and it was still difficult to find space for luggage.Any ideas for how I can best navigate this trip or have I boxed myself in? I could rent a car to go Bayreuth-St Moritz or even hire a car and driver, but both are quite expensive. I am old but pretty fit(at least no disabilities) but changing trains always involves

5 months ago

johnlambieRail rookie

asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Unable to add trip to cart

I am booking a reservation free trip from Munich to Den Hag which is reservation free. I can pay if I wish. However, the system won’t allow me to add this trip to my cart unless I pay for a optional reservation. Am I missing something or is there a bug?

5 months ago

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