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MarionRetired Eurail Moderator

Having some trouble setting up your mobile pass? Or just curious to learn how it works? Have a look at this tutorial 👉🏻 How to setup your mobile Pass | Eurail.com - YouTube It will show more information on how to:Adding a Pass Connecting a Trip Activating/deactivating your Pass Boarding the train Showing your ticket Our mobile Pass is a paperless ticket that can be added instantly to your phone. With everything on one app from planning your trip to boarding the train, you're free to explore 33 European countries with ease and enjoy more freedom than ever before.Everything on one app: plan your journey, keep track of your trips and show mobile tickets straight from your device with a mobile Pass on the Rail Planner app. No need to wait for delivery – you can load your mobile Pass into the app as soon as you get your order confirmation email.Your mobile Pass makes ticket inspection easier than ever. Instead of filling in your paper travel diary, simply add journeys from the app’s plan

Tutorial - How to setup your mobile PassTutorial

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MarionRetired Eurail Moderator

Hi everyone!As the summer months are coming and as trains will be quite busy, we'd like to share with you some tips for reservations with Renfe, Renfe-SNCF en cooperación as well as Eurostar! Here is the link to the Eurail page and here to the Interrail page. As you may know, reservations are mandatory for Eurostar, Renfe-SNCF en cooperación and most Renfe trains.On these pages you will find some recommendations on how to book your reservations and some tips to avoid them (when possible) on these routes, particularly on the French-Spanish Mediterranean border, as well as in Spain, by taking alternative itineraries.Experienced Eurail and Interrail travelers, any tips for other travelers on these routes? Any other alternative itinerary suggestion or feedback is appreciated!

Tips for reservations for Renfe, Renfe-SNCF and Eurostar trains

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

Dear community users, Each month we will give you the opportunity to participate in user tests and give feedback on all kinds of topics. By participating, you can even earn yourself some nice Eurail incentives 😊 We kicked of our first online test session mid-January and it has been a great success! Join the group and have a look what user tests are up next. If you want to stay tuned and join this or one of the upcoming sessions, please become a member (without any obligations) of the Innovation Train group in our Eurail Community. Just have a look and sign up here for all details! We are looking forward to starting this Innovation Train with you! Choochoo 🚂

The Eurail/Interrail Innovation Train! Ready to hop on?

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

2022 – Our anniversary yearSince 1972, an Interrail Pass has been the most flexible way for European travellers to connect with their friends, families and fellow travellers on multi-destination trips that leave a lasting impression. As we mark our 50th Anniversary, we welcome you to join us as we honour our past, thank our partners and look ahead to a bright future. Read more. Are you going on your own adventure with an Interrail Pass during our anniversary year? Let us know your plans in the comments . Throughout the year we will be running lots of fun activities and competitions so stay tuned for all the latest updates.

Interrail is turning 50!50th anniversary

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

Start your Interrail trip well-prepared and find out if there are any travel disruptions in Europe. We do our best to keep track of any strikes, construction works or other issues related to the train network that might affect your trip.

Information board: Travel disruptions in EuropeUpdate

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11 months ago

Sarah WCommunity Manager

We are excited to announce that you can now book seat reservations for high-speed trains in Spain via our reservations service! After a lot of hard work, we are proud to bring you this big improvement. 👏🏻 You can now book AVE, Euromed, and Alvia trains through our reservations system and receive an e-ticket. We hope this makes travel planning easier and more convenient for you. Stay tuned because we will be continuing to add more trains to our reservations service soon. Happy travels!

Book seat reservations on select Spanish trains via our reservations system 🇪🇸Product Update

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7 days ago

Sarah WCommunity Manager

The French national railways has announced that rail traffic between Modane and St-Michel-Valloire will be disrupted for the coming weeks due to a landslide that was reported in the French Alps on 27th August. This would impact train journeys on the route between Paris – Turin – Milan. Read more about it on the SNCF website. If you were planning to travel on the impacted route, we recommend using an alternative route via Zurich. Please note that the route from Paris – Zurich – Milan is currently facing a delay due to the closure of the Gotthard Tunnel in Switzerland (check post below for more information). Please make sure to check the SBB timetable shortly before departure of your planned journeys for up-to-date information. Additionally, due to weather conditions, multiple railway lines in the Alps are currently disrupted in Austria, Switzerland, and Italy. Please check the ÖBB website for updated information to see if your planned journey will be impacted for travel in Austria. Ther

⚠️ Several railway lines disrupted in the AlpsTrain Disruptions

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

Welcome to our brand new community, and thanks for joining us. We’re excited to have the whole Eurail and Interrail community in one place for the first time! We hope you enjoy this all-new space for online conversation, but we also want to take a moment to remember where this all started, and what the Eurail and Interrail online communities have become.When we first launched the Official Traveller Facebook groups for Eurail and Interrail back in 2018, we wanted a place for travellers to connect, share tips and help one another. With instant success from the start, we’ve seen this community grow and prosper over the years and we couldn’t be happier. But it’s time for a change so that you can connect with each other in better and exciting ways, as well as bringing together European and non-European travellers for the first time. This new community platform has many of the features we were looking for, along with an updated look and feel. Some of the new features include direct messages

Welcome to our Eurail Community!News

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2 years ago

Sarah WCommunity Manager

The Swiss National Railways has announced that a freight train derailment on 10th August in the Gotthard Base Tunnel located on the route between Zurich to Milan has caused severe track damage. SBB expects that the tunnel will only be available for passenger train travel from the beginning of 2024. As a result, direct international trains will now take the scenic route across the mountains instead of the tunnel, resulting in 1 hour longer travel times. For this reason, SBB recommends catching a 1-hour earlier train from Zurich so as to not miss any further connecting trains. The following routes are the direct international Eurocity routes:Eurocity Zurich – Lugano – Milan/Verona/Venice/Genova Eurocity Basel – Luzern – Lugano – MilanFor all other international and domestic connections, there are hourly direct trains from Zurich to Chiasso taking the scenic route instead of the tunnel. In Chiasso, one can change trains for destinations such as Lugano, Como, Milan, and Bologna. In additi

⚠️ Train derailment in Swiss Gotthard tunnel on route Zurich – MilanTrain disruptions

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

The first Interrail Passes were sold in March 1972 and ever since ‘Interrailing’ quickly became a synonym for a unique travel experience. An emblem for European unity, the Interrail Pass continues to serve as a bridge for cultural exchange, enabling travellers to get out of their comfort zone and explore the unknown. For our 50th anniversary, we'd like to invite you to share your Interrail story with us. Submit your memory on this link.

Repost: Inviting all Interrailers to reminisce and share your Interrail memories with us!50th anniverary

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Sarah WCommunity Manager

Imagine boarding in Brussels and waking up in Berlin with a whole day of exploration in front of you. From July 1st as a Pass holder you can include the latest night train on your Eurail/Interrail rail adventure by booking a seat reservation directly via the European Sleeper website. The train runs between Brussels and Berlin with 8 stops along the way including Antwerp, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, and Deventer. By including a journey with the European Sleeper in your itinerary, you can cover large distances, like Edinburgh to Berlin for example, and only use one of the travel days included in your Pass. Who is this new train on the tracks? European Sleeper is a new Dutch-Belgian rail cooperative organisation focusing on sleeper trains. At the end of May 2021, European Sleeper raised €500,000 in starting capital within three months by selling shares to over 350 small investors from various countries in Europe and beyond. In 2022, an amazing €2,000,000 in shares were sold. This has creat

Eurail welcomes the European Sleeper to our rail network 💤🚂

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3 months ago

NanjaRetired Community Manager

Hey Interrailers and Eurailers,We are aware of some issues with the Rail Planner app that have affected some of you in your travels. We are working hard to get to the bottom of them and we are sorry about any inconveniences they have caused. We have published important bug fixes in the latest version of the Rail Planner app, so please make sure you update to resolve these issues. You can follow the latest updates to the situation for Eurail here and for Interrail here.

Important update - new travel FAQs (incl. main technical issues)F.A.Q.

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2 years ago

MarionRetired Eurail Moderator

Hi all, As some of you may have noticed, there is an issue to book reservations for Italian trains. This is due to an unstable connection with our partner's Trenitalia booking system.Our team is currently working on it in close cooperation with Trenitalia to fix this issue.If you see it is loading and not showing any trains, we kindly ask you not to continue trying but to come back another time. In the case where you urgently need a reservation because you are traveling in the next days in Italy, please reach out to our customer service, they will be pleased to help you.We're sorry for any inconvenience caused. We will keep you updated.

Issue - Facing difficulties to make reservations in Italy

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

The perfect music for your journey, adapting to your surroundings in real-timeTo celebrate 50 years of Interrail and the spirit of travel and exploration we created SoundTracks! The perfect music to accompany you on your train journey. Adapting in real-time to your location, scenery, time of day and weather conditions. Curious to hear what your Interrail adventure will sound like? Tap here 🎵

Introducing SoundTracks

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MukhammadEurail Employee

We inform you that a strike has been called from 03:00 on Wednesday 6 to 02:00 on Thursday 7 September 2023 which could have repercussions on railway traffic in Lombardy. The Regional, Suburban and Airport services may undergo variations and/or cancellations. The guaranteed time slots will be in force, from 06:00 to 09:00 and from 18:00 to 21:00, during which the trains included in the list of "Minimum Guaranteed Services" will travel (the display of which will be available at the link: https://www.trenord.it/en/assistance/useful-information/in-case-of-strike-action/) which have a departure time, set out in the Official Timetable, from the station of origin after 6:00 and arrival at the final destination by 9:00; in the afternoon, trains departing after 18:00 and arriving before 21:00. In the event that the airport service trains do not operate, the following will be provided:• Buses to Milan Cadorna and Malpensa Airport only for airport connections between “Milan Cadorna and Malpensa

⚠️ Trenord Strike in Italy on September 6, 2023Train Disruptions

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25 days ago

NanjaRetired Community Manager

WOOHOO! 🌟 We're so excited to share the news that… The Eurail Community has reached 10,000 members! It's an incredible milestone in Eurail's journey, to have you (yes, all of you) as part of this amazing community of train travel enthusiasts of all ages and from every corner of the globe. The community platform is a place to share your questions and opinions on train travel. And we’re thrilled that it quickly became a place where you guys jump in and help each other out, and connect with like-minded people (this was all down to you). It has truly been a year of incredible itinerary ideas, Q&A’s, product feedback, tips and tricks, lifelong connections, user test sessions, and more.And therefore…💟 We want to give a massive shoutout to our incredible 10,000 members! A HUGE thank you for your passion, curiosity, and generosity to help make European train travel accessible to the many; this is what makes our online community truly special. None of it would have been possible without

Celebrating 10,000 members and countingNews

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Sarah WCommunity Manager

We've got some great news for you: booking seat reservations in Norway just got a whole lot easier! Thanks to Entur's updated reservation system, Eurail/Interrail Pass holders can now book seat reservations online.🎉So if you're planning a trip to Norway and want to book your seat reservations, you're in luck! The process is now much simpler than before. Just follow the instructions provided here and you'll be good to go!

Pass holders can now book seat reservations in Norway online!Product Update

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2 months ago

NanjaRetired Community Manager

Dear Eurail and Interrail-ers (to be)We need YOUR help to test and play around with our new reservation timetable [beta version] [expired] https://www.interrail.eu/en/book-reservations/new-reservation-timetable[expired] https://www.eurail.com/en/book-reservations/new-reservation-timetableIt fully operates like the old reservation timetable so you can go ahead and book your reservation tickets via the tool. Note: There is a bug in the BETA version tool: the add to cart button is not working. We are looking into it. Please share your feedback in the comments below or via a private message. Note: Thank you for all of your valuable input! The new reservation timetable is now live and can be found here:https://www.interrail.eu/en/book-reservations#/https://www.eurail.com/en/book-reservations#/

[expired] You are all invited to test our NEW reservation timetable [beta version] now!New release

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

Very excited to be finally going back on the Eurostar over to the continent after a few years since the pandemic had blocked what was for me a regular thing, This time as I put a surfboard under my arm it was with some nerves as I began preparing the wheelchair. As brief overview, with my physical disability I have tried to rediscover the sports I enjoyed before the onset of my disease, this have been both snow and sea related in the form of skiing and surfing. 18 months ago I got back in the water and slowly and surely found a way to get across the waves in the form of a knee surfer style. By chance I bumped into an adaptive England team coach in the water who told me there is a World Series of adaptive surfing competitions out there. So fast forward to 3 weeks ago and after competing in my first international competition in England, this was my second chance to ride some World Series competition waves comes around in Perros-Guric, Brittany, far North-west France. How to travel wit

Back to the continent at last for an Adaptive surf contest, part 1

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Sarah WCommunity Manager

The Norwegian and Swedish weather services have announced that Storm Hans is causing heavy rain and severe thunderstorms, seriously impacting railway networks across Sweden and Norway since 7th August. In Norway, as a result of the storm, all trains on Dovrebanen, Rørosbanen, and Raumabanen have been cancelled by SJ Norge with no alternative transport. Find out more about this on the SJ Norge website. We recommend checking the Entur website and the following train operators shortly before your planned journey to see if your route is affected:VY Go-Ahead Several train services in Sweden have also been delayed or cancelled with no alternative transport arrangement. We recommend checking the SJ timetable shortly before embarking upon your planned journey for up-to-date information. If your planned travel in Sweden has been disrupted because of the storm, you can rebook your journey to another day, free of charge, or cancel and receive a refund on the SJ website.

⚠️ Storm Hans in Norway and SwedenTrain disruptions

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

When you arrive in Paris you spill out straight in to the busy centre of Parisian life, one of the amazing things of course of European train travel, is the immediate access to the centre of its cities. In my case the surf trip out to Brittany involved departing from Gare Montparnasse. Paris is not easy in a wheelchair, that’s my warning. Metro and RER are not accessible at all, so don’t try. You have two options one is to catch the bus, there are buses opposite the station which can take you to all the other major stations of Paris in about one hour. Put your hand out for the driver and ask for ‘la ramp’ which on Paris buses descends from the back door. Remember once the driver has shut the main doors, they reopen them again to engage the ramp, he is not driving off as it first seems! The other option is G7 taxis booked in advance and cost about €50 to get to the other main stations of Paris stations. They are fully equipped and usually meet you at the head of the train, www.g7.fr A

Back on the continent and off to surf…- part 2Blog

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3 months ago

NanjaRetired Community Manager

Hi travelers, While you are travelling you might have experienced that your Pass disappeared in the App. If that is the case, you can reinstall the app as our new app update will fix the issue.Happy travels!

IMPORTANT UPDATE - Pass not showing in the app

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

Are you 18 years old and ready to step out of your comfort zone? 👞 🌍Apply for a DiscoverEU travel pass and start exploring more than 3️⃣0️⃣ countries in the EU and beyond!The next application round opens from 📅 11-25 October.To be eligible to apply, you must be✅ born on or between 1 January 2004 – 31 December 2004✅ a legal resident of an EU Member State or Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia or Turkey✅ ready for the adventure of a lifetime 🚀If that sounds like you, learn more ➡ here

DiscoverEU Application round - Apply now for your free travel pass!

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NanjaRetired Community Manager

01.03.2022 Our design refresh is coming on March 1st.You’ll see our look changing already , so please bear with us! More information on this exciting change will follow tomorrow.

The Eurail/Interrail experience you love looks a little different. We are unveiling a fresh new look!

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