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How to book your seat reservationsSeat Reservations

For some routes, an additional seat reservation is required. Seat reservations are not included in your Eurail or Interrail Pass, but for a fee they guarantee you a comfy seat on busy routes across Europe. On most high-speed trains and all night trains, seat reservations are mandatory.  For a fun set of instructions, check out our Instagram highlight, here.  You can book most of your reservations through our Reservation Service. Visit this page for detailed and up to date information on how to book seat reservations per country.  Another option is to book seat reservations directly with the rail carrier. Our community put together this handy guide on how to do that, here. Feel free to ask questions, but please be sure to start a new topic first.   

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Brig to Milan

I plan to travel from Baden Baden to Milan with and overnight stop in Brig. The reservation system has a message “No seats available for reservation” from the Brig to Milan section. Does this mean there are no seats available to reserve, or that a reservation cannot be made for that train?

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Reservation

Hello, I can’t understand why this flight is not in the planner? Which one should I choose to make? the conductor will check it 

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Fine Tune my trip

Hi, I am planning our trip to Europe and need some guidance with booking times. I’ve purchased two Eurail passes and worked out, as best I can, the trips I need to make. Where there are many trains each day, I have chosen the one that is most likely to be suitable. What I am after is:a reality check – i.e. is there anything that’s obviously wrong or isn’t going to work Which trains do I need to book in advance, versus those I can reasonably leave till later Which ones should I link to my Eurail pass and which ones should I just pay separately. Any help would be appreciated13/4 Rome Accom to Roma Termini - main train station.13/4 Roma Termini - Firenze Santa Maria Novella 09:25 1h 36min High Speed Trains FR 9308 to Torino Porta Nuova 11:01 Firenze S.M.N. (170m to accommodation)13-17/4 Florence day trips to Bologna, Sienna & Pisa to be worked out later18/4 Firenze Santa Maria Novella (170m from accommodation) to Monterosso; Reservation required; cost 15 Euro; 07:34 – 10:17 2h 43m · 2

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Cornish Riviera sleeper

I’m considering a long trip on an interrail starting in Edinburgh in the morning and ending up getting the sleeper from London Paddington to Penzance that same night.I’m intending to do this using only 1 day of a 4 day pass on the basis that the sleeper departs at 23:45 UTC, but from what I have seen mentioned here before is that the cut-off for a new day is 00:00 CET, which is 23:00 UTC.I don’t want to find out the hard way that this will cost me 2 days travel.Is there any way to know for sure that it will only take 1 day and not have to worry about what happens on the day?Thanks,z

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When is my seat reserved?

I’ve bought a pass at this point and understand generally how to use it and the concept of reservations. However, what I’d like to know is when, when I don’t have a reservation, is my seat confirmed/reserved? When I’m on the train? Do I then not make it on if reservations fill up or others with the EURAIL pass beat me to boarding?

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seat reservations bruxelles midi nimes and nimes barcelona

Hi, I am trying to book seat reservations for trains from bruxelles midi to nimes and from nimes to barcelona sants. I have made this exact journey before and then I had no problems with this at all, but now i cant book either of them. On the intterail site I almost cannot book it and on the renfe and tgv site i cannot find an option for an interrail pass. can anyone help me?

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Hello, I haven’t bought an interrail ticket yet, but I want to buy it for 4 days for all countries, but I’m not clear about reserving seats, please help

Hello, I haven’t bought an interrail ticket yet, but I want to buy it for 4 days for all countries, but I’m not clear about reserving seats, please helpI'm traveling from Wroclaw to Verona (Italy), but I can't book train seats through OBB TicketsIt is possible to book from Wroclaw to Vienna, and then from Vienna to Verona, this is my first time traveling using such a system, it’s cheaper, but of course almost nothing is clearI want to leave at 3:24 and arrive at about 19:00, but the problem is that it also asks to get a printed ticket in Austria, how to do this?i have 16 years old 

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Travelling Nice to Barcelona

Hi Everyone,My fiancé and I are travelling with a 15 day pass and one of the trips is from Nice to Barcelona on July 9th. I believe this trip has 2 stops along the way in Montpellier and Marseille , however, for 2 days now we have been trying to reserve seats and it keeps coming as - not available - as if everything was booked out already. But prior to the 09/04 we couldn’t book because it exceeded the 90 days prior to the travel date and now on that day is all booked? It must be some kind of mistake surely! We have contacted support and we were told to keep trying, so I guess I am reaching out to see if anyone has any suggestions or has had a similar experience that tell me how it was navigated. thank you so much!  

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DB Seat Reservation

i booked seat reservations for my wife and I using DB app.  We are travelling from Cologne to Brussels.I have an invoice but I have not been issued with a QR code or any way of downloading a ticket. Is this correct?I was not able to create an account on the app but did pay without creating one. Now I find I can’t access the reservations.Could this be because I have booked from UK and can’t get access to the website from here? Will I be able to download the tickets when I am in Germany? What do I present when I try to get on the train?We have global Eurail passes.

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Seat reservation Issue GENOVA P.ZA PRINCIPE (ITALY) to VENTIMIGLIA (ITALY)

Hi, we are having some issues with seat reservations for our journey from GENOVA P.ZA PRINCIPE (ITALY) to VENTIMIGLIA (ITALY) on 12/06 - we are wanting to reserve seats as this is one of our bigger journeys (to Marseille St Charles). The page says ‘Prices temporarily unavailable, Check back in a few hours to see prices and book this seat reservation.’ on the journey we want to book. Can anyone help with this?

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Booking seat reservations for Munich to Verona in July

Hi all,I’m looking to make seat reservations for the Munich to Verona train on Weds July 17th departing at 13:34 (RJ 87 / ECB 87). I was expecting to be able to reserve the seats at least 2-3 months in advance based on other reservations I've made, however DB shows “No Price Information Available” for this train for all dates in June onwards. Does anyone know why this is?Thanks,Nick

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Seat Reservation Issues Rome to Lauterbrunnen

Hi all,I’m trying to book my seat reservations from Rome to Lauterbrunnen on the 14th of July, preferably on the 09:25 train from Rome. For the first leg of the journey, from Rome to Milan, it says ‘Prices unavailable - No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection, but there are other ways to check for available seats—more info below our timetable.’Can anyone help? Is this simply an issue with the interrail website? Is it possible to book it with the Italian rail company directly.Any help would be much appreciated!

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What typically happens to those who don’t pay extra to select a seat on a Rome Termini to Florence S.M.N. Frecciarossa 1000?

Is there any real point paying for seat selection. I know it’s only 2Euro but I’ve read that even if you don’t select a seat, they will still sit those in the same group together. What typically happens to those who don’t pay extra to select a seat on a Rome Termini to Florence S.M.N. Frecciarossa 1000?

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Hungary to Zagreb to Split – making the connection

Hello Interrailers!I am looking at traveling from Lake Balaton (HU) down to Split on Friday June 7th.(There was an excellent connection via Celje in Slovenia but ÖBB has suddenly cut the Celje-Split service down to Wednesdays only, from 3 times a week).Now, we can join up with the train from Budapest [IC 204] which arrives in Zagreb Glavny at 21:59.The night train from Zagreb Glavny to Split [NT 1821] leaves 31 minutes later, at 22:30.According to Zugfinder, the IC 204 has been on time every day for the last month.Whaddya reckon? Has anyone attempted that connection? Successfuly or unsuccessfully?If we miss it, we’re good for finding a place to sleep at almost eleven at night… and leaving either at 7 am (yuk) or in the arvo and hitting Split late in the evening. We’ll be stopping in Zag anyway on the way back up, so we can happily give Zagreb by night a miss.Chance it?Love to hear if anyone has experience of this, good or bad.           

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adding a journey to your Eurail that was bought on Rail Europe

I have bought a seat reservation on Rail Europe but don’t know how to add to journeys on my Eurail pass. Already on the train so need help asap! Hope someone can help. Thanks

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Narvik to Stockholm - Sleeper Cost with Interail Pass

Hi. This is all very confusing. Can anyone tell me what the likely cost will be of booking a 2 bed sleeper from Narvik to Stockholm using an Interail pass. On the Interail site it states 50 Euros per person whilst on the Swedish railway site it’s more likely to be around £200. Just need to decide whether it’s more cost effective to do this leg in one hit or take an overnight stop in Boden and Kramfors. We are not travelling until early July so can’t book until at least early April.  Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks

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Night train form Hamburg to Stockholm

I’m trying to book the night train from Hamburg to Stockholm for the end of July but there doesn’t seem to be any available on sj.se  - Does anyone know whether I am too late or too early??On Snälltåget you can only get as far as Malmo and the train leaves very late  - at midnight, which would be hard with 3 kids! 

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Berlin to Amsterdam Train Reservation

Hi all, l would like to catch the direct 8:06am train from Berlin to Amsterdam on Saturday 15th June 2024. It’s says l need to buy seat reservations but every time l try it on eurail it comes up with an error. I went into Rail Europe and it says it’s free, and when I checked on  Bahn.db it says no price information is available. I am very confused. Do l need to buy a seat reservation for this train and if so how? Being the busy time we don’t want to miss out on a seat. Any help would be appreciated thank you.

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Deutsche Bahn Reservation cannot be made

Hi, I’ve been trying to reserve seats for myself and 4 friends on Deutsche Bahn, from Amsterdam Centraal to Duisburg HBF. Specifically the 20:28 - 23:03 on the 29th July 2024. The interrail website says unable to reserve seats, interrail support suggested booking on the Deutsche Bahn website directly. However when I try to checkout  I get the following error : “Reservation cannot be made”. I can see there are plenty seats still left on the train. I have tried to contact deutsche Bahn via email but have received no response and am unable to connect through phone. Any help appreciated, thanks! 

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Trenord Tirano to Milan July 2024 - Possible closure?

OK, so next issue I see travelling from Tirano to Milan weekend of 19/07/2024 - I go to book Trenord for train from Tirano to Milan morning of the 20th July - cannot see any train schedule. Train schedule stops 08/07/2024.I check https://valtellinamobile.it/lavori-ferrovia-milano-tirano/ for disruptions etc and it translates to the below:The dates of the train block in 2024 and 2025 on the Lecco – Tirano lineLECCO – TIRANO and COLICO – SONDRIO – TIRANOPreparatory works for the 2026 Olympics 9 June 2024 – 8 September 2024 (90 day line interruption.LECCO – TIRANO and LECCO – COLICOPreparatory works for the 2026 Olympics June 2025 – September 2025 (90 day line interruption).Does this mean that line from Tirano to Milan on Trenord will not be running?Will it be diverted to a different route?Help appreciated - did not expect to strike issues in Switzerland over this time but I guess everything is geared for winter season perhaps? (hence Olympics?)

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Reserving Multiple Seats with Rail Provider

Me and a few friends are going interrailing, we want to sit together on train journeys so thought it would be better to book just the seat reservation separately through the Train Operators website.In this case we are using OBB, however when I select 3 seat reservations it only asks for one name and says it has to match the name on the ticket. However we have booked tickets separately/ using an Interrail pass.Does anyone know if it will be a problem if we book the 3 seat reservations under one name when we all have separate tickets?Thanks!

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France vers Barcelone

BonjourJe souhaite réserver un train depuis Narbonne (ou Sete) pour rejoindre Barcelone Sants le 15/06 prochain. Les 2 sont des trains à “réservation des places assises obligatoire”, pas de problème là dessus, mais sont “indispos” après recherche le site eurail.eu lorsque je veux payer.Une idée ?Merci à vous 

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9 minute train transfer Tirano

Hello all,I am planning a trip with my daughter through Europe this summer - part of this trip we are travelling the Bernina Express, panoramic car, afternoon train.This train arrives in Tirano 17:59 with our connecting train to Milan via Trenord departing 18:08 to Milan.Is the 9minutes enough time to transfer between the two? Is anyone familiar with this stop?We will be carrying straight on in Milan onto a sleeper train departing Milan 21:35 and if we miss the Trenord connection we miss the night train ex Milan and I am concerned this is too risky and may look to stay in Tirano the night instead.Help and advice appreciated, thanks in advance. :)  

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Bellinzona - Nice

Hello everyone! I am planning to take this route on 14 July from Bellinzona - Nice (Riquier).09:14 Bellinzona - Milano Centrale EC31311:10 Milano Centrale - Ventimiglia  IC63715:16 Ventimiglia - Nice ( Riquier) ​​​​The sbb, öbb apps , rail europe all say "tickets not available" only for the EC313 at 09:14 , IC637 at 11:10 every Sunday. Why is that? I understand that Swiss trains don't need reservations but the cross border ones into Italy do, correct? Or am I missing something? Can I just get on any EC/IC/ RE trains going out of Switzerland without reservations? Thank you for your suggestions!  

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