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How do i make a reservation when it says “This is a popular train. Seat reservations are recommended but not required.” but there is no option to reserve a seat?I have a 1st Class 15 day pass and the trip I am looking at is may 6 from Vienna to Prague at 11:10AM

Dear All,My husband and I are going to travel in Europe this year. My husband is a German citizen, but not a EU resident. He is a permanent resident of Australia. Does any one know which pass should my husband choose? Eurail Pass or Interrail Pass?Any help will be greatly appreciated!Kind regards,Xufang

Hey y’all, thanks for your help. I’m trying to get from Paris to Barcelona on Wednesday Feb 21. There’s one direct train that isn’t sold out yet, but seems the only ticket left are first class. I have a EUrail global second class pass.I’ve read on similar questions in the community that France/SCNF sometimes allows people to pay the first class reservation fee as an upgrade and it’s fine even if you have a second class pass. But I’ve also read that basically I’d be riding without a valid ticket, so I haven’t bought anything yet. Rather urgent though, since I think this is the last ticket available. Any advice? I could go to Gare du Lyon tomorrow and ask in person. It’s difficult for me to call because I don’t have a valid phone number right now, but I can figure out how to if needed. 

Hello, I have a question about prices for night  train in norway, we saw 91 € for a single cabin to sleep, We want to take 2 night train oslo bergen and oslo trondheim, but we are not sure about the prices.We are travelling as a couple and we are wondering if 91€ is for two or for one person.Thank you for your help 🙏 

Hi,Firstly, lucky to have this forum. Thanks for doing this wonderful job and making our trips easy and worthwhile!My partner and I are traveling to Switzerland from 19th to 23rd July. We are planning to buy a Eurail Global Pass as we intend to travel to other European countries too. I have a few questions about three of my trips here –1. We are planning to do the Golden Round Trip from Lucerne on the 20th of July (Saturday). What journies here are covered totally under the Global Eurail Pass? Bearing in mind that it is a weekend in July, should I make reservations in advance? If I have to book individual tickets for each of the rides, what is the best website to book it from? (Boat to Alpnachstad –> cogwheel train to Pilatus –> Cable Car to Kriens –> Bus to Lucerne)Any other tips and tricks for this particular trip, please?Not able to figure out from this page 

I have a trip from Newcastle to London King Cross tomorrow, because of the ongoing engineering work, it includes the bus replacement, I wanna ask if the bus has a storage place specifically for big luggage?

Hello, We are renting a place in Rothenburg a little aways from Lucerne that requires bus travel. Does Eurail global pass cover local bus and train travel? Does showing the pass from the Railplanner app enough or is there a ticket buying process involved?Thank you.

Hi!So, i am planning to travel from Budapest (Keleti) › Bucharest (Nord) via Szonol, train NT473 and i am trying to book a seat reservation for a double sleeper for me and my wife. It happens that it allows me to book on my own, but once i add a traveler, it only shows me the 2nd class ticket reservation.I tried to book on OBB website, but it says tickets are not available. Does this have to do with the 30/60 days booking availability window?This is kind of confusing so a little help would make a difference.Thanks!Joel Ventura

Hi All,My partner and I are traveling to Europe for our honeymoon from 8th to 29th July. We are planning to travel by train to all the following countries. I would love suggestions on the most scenic routes at affordable prices. Which trains should we take for the best experience? Would also like feedback if we need to tweak our itinerary. 8th to 12th - UK.  -→ Travel from London to Amsterdam on 12th early morning. 12th to 14th - Amsterdam. --→ Travel from Amsterdam to Brussels on 14th early morning. 14th to 16th - Brussels --→ Travel from Brussels to Paris on 16th early morning. 16th to 18th - Paris --→ Travel from Paris to Zurich on 18th early morning (Why can I not see any direct trains international to and from Switzerland for July? Are they canceled in summer?) 18th to 22nd - Switzerland (Zurich - Lucerne - In

Hello,I have an eurail pass and I would like to reserve a seat for Frankfurt - Prague trip on March 21st at 00:52, but I am no able to find a way to do it? Could you help me with this? 

Hi! I already bought an Interrail ticket and now want to reserve train seats. My trip is planned for August. When i try to reserve seats for example from Bergen to Oslo or from Trondheim to Bodo, „no results are found“. I already called the Entur callcenter, but they said i can i can book in may at earliest?! Every „norway train trip“ website told me to reserve as soon as possible… is there another way to reserve or did i do something wrong? Thank you for your answers:) 

Folgende Situation: Mein Mann wird für uns Beide die Stationtickets auf seinem Handy haben. Die Antwort auf die FAQ-Frage: “Was wäre, wenn jemand anderes mein Spielticket für mich gekauft hätte?” = Sie können entweder gemeinsam reisen oder sie übertragen ihr Spielticket auf Sie. … Verstehe ich leider nicht.Heißt “Sie können gemeinsam reisen”, dass Jeder einen eigenen Interrail Pass EURO 2024 auf seinem eigenen Handy haben kann, und er dann einfach die Stadiontickets vorzeigt, die für uns beide gelten? 

I have booked a camping in Mataró, which is about an hour away from the city center of Barcelona. The best way to get there is by Rodalies de Catalunya, which I figure is sort of a regional train. However, on the Interrail-website, I can't find connections. Therefore, I am wondering if Interrail is valid on these trains or that I need to buy seperate tickets. 

Hi,from 31 Jan 2023 NS the national operator in the Netherlands will have the possibility to travel with Credit Cards with the train only using the credit card as a ticket like tap and go in cities like London for the underground. If you are travelling with an Interrail or Eurail Pass than you have to stop on your phone the possibility to use NFC if you have a Credit or Debit Card on your smart phone, because the ticket barriers at the station will register your credit card and not the QR-Code of your mobile Interrail/Eurail Pass.  Maybe the Eurail Team can do something that using the Rail Planner App the payment service is turn off like when using NS app. @Mukhammad Mostly this problem will have iPhone users.  More about using credit cards for traveling with NS:

Hello, I am interested in this route: https://www.eurail.com/en/plan-your-trip/trip-ideas/suggested-itineraries/mediterranean-itinerary.I would like to travel this route from 15th August to 30th August 2024. However, when I try add all the connections in my Eurail app, I only find the ones from Valencia up to Marseille, but from Marseille to Nice, from Nice to Monte Carlo and the rest of the stops in this route seems not to be connected. Why is that? I also have one more question about the seat reservation prices. I will be travelling with my 11 years old son. Eurail pass is free of charge for him, but I see that for most of the trains in this route seat reservations will be required. Will I have to pay x2 for myself and him, or seat reservation for child will be free as well?

I purchased an Interrail flexible 5-day ticket. Among them, I have a question about 1 day.I live in France and I booked a train ticket from Vienna, Austria to Paris via Frankfurt, Germany.I would like to cancel or change this reservation.Because I want to go from Vienna, Austria to Salzburg, Austria.I would like to reserve a train ticket from Salzburg to Paris later.Is it possible to change, refund, or modify it?

Trip is in April and May - two months. Going to purchase 10 day 2 month Global Pass. What is the soonest date we can purchase the Global Pass to start making reservations for train trips starting in April?   Can we purchase reservations today for trips in April & May with the Global 10 day 2 month Pass.  Thanks Joan

We found the pass included R-net in Netherlands.The Netherlands Metro is under R-net company.Can we use the pass to take Metro when we are in Netherlands?Thanks

Normally an ic train runs from Lille Flandres to Kortrijk. But when I look on different site I do not find it for Sunday 12 May, the Sunday before and after the trains are just online. I wonder if there is an error in system, or there are just no IC trains that Sunday? Where could I find this info back? Thanks in advancedTania

Hi, I’m trying to get seat reservations from Lille Europe direct to Avignon on TGV #9830 for 17 May (bypassing Paris) but whichever site (Rail Europe/SNCF/SNCB) I try to book on, it shows the full price tickets without the Eurail Pass discount. Eurail Planner does not have this direct option and only offers routes with a change at Paris (Nord-Gare Lyon) which I’m trying to avoid as I’m travelling with children.Have all the Pass Holder seats been filled up? I’ve been checking this route regularly since Dec 2023 but of course tickets are not open for sale yet, and now they are available but without the pass dicount 🤔Hoping to hear some expert advice from the pros 💪🏻Thanks in advance!

Hi, I’m planning to take two night trains. First from Amsterdam to Vienna and then to Split. My travelbuddies don’t have an interrailpass. It is cheaper to just book the tickets for the nighttrains then taking an interrailpass. Is there any way that I can book the tickets with them or do I need to book separatly? Who can help me? 🤞

Hi community, we are plannig our interrail trip to sweden and norway. We are starting our journey in Mannheim Hbf to Hamburg Hbf on 22th of February and taking the night train from Hamburg Hbf to Stockholm Center at 22:03 on the 22th February. Similar way for the return. Night train from Malmo C (10.03.2024 23:41) to Berlin Hbf (11.03.2024 9:25) and  from Berlin Hbf (11.03.2024 11:26) to Mannheim Hbf (11.03.2024 16:27). We have the problem that there 4  free travel days left and interrail doesnt allow the journey from Berlin Hbf to Mannheim Hbf with the Interrail global pass. Does anyone have an idea how we can solve this issue, without paying extra for the train from Berlin to Mannheim?Best Regrads and thanks a million for your help!Carolin 

Hi all, I am planning a 12 day Switzerland and Italy trip in March with my husband and kid with 7 days in Switzerland and 4 in Italy. Our last destination in Switzerland will be Zermatt and from there we will be heading to Lake Como in Italy followed by Rome. I need suggestions on what is the best way to travel to Lake Como from Zermatt? Should I board a train to Zurich first and then take the Como train or is there any better alternative route which I can follow. Also need suggestions on whether should I opt for  Swiss Travel pass or Euro rail pass for the entire journey? Please advise.

My teen is traveling solo on a global flex pass.  When they add a journey to the pass, it generates a QR code. But then it disappears.  They have to keep adding the same journey to get a new QR code.  They are currently on a train in Switzerland, on their way to France, and the QR code has disappeared mid-journey.  They have had to re-add the journey 3 times today. It’s on an apple phone, if that matters. Do you know what the problem is or any fix? Thank you so much!

OK. From what I remember, while the trains are fast and efficient in Europe, it is very difficult to navigate them with baggage, especially if there are numerous changes.At Bayreuth, I will need dress clothing so will most likely require more than one bag.  My next stop would be St Moritz, which involves four(!) changes on the journey.I’m thinking rail is not the best way to navigate this journey.  Even Frankfurt or other major city might be difficult but on a direct train manageable.