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Diane Borg
Diane BorgRight on track
asked in Train connections & reservations
Change set "change over" time + Group seating

Hi, I have 2 questions; When planning a trip requiring a train change, I notice there is often a very brief amount of time eg: Brugges to Paris via Brussels has 10 mins (or less). The first leg does not require a reservation so, can I catch an earlier train to ensure I have enough time to catch the second one, which DOES required a reservation? If so, how do i do this on the planning function on the app as it defaults to the quickest trip? or doesn’t it really matter as long as I am there in time for the train requiring reservations? We are a group of 6 and would like to sit together if possible. Does this mean 1 person has to make all the bookings? How does than work with the app?Thank you and I apologise if I have been long-winded and unclear.Diane.

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Diane Borg
9 months ago
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Lee ting yiRight on track
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Meal on European Sleeper?

Hi, is there any meal included in European sleeper, I bought a couchette ticket.

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Jan Brasching
9 months ago
Samantha Lane
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Samantha LaneKeeps calm and carries on
asked in Train connections & reservations
Info on interrail app OR Raileurope website which one is correct?

I have been looking on Rail Europe for trains - and the information is different on this website than on the interrail app. Train from Bruxelles-midi to Koeln Hbf 24th July 2024 16.23 arr 18.15. I am struggling to get a Eurostar seat booking for this. So looking at trains without seat bookings:On the interrail it states you go to Liege-Guillemins with ICE 317 first, and then to AachenHbf and then Koeln Hbfon Rail Europe ICE 317 is a direct train to Koeln Hbf and I do not need a seat reservation.Do you know which is correct??? Very different trains?

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Samantha Lane
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9 months ago
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NewcastleTouristsFull steam ahead
asked in Train connections & reservations
How to use the Rail Europe website for reservations

Can anyone signpost me to instructions on how to use the Rail Europe website or app to make reservations with an Interrail Pass? I’ve tried going through each step of the booking process and cannot see where to enter Interrail pass? Thanks 

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Samantha Lane
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9 months ago
Kelley Chistian
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Kelley ChistianKeeps calm and carries on
asked in Travelling by train
Usando o passe dentro de Paris

Boa tarde!Gostaria de saber como identifico o ticket para embarcar em percursos dentro da  cidade que estou, por exemplo.Estação Paris gare - Choisy Le RóiPreciso fazer várias vezes esse percurso, além de precisar ir para os pontos turísticos de Paris.Eu não sei onde pego aquele QR Code para andar nos trens, se não há reserva paga. Outra questão é em relação aos dias que seleciono para usar os ticket, por exemplo Eu comprei o passe para 10 dias durante 2 meses. Então só posso usar os trens no dia que eu registrar um dos 10 dias?

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9 months ago
Lily Rex
Lily RexRight on track
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Add a eurail child pass

Hi, me and my partner have ordered our passes, however we didn’t add a pass for our daughter 2years old as it said she was obviously free. We are now trying to do seat reservations and can see we should have added a free Eurail child pass when paying?? Is there anyway to add this on now? Thanks so much. lia 

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Railly clever
9 months ago
Jenny Lo
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Jenny LoKeeps calm and carries on
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Wrong start and end date of my Flexi Passes

I purchased 3 Flexi German mobile rail passes 7 days within 1 month on December 9th 2023. I plan to travel starting on March 30th 2024. But on my order confirmation and app shows “Activate this pass by February 1 2024”. I tried to make seat reservation for March 30th, the web page shows my pass is not valid on this date. I am not able to travel with theses passes if the condition is like this. I did not recall I need to enter start and end sate during booking process. The website shows the pass can be used within 11 months from purchased date. Submitted support request but have not heard from the customer service. Anyone knows why this happens? Is there any way I can change this? The passes haven’t being activated yet. Thanks for helping!

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Jenny Lo
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9 months ago
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mwey97719Keeps calm and carries on
asked in Train connections & reservations
Reservations TGV/Lyria

Hi everyone, I’m a newbie here, tried to make a seat reservation for our family trip in June; 1/6/24 from Paris to Basel, many options showing “Pass Invalid”, advising me to either book another train or purchase a separate ticket; isn’t Eurail Global Pass including TGV/Lyria with a seat reservation fee?? Or perhaps it is still too early to reserve a seat for TGV, I saw many won’t available until 90 days or 60 days before the travel date, only Eurostar allows reservations 6 months in advance, which I was able to complete it without problems last night. Thanks so much

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9 months ago
ssaibal
ssaibalRight on track
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Anybody having difficulty making reservation on Swiss trains (Reservation Only option)?

My wife and I have purchased the Eurail Global Flexi First class pass. And because of the excellent guidance on this forum, I was able to make my reservations on the OBB app, except for two connections, which I was told I need to wait until 60 days before departure to make the reservations (per the agent when I called SBB). So, when the due date arrived (-60 days), I tried to make the reservations and am failing to do so. I am wondering if anyone else is having this issue. Here are the two journeys I am trying to make:Saturday, 23rd March 2024 morning: Zurich HB to Zermatt. The connection is thru Visp and the first train is an IC train and per the SBB agent, I can make reservations on IC trains, but not on Regional Trains. But, when I try the first segment (InterCity 1304 @7:16AM), and select “Seat Reservation Only”, the SBB app says “Unfortunately, we cannot offer you a reservation for this connection”. I called SBB and the agent was confused as he was seeing the same at his end. He s

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ssaibal
9 months ago
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AnLaRail rookie
asked in Travelling by train
From Vienna to Bucharest

Hi there!Does anybody have experiance with travelling from Bucharest to Sofia?It seems to be quiet a challenge with a 20 hour journey and 2 or 3 stopovers.At this momemt I think the Flixbus might a beter option.What do you think? Thank you!

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Railmaster
9 months ago
Ava Clark
Ava ClarkNew aboard
asked in Train connections & reservations
Seat reservation - Boarding one stop later

Tomorrow I am travelling from Amsterdam to Paris I have bought a seat reservation but now want to get on a stop later is this possible ? 

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Railmaster
9 months ago
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YorksJamboRail rookie
posted in Train connections & reservations
Question re: reservations in particular sleeper train bookings for group of 4

Hi allWe are looking at buying 4 Interrail passes to travel in the summer as a family.I have some questions in regards to reservations:How do we best make them on trains to ensure we are sat together?  In particular we are looking at a couple of sleeper trains and need to book 2 x double sleepers so obviously need to be together as two pairs for that? In order to create a ticket on the app do we have to have a reservation linked to it somehow or can we just add the journeys/trips and do the reservation separately and show that in conjunction with the QR code the app generates?Thank you

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9 months ago
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GlennisRight on track
asked in Train connections & reservations
pass, ticket and payment

I am going to buy a Global Flexi Eurail pass and will activate just before use as suggested. Travel date will be 14 April 24.My question is that I want to book my ticket a couple of months out from use but it then needs to be paid for. Problem is that I won’t be activating until the day of?How do you get around this please?Very confusing and can’t find an answer anywhere?Hope you can help fellow travellers or Eurail Help Team.Thank you.

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Railmaster
9 months ago
Alan Ch
Alan ChRight on track
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Eurorail vs Swiss Pass

Hi All below is my iternary.Can you help me what pass will be suitable for me euro rail pass or Swiss pass.I am totally confused.I am traveling in the month feb 2024  Day 1-3: ParisDay 4: Transfer to Interlaken from Paris (Evening lake thun)Day 5 : Jungfraujoch day 6: Transfer to Lucerne(visit tiltis)day 7 : Transfer to zurich Day 8 -12 :Transfer to Greece and explore Athens and Santorini                 

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9 months ago
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DrummondRail rookie
asked in Train connections & reservations
Changing stations and catching Eurostar to Paris. Do I have sufficient transfer time?

My train from Inverness arrives in Kings Cross at 15.49. Will I have sufficient time to get to St Pancras and go through the passport formalities etc and catch the 17.31 Eurostar to Paris?Thanks

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Railmaster
9 months ago
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Lee ting yiRight on track
asked in Travelling by train
germany strike

Im heading to Berlin from czechia. But the train is not gonna stop at Berlin but the station before, at Dresden hbf. What am I gonna do now?

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9 months ago
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Alex1351Right on track
posted in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Best Pass suitable for my travel plan and how to buy it

Hello Eurail community experts,Thank you for spending time to support us newbies.I have a travel plan for around Europe with my family, we live in Australia.The plan is to land in Spain, and travel around most of the highlights in Europe and depart after a months from Rome back home.the plan includes travel between countries and stay 2 to 3 nights in each of capital cities or other highlight cities.I have counted 14 travels from one city to another can be between 2 counties or both in the same country, for example from Barcelona to Paris, or Vienna to Salzburg to Interlaken.which Pass Should I purchase and how in this case and if  in case I have to extend for another 3 to 4 days, then which Pass?Does Global Pass cover intercity public transport as well? Or not?thank you for your time and support.Alex  

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BrendanDB
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9 months ago
Felipe González Calquín
Felipe González CalquínRail rookie
asked in Train connections & reservations
Ayuda - Viajes solo con reservas desde UK a Paris y son muy costosas

Necesito ayuda, me encuentro de viaje y con el pase activado, estoy buscando un viaje de Liverpool a París, pero todos los viajes me piden hacer reserva de asiento, y son reservas que superan los 100 USD para dos personas, lo cual, es demasiado, siento que el pase no tiene ninguna utilidad si me van a cobras esos cargos extras tan elevados.

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9 months ago
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Nakoon_CRail rookie
asked in Train connections & reservations
The details on my OBB cross-border PDF train ticket looks weird.

Hello,I’m planning to visit Austria and Germany for the first time this April and have booked a cross-border ticket from Salzburg to Munich on April 21, but compared to another domestic ticket I booked with the same company it looks quite different. On the first page, the ticket only shows origin and destination without further details and the spelling of the names of the cities seem different than the second page which is the seat reservation confirmation page. Is this normal for this kind of ticket? I have to use them for VISA application from where I’m from, so It kind of worries me.   

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seewulf
Railmaster
9 months ago
Okocha
OkochaRight on track
posted in Eurail & Interrail Passes
What kind of interrail pass suits to my travel plan Euro 2024 ?

Hello everyone,  I live in France and I’m planning to attend seven Euro matchs in Germany as a spectator between June and July 2024.Therefore, during this lap of time I will to do 4 round tips between Paris-Munich (13 june), Dortmund-Paris (22 june), Paris-Francfort (1 july) and Berlin-Paris (15 july) So a little help from someone who would tell me the right pass for my « situation » will be greatly appreciated :)Best regards, Okocha  

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Okocha
9 months ago
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nodrog56Right on track
asked in Train connections & reservations
Bookings from Brussels to Amsterdam - Sep 2024

I’m trying to book first class seats using interrail passes from brussels to amsterdam on 4th september 2024. The interrail app doesn’t show any results however the rail europe website shows plenty options but doesn’t seem to allow me to book them. The Eurostar website shows this date blanked out??? Any ideas?

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9 months ago
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asdknjaskjdgnKeeps calm and carries on
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Bus fahren in Portugal

Hallo, gibt es eine Möglichkeit auf irgend einer Website die Busse in Portugal im Voraus zu Checken?Also Bezüglich der Zeiten und Fahrplänen ..Ansonsten wollte ich auch fragen, wie die Busse denn so preislich liegen? ist das mit den Bussen in Deutschland zu vergleichen? könnte man auch vor Ort beim Busfahrer ein Ticket kaufen? 

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ralderton
Railmaster
9 months ago
Helena Spi
Helena SpiRail rookie
asked in Train connections & reservations
AVE Reservation Lyon to Barcelona

Hi there! I am a bit nervous as I need a reservation for this train:  Date 27.01. From: Lyon Part-Dieu To: Barcelona Sants. Departure: 13:45, Time: 05:49 h, Trainnumber: AVE INT 09742I called Renfe, called DB, ÖBB and SBB to reserve and asked at DB and ÖBB Office to reserve but no. Also online it is not possible. Has anyone here an idea? Thank you :))

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10 months ago
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Maria MMFull steam ahead
asked in Train connections & reservations
glacier express

I have seat reservations for Glacier Express with Interrail discount.And now, do I have to book the tickets?How ?The reservation has an advice: “a valid ticket must be presented on the train”Thanks for your help.

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10 months ago
Jenny Lo
Keeps calm and carries on
Jenny LoKeeps calm and carries on
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes
Only 55 days given to activate mobile Eurail German Rail Pass instead of 11 months from purchase

I purchased 3 mobile Flexi pass {7 days in one month) on December 9 2023. But on app shows “activate pass by February 1 2024” Since The latest activation date and the latest start date is 11 months after purchase, I have no idea why my last activation date is Feb 1st 2024? These passes will be completely NOT useable for my trip in Germany which starts on March 30th 2024. Please help! Thank you.

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Jenny Lo
Keeps calm and carries on
10 months ago
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