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When planning my trip I have a pass for myself and a child’s pass (free) for my daughter who will be under 12 the entire time. My question is, how do I do travel planning so that we are both on the same trips and seated together?  Do I have to essentially put her in her own trip and manually duplicate everything and just watch seating charts?

This is the email I got from SJ regarding Stockholm - Narvik train: Traffic stop VassijaureThere has been a traffic stop in Vassijaure since December due to another operator derailing at the site. This has meant that it has not been possible to operate the route Abisko Östra-Narvik by train. The restoration work has dragged on. The Swedish Transport Administration's latest forecast is that the track will not open for passenger traffic on the section Abisko Östra/Björkliden-Narvik until the last week of May. There will be a limited range of traffic on the stretch Abisko Östra/Björkliden-Narvik during the mentioned period. We have a recurring dialogue with the Swedish Transport Administration about the condition of the track and update if the information changes. You can find more information about the track on the Swedish Transport Administration's websiteVänliga hälsningar

I would like to travel from Minden, Germany to Paris, France airport around approximately July 25. But Eurail says there are no trains found. But Google maps shows train (and bus) routes I can take. Why is Eurail not showing any routes? Could someone help me figure out how to use Eurail for this travel? Thanks!

Is it possible to find a train from Biarritz to madrid? 

Just wonder what happens if I buy a pass and because I miss a connection (no my fault), my trip hope is on the day after my pass expired. E.g. I have a 5 day Global Pass and wanna travel from England to Southern Germany where I live. Due to delays I only make it to Paris on Day 5, so what to do on Day 6 for the trip from Paris to Southern Germany? Buy a new single trip ticket or is the Global Pass extended for the trip home because of the delay?

Hello! I live in the UK. I am hoping to buy a one month global pass (5 journeys) and use it at the start of the month for 3 train journeys in Sweden and Norway (not travelling there by train). I then want to use the remaining 2 journeys for a weekend in Paris at the end if the month on eurostar, travelling from London, so my home country. This will mean my inbound and outbound journeys will come after my 3 other journeys. Is this allowed? Thanks! 

Good evening, I'm looking at travelling on the EC 135 from Trieste to Ljubljana Central 22/04/2023, the travel planner states I need to pay a supplementary fee. is this payed onboard or at the station.  Cheers.

I have read previous chats on booking seats on this journey, but those chats were over a year ago.we are a couple with 3 mth Eurail pass.can you book a reserved seat for the Zagreb to Split train on 13 June 2024 departing Zagreb in the morning 0707 arriving Split 1400.if so where (train company/app) and how do I do this? thanks jon

Good evening,I booked a seat reservation through Eurail, I have a global 15 day pass. Entered in all the information, payed. I was allocated seat 21 and my wife seat 24. No choice of seats was given, is this normal when booking seat reservation via Eurail. Cheers. 

Hi, I have made seats reservation on raileurope and received the tickets, but upon entering the reference number on SNCF site, they directed me to SNCF Voyageurs site, and told me that “Your ticket could not be imported. Please check the travel information provided.” What can I do now to verify the tickets? Is my reservation valid?

Morning i booked seat reservations for my wife and I using DB app.  I have an invoice but I have not been issued with a QR code. Is this normal?  What do I need to show the conductor? Trip is between Vienna- Breclav and Breclav - Praha on 2 June.  I have seat reservation numbers for both legs. just know Barcode received and no email pass received. We have a 3 mth global pass. thanks jon

Interrail Passholder Eurostar fares to Rotterdam are more than 35 Euros (via RailEurope), is this due to split journey, change at Brussels? And how can I get the published 35 Euros Passholder fare please?NB For July 2nd 13.00 Rott booking (testing showed the usual Brussels 30 Euros Passholder fare was available).Many thanks.

Good morning,I have just purchased 2 x 15 day Eurail passes.  I have added them to my phone, but not activated them.  When I checked my first journey, there was not tick box or slide to add the journey to the pass. Will this become available Once I have activated the pass? And secondly, I not due to travel for a month, can I activate my pass to test, then deactivate it?Thanks. Adam  

Dear travelers,  After a good experience last year me and my family will be travelling by train (interrail) again this year. We plan to travel from Utrecht to Wien by Nightjet 40421 on the 7th of juli. I want to book a couchette for 4 persons in the Nightjet, but somehow I also have to pay 39,60 euro for Sparscheine Komfort. If I remember correctly I didn't have to pay that last year, just the reservation for the couchette and the extra amount for 4 persons. Does anyone here know why that is? Because of the Euro 2024? Thanks in advance for information!

HelloI’m traveling from Milan - TiranoTirano - Chur (The Famous Train Ride)Chur - FussenFussen - InssbruckInssbruck - SalzburgSalzburg - Munich All these places in a maximu of 10 days time with my wife. From 16-24 of MAY I don’t understand much how your eurail pass work. Can you explain If getting the eurail will allow me to go to all of these places and save money? Thank you.

HI my family will be traveling to Europe this summer July 23-Aug 13th.  We would love to hit all three countries France, Italy and Switzerland and do it all by train.  Has anyone experienced a three week trip all by train with the family.  Where should we start and end?  How do we pick and choose what destinations in each country?  We definitely want to explore some of the beautiful places in nature and mountains as well.  I am grateful for any feedback or layout you suggest.  

Hi Team,Am from India staying in Zurich,Switzerland, and have Resident permit.Planning to travel to Italy by train - To Milan, Bologna, Venice and Florence on March 30th and 31st.1. Should I take Euro rail pass or Inter rail? 2. Will the trains be operational on those two days, as its Easter eve?3. Should I take one country pass or Global pass?    3.1 If I take Global pass, i need not take separate ticket in-bound and out-bound from Italy?4. Is reservations required?5. Can I board any train at anytime with the rail pass?Also Please share an app/website to check the price to travel within Italy, like SBB.Is there any day pass which could be utilised for a zone/town visit via other means of transport like bus or tram/ ferry.Thank you.  

Hi, just wanted to check if anyone here has used the Eurail pass to travel from Edinburgh - Frankfurt/Mannheim I am considering between 3 optionsOption 1:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 24min transfer & check in)1104 - 1405 London - Brussels1425 - 1740 Brussels - Frankfurt Option 2:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 51min transfer & check in)1131 - 1453 London - Paris1555 - 1826 Paris to Karlsruhe1826 - 1958 Karlsruhe to Frankfurt Option 3:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 51min transfer & check in)1131 - 1453 London - Paris1709 - 2059 Paris - Frankfurt There will be extra seat reservations if I travel via Paris. I am keen to travel via Brussels, but am afraid of the “short’ transfer time given that I am travelling out of UK (security and customs check). I’m also quite afraid that the ICE train at Brussels would be del

I am planning my summer holiday. A part of the journey goes from SW Germany to Paris.  This could be one of these trains:Mannheim Hbf 13:42 to Paris Est 16:52 (TGV 9552)OrKarlsruhe Hbf 15:32 to Paris Est 18:16 (ICE 9572)OrKarlsruhe Hbf 18:05 to Paris Est 20:43 (TGV 9560)Since these trains runs in France, I will need seat reservations.If I buy reservations at Rail Europe.com, they will cost 18€. Here I can choose what kind seat I will get (window/aisle and upper/lower deck). But it looks like it is not possible to choose the actual carriage and seat number.​​But if I book at bahn.de I can get the same reservations for just 4,9€. But here the seat are automatically assigned.Does anyone know if it somehow is possible to get reservations at the cheap DB price AND be able to choose my seat? Maybe DB will be able to assign a specific seat manually, if I contact them.A side node: According to bahn.de all 3 t

Any intrepid travellers done this section to get From Slovakia to Poland “Not In Network” why is this short stretch not valid on the pass Thanks From Skalite to Zwardon

Hi there! I’m from Argentina. I just got a pass for 5 days in may. I’m starting from Switzerland and need to travel to Ghent Belgium afterwards. I tried googling and searching but couldn’t find out what is the best way to get there. Is Google Maps public transport mode reliable? Because it tells me to do like 5 combinations, is there no direct way from one country to another?Besides this case, how can I know, for each city, which trains and destinations are available?Also, if I understand well, the pass doesn’t guarantee any seats, right? So if I don’t reserve seats and the train is full I lose it or travel standing up?Sorry I am really lost, if anyone could point me to some useful articles I would be really grateful. 

Hi Community, Im Vijay from India, planning a trip with my spouse in April - its our first trip to Europe. Wanted to get feedback/input from you all on my travel schedule, especially on train tips. Does Euro global pass for 10days works better or buying individual tickets makes sense?12 Apr- Rome airport to hotel and local sight seeing13 Apr - FB8606 to Pisa and later RV4046-FR9428 to Venice same day14 Apr - Plan to take EC42-EC334 to Zurich (do i need reservation in advance for any of the above trains, even after buying Euro pass?)15-18 Apr - wanted to rent a car and roam around18 Apr - Initially i planned to take Zurich-Amsterdam flight, but would love to explore the overnight train 'Nightjet - 402', but unable to book the sleeper. Have they stopped sleeper in this leg? And with Euro pass can i get to book sleeper?19 Apr- Amsterdam to Lille in morning19-21 Apr- Keeping Lille as base, wanted to explore Brussels and around (not

Hi again - my wife and I (first time travellers to Europe) are hoping to get from Lauterbrunnen Switzerland (am)to Barcelona Spain (pm) on Friday 19th July.  Is this possible in one day?  If so can you recommend the best way (carrier) to achieve this?thanks againjon     

Hi.I have never travelled on a Eurail pass before.When I am in the process of changing trains and following my itinerary, (e.g. I only have 20 minutes between alighting the first train and then boarding the second train), where I am changing trains at a large railway station with lots of platforms. How will I know which platform to board my second train? Will the platform number be mentioned on my itinerary? Are the platform numbers of soon departing trains mentioned on all of the platforms where people are alighting? It is very important for me to know, especially if I have a seat booking on the second or third train.Please give me some ideas.

Hi.wife and I hoping to travel from Florence to Lauterbrunnen.  We have 3 mth global pass.  Just wondering- can we make this journey in one day?hoping to travel 16 July in the AM arriving Lauterbrunnen in the pm on the same date. can this be done? thanks in advancejon