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Caz31
Caz31New aboard
asked in Train connections & reservations
Madrid to Barcelona train not possible

HiI’m trying to book the train from Madrid to Barcelona but unable to do it on the website. I can book it via the renfe website but can’t see a way to use my Eurail pass. Is this journey included with my pass/ can I get a discount with the pass or do I have to buy a separate ticket?

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MoonOpReis
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Problems with booking Eurostar to London

I’m facing problems to book the Eurostar from The Netherlands to London.  interrail shows an availability. I click on it. Put it in the ‘shipping chart’ fill in all my personal details. But it the end: last click: I received the following message : Probeer een alternatieve verbinding te vinden. Het niet beschikbare reisdeel wordt uit je winkelwagentje verwijderd.What’s going wrong?Why does the website does not show available seats only?I’m quite disappointed in my interrail card which seems to be useless to book a ticket to London. Tickets are available, but not for interrail-cards :(

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Tresi Iryani
Tresi IryaniNew aboard
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Can a resident of Germany travel with Eurail?

Hello,I am currently studying in Germany and therefore have the residence permit (not a citizen of Germany), but I would like to travel with Eurail, since I bought it already with the price cheaper than interrail. Can I use this? Or I have to use Interrail instead? thanks a lot!

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Elias Allegaert
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Do know know "the man on seat 61" ?

Hey folks, do you know the man in seat sixty-one?He’s the sage of the European railway network. Check out his website: https://www.seat61.com/When I’m not sure if I can reach a far destination, say Brussels - Athens, I look up his website where he has bundled so much good information for the Interrail traveler. There are maps, with many alternative traveling routes, tips for enjoying your journey and stays, and much more.Visit the site and dream about your next travel adventure.

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Lucy Blyth
Lucy BlythRight on track
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Need to stop in Country of residence- how can I do it?

Hi there, I need to stop in country of residence (Netherlands) before going on to the UK. Therefore once I leave I will have no outbound journey left. I understand that I can buy a separate ticket within the Netherlands to a “virtual” train station on the border (Dutch-Belgium), however 1) how do I know which virtual train station I will need to buy a ticket to? 2) how do I buy this ticket to the virtual station- is it just via the usual NS app? Thank you! (Also I can keep travelling outside of my country of residence once I’ve used my in/outbound right?) 

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Stuart K
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Stuart KKeeps calm and carries on
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Split to Rijeka - connection is 20hrs, isn't there a direct train?

Im trying to book a journey from Split to Rijeka   when I go to seat reservations it says the journey is nearly 20hours via Zagreb and Slovenia.   yet when I look on rome2rio site it says just just 4hours 32min.  is there not a direct train to Rijeka?

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Robert Sandu
Robert SanduNew aboard
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Can I get fined for not having my full name on the ticket?

Ok so I have 3 names in total,alongside the family’s oneI forgot to add the third name and now on the ticket I appear without the thirdMy second and last name are connected by a -,like Bob-Andrew,and I appear in the ticket by my family name and just Bob,no AndrewIn my ID card I appear as family name and Bob-AndrewWill this look like I am not the same person for the person that will check my ticket?EDIT : I am travelling in Romania,Hungary,Austria and Italy,maybe the laws are different idk

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rel888New aboard
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Hotel address for sending reservation by post

I have a Global Pass but need to reserve a ticket from Barcelona to Paris. The Eurail website says the reservation will be sent by post. Can the ticket be sent to my hotel in Barcelona? What will I write in the First name and Last name entries?

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Milosz Janeczek
Milosz JaneczekNew aboard
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No seat reservation on my account or on my email even though the payment went through

I cannot see my seat reservation on my account and I haven't received any e-mails after my purchase even though the payment went through. I booked seats for 5 people on two different trains for a total of 220 euro. I leave in 2 days and the support team isn’t responding

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lars.buediNew aboard
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Is there a limit of rides I can take in my 30 days?

Hey,I'm not sure if theres a limit of rides i can take in my 30 days or not.Thank you and have a great journeyLars

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Dehlia Menger
Dehlia MengerNew aboard
asked in Train connections & reservations
Seat reservation from Muenchen HBF to Ljubliana - only paper ticket is possible

Hello!At this moment, I am trying to book my train from Muenchen HBF to Ljubliana for the first of august (01/08/2022). The train leaves at 23:07 and arrives at 6:00. It is necessary to have a reservation. However, it seems to be impossible to reserve a seat other then having a paper ticket or at the train station it self. So my question is: Why can I not book a reservation for this train? Does anyone know what to do?  Thank you in advance,Wiht kind regards, Dehlia 

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dennisxstefanNew aboard
posted in Eurail & Interrail Passes
flexible and fixed option

How can I change a flexible option to fixed?

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ShazaaNew aboard
asked in Train connections & reservations
Booked reservation to Paris, now can't get out!

Hi, I've bought the reservations from Rome to Paris. Now there are any reservations available to get to my next destination, Amsterdam! I was planning on leaving on August 8th, but neither 7th nor 9th has any slot available.Is this actually possible? 

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mixkasRail rookie
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Daytrip from the Netherlands to Belgium

I want to be informed if i could travel from a city to another and return back the same day.I am planning a trip to Belgium ,Holland and France but i want to see belgium while i am staying in rotterdam (because i have a place to stay) in daytrips.Is that ok with interrail pass?

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MarthamyersRight on track
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change of residency needed- urgent

Dear EU rail support,Could you please change my residency on my interrail pass from Great Britain to Belgium today?I was assured when buying the pass as I am a Belgian resident I can use my card in the UK where I am travelling for the next two months. It’s also comforting to see others in the same error have had theirs remedied on this forum :)I need to travel today so please if you could remedy this error today that would be very helpful.Thanks for your support! All the bestMartha  

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Wulf FrantisekNew aboard
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‘Activate’ pass 2-3 days before travel?

Hi! I intend to begin my interrail in 2 weeks with a journey Prague-Warsaw. To avoid wasting time on the pass’s validity, I won’t activate it until like 2-3 days before the journey. In your experience, is there a risk of trains becoming fully-booked if I do this?

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Jerome Goldstein
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Another Hamburg to Copenhagen thread

Hi,I was trying to book a seat reservation for the IC 394 form Hamburg → Copenhagen on the Eurail site and https://www.bahn.de/ but had problems like others. I read this post I was hoping to clarify what to do.Is this the website to book on https://travel.b-europe.com/dsb-rail/en/reservation-only#TravelWish? Does that get you all the way from Hamburg → Copenhagen and back again?Or do you need to split up the journey and make seat reservations on the Germany side and then on the Denmark side? Thanks

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David Behrakis
David BehrakisNew aboard
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Route recommendations for Switzerland and Italy

Hello: My friend and I are travelling around Europe next month. And are going to a couple of smaller cities/towns including Montreux, Switzerland, Genoa, Italy, and Cinque Terre, and La Spezia. Does Eurail have trains that go to these places? Is there a map I can see of all train stations that Eurail is included on? David

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Olivier Teerling
Olivier TeerlingNew aboard
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Ferry Chios - Piraeus covered by the Pass?

Hi I am travelling to Istanbul from Bulgaria and preferably we continue to Athens afterwards. I know there is a ferry from Cesme to Chios to Piraeus, but I can’t find information if this is (partially) covered by Interrail.  any tips here? :) 

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Gabrielle Lancesseur
Gabrielle LancesseurNew aboard
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Train cancellation refund

Hello, Our train Thalys on the 05/08 with the number 9411 has been cancelled. We made the reservation through the euro rail website, would it be possible to have a refund or exchange so we can book another train? Kind regards, Gabrielle 

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PhilipedamNew aboard
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My phone is not compatible with the app

Hello,My phone is not compatible with the app. I’m travelling alone today. Is there any other way I could activate my pass? Thank you. Regards,Raphael

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Andrea Perez
Andrea PerezNew aboard
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Inbound/outbound lost due to problems with DB journey

Hi, I would like to report a problem. I was supposed to travel to Sweden form Frankfurt with my Interrail pass. The ticket was already activated and that the inbound/outbound function. Due to problems with the DB I wasn’t able to make my trip and I lost both my outbound and inbound tickets. Could you help me with this ? It’s my first time getting Interrail, lost a lot of money in hotels and stuff and wasn’t able to get a refund in my seat reservations. I’m not asking for a refund I just want my inbound/outbound pass available since I haven’t used any. I’ve tried everything to get in touch with costumer service from Interrail and still have no answers. 

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Darrick Santa Maria
Darrick Santa MariaRail rookie
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Traveling from London to Paris via Eurostar, but no seat reservations left

Trying to travel from London to Paris on May 30th, 2022 with my family (preferably in the morning).  There are 4 of us total with 1st Class Global Eurail Pass Currently no seat reservations show available between May 26 and June 1st. I’ve checked both Eurail reservation and b-europe.com  Have checked with connections through Brussels and Lille with no options on May 30th. If there are still open seats on the day of travel, with those seats be opened to Eurail passholders? 

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Dennis Overbye
Dennis OverbyeNew aboard
posted in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Applying eurail passes to a full fare ticket already bought and paid for

I bought tickets to go from LIlle to Edinburgh on Aug 8. If I now buy a Eurail pass can I apply it to the trip and get money back?

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JonnyP3
JonnyP3New aboard
asked in Train connections & reservations
Zurich - Budapest ''prices unavailable''

Hello to everyone! I’m thinking to travel directly by the night train from Zurich to Budapest. I was interested to book the train on 01 September at 21.40, but when i tried to book the ticket there was a warning “ Prices unavaible” and this also appear on other options of time. Also when i try to book by the OBB website the tickets look unavaible.Can someone help me to resolve this? Thank you

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