Train connections & reservations

Hello, my goal is to travel from Stockholm to Narvik on July 18th. The only available route requires me to change trains at Boden. However, it seems to me that the night- train arriving at Boden splits into two, with one section continuing on to Narvik.So I have two questions:Will new direct trains be offered?If it’s not the case do I have to use two travel days for this journey?Thanks for your answer ! 

I’m wondering if there is any way to select specific seats using a Eurail pass on Trenitalia.  From everything I read online here, it’s not possible on Trenitalia’s website, Trenitalia Kiosks, Eurail, or even OBB.   My travel companion for an upcoming trip has never been to Europe before and I was really hoping I could select seats, rather than have them preassigned.  I’m wondering if we go to a Trenitalia agent at a station if they have flexibility of accommodating requests.   I’d prefer the one seat arrangements facing each other, but as long as we’re sitting together, that would be fine.  What I’m really hoping to prevent is being assigned in different cars or even in the same car not together.  Is there a way to see the assigned seats before finalizing a booking?  I’m fine with us sitting side-by-side, across from each other, window or aisle, etc.  Just don’t want us separated.   I wonder how others experiences have been in this regard, or if I’m just over thinking

Does anyone have any insight into what routes will be offered this summer, and when booking might open?I am trying to book for early July from Narvik (if it runs) or Boden to Stockholm. The website just shows track maintenance being planned, and no tickets yet. Although I note there are tickets for a few days later in the month. Is there any certainty there will be trains, even if a different route / schedule etc? 

I am struggling to find pass holder reservations for any EC train Italy-Switzerland via this site, or RailEurope, or OBB.  All will sell me a full fare, but no pass holder reservation.Specifically I am trying to book EC16 13:10 Milano Centrale - Zurich. on 20/07/26.  I have tried many other dates, even different months and all say (on interrail.eu) pass holder reservations may be sold out.  Is this likely, 3.5 months in advance?  (I have tried dates in May as a test, in case reservations have not opened yet, but get the same message).I know there is a local train option with a change in Lugano and may have to rely on that, but curious to know if others see the same, and insights on what is going on?Many thanks for your help

Hello, we are a group of 4 travelling from Paris to Tabres on the SNCF night train. We all have Global Eurail passes. Two friends would like to join us on the trip by buying direct tickets from SNCF.Is there any way we can book seat reservations so all of us can get places in the same 6-bed couchette? As far as I can see the Eurail website allows to add only passholders. Thanks!

Hi!I’m intending to travel between Vienna and Venice with OBB, using a 1st class Interrail pass. Is it possible to book business class with an interrail pass, or can I only book 1st class?Additionally, is business class worth the extra money? It’s a 7 hour trip, so additional comfort would be nice, but idk if its worth the price

Hi everyone, we’re in the process of planning our first Interrail trip this July. We plan to travel from Basel to Como on July 29th. Currently, on direct trains, I’m getting the following message on Rail Planner - 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.On Rail Europe, a lot of the connections are stating that the pass doesn’t apply, or applies for only part of the journey. Would it be easier to travel via regional trains which don’t require reservations, assuming these direct options are fully booked? I think we can travel via via Lugano or Chiasso without mandatory reservations.Any advice much appreciated. Thank you 

Hi fellow travelers, I am seeking your advise on a sleeper train situation. I want to travel from Penzance to London on 21/08/2026 and catch a Eurostar to Paris on the morning after.  Now, my problem is that you apparently cannot reserve a seat for the Night Riviera Sleeper from Penzance to London because it's "a counted place booking" which means that I "will be able to sit in any available seat while on board", according to the Great Western Railway Support. To make extra sure, I called them and asked and they were able to issue me a reservation that only says "Counted Place". When I asked, the lady on the phone confirmed, that I could be early at the station to catch a seat.I am quite anxious that I will arrive at the station and the train will be full and I would have no accommodation for the night and a Eurostar to catch in the morning. Especially because I am travelling in peak season. Is there anybody with experie

Hi!We’re a familiy of four - two adults and 2 kids (0 and 2 years old).We’d like to make a reservation for a train from Mannheim, Germany to Paris, France. From what we understand, kids younger then 5 years old travel for free. However, when we try to book via the interrail website, the overall amount is supposed to be 88 Euros for all of us. Can anyone help on how to make the right reservation?Thanks a lotAntje and familiy

I am trying to plan a family rail trip across Europe for the summer of 2027 but can’t access the train schedules yet (understandably). When do you think they will be ready?Thanks

For two days I tried to make a seat reservation for mandatory German ICE train connections. 1st: if you try to change the automatically chosen seat, you can try for a 100 times and choose available seats at the window or at  the aisle or whatever, after going through all the necessary steps you get the message: ERROR, go back and try again (or something like that). Even if you don’t want to change anything (after two days trying you are happy to get any seat) and filling in your credit card details you get the same message. Crazy! Now I found out that this problem occurs already for more than 2 years! And someone suggested: try ÖBB, which I dit. And wonder oh wonder: it works!! I have easily made my reservations and even could change the preselected seats for silence zones and at the window, costs € 3,- per train.So, if you rely on the German Gründlichkeit => DON’T! Try the Austrian way!

Hi, does anyone has an idea how to book a seat an bike reseservation without bying the ticke on DB navigator.Thanks. Torsten

Ich möchte gerne wissen, wie viel es kosten würde, ein Ticket 2. Klasse vom Bahnhof ROMA TERMINI zum Bahnhof PARIS GARE DE EST zu buchen.

Hi there ! I’m looking to book a train from Marseille (France) to Granada (Spain) on May the 24th, but the section from Madrid to Granada is not available for booking, due to the limited interrail’s seats on board. This train is on Alvia. Do you know if there is any way to get through this limitations ? Has anyone of you been to Spain and travelled with Alvia compagny and knows if the reservations are that tricky ? I already tried with happyrail and Rail Europe.Thank you so much by advance ! Ezeikiel

I was wondering about the necessity to reserve seats in advance in the UK in first class.I already learned here that sometimes they aren’t mandatory even though it’s indicated on rail planner, but traveling as a family of 4, I’d rather do it, since it’s free of charge. So my question is: are there trains that sell out like weeks or months before or is it usually ok to reserve a few hours in advance? Would people reserve a few different trains, if they aren’t sure which one they will take?

So I have to make some seat reservations as for some of the trains, its mandatory. What if I book a seat and I miss the train on the day, would I have to book another seat for myself or would I be given another seat in another train? The hard part of my travel is that the schedule is not fixed even though the route is fixed, which makes things complicated for me. 

Hi!I’m trying to book a seat on the 13:57 Berlin Lichtenberg to Warszawa Centralna (EC 49) on the 18th September. Whenever I select “Buy Now” after inputting my information, I get a booking error:Why is this? Is the train not yet available for booking, or have I missed it? Or am I doing something completely wrong? I tried asking DB Customer Support but their response was not very helpful.Thank you for any help anyone can provide

Hello everyone!We're traveling to Europe in July - Agust. We have a Eurail Global 7 Day Flexi Pass. Here's our itinerary:1- London to Paris (reservationbooked) = 1travel day (Paris to Rome by plane)2 - Rome to Pompeii to Florence = 2nd travel day     We're spending a day in Pompeii then traveling      on to Florence in the afternoon - can we count       that as 1 travel day using the same ticket OR       do we need to purchase additional tickets?3 - Florence to Venice 3rd travel day4 - Venice to Milan5 - Milan to Switzerland 6 - Switzerland to Vienna 7 - Vienna to Germany How soon should we book our Train reservations?Thank you!      

We are trying to book trains for Europe online from Canada.We are blocked from booking with our Eurail passes until 150 days in advance of our travel.  We’re not traveling until October of 2026.  We’re concerned that when we get to 150 days prior there will be no seats available.  As a test, we’ve tried from today to book out 150 days in the future and get the message that “no reservations available for pass holders” on one of the legs we’re traveling later this year for any of the trains shown.  Are we going to be restricted from booking or is there a certain time (GST) that we should start tryng 150 days in advance of our first booking?

Hi, I am currently trying to book the train from Bled to Split, and I can reserve a seat from Zagreb to split, but it won’t let me do the same for Bled to Zagreb. I see that you don’t need a reservation to get from Bled to Split, but it says it’s a night train so I am a bit confused, since it is at 7am. Does the pass cover the 7am stop at bled and do I not need to reserve a seat? Or, do i just get on the train and scan in with my interrail pass? Any help would be really appreciated, Thanks guys. 

Hello, I’d like to go on 4th July from Mora (Sweden) via Stockholm (taking the night train to Hamburg Hbf) and take the next connecting train to Lübeck (connecting train will be on 5th July).Will this journey show up on my Interrail pass as ONE trip? Or as 2 trips because of the connection on the following day?I can book at SJ from Mora to Hamburg with reservation fee for the couchette in advance. But it’s too early for booking the connecting trail to Lübeck at DB Regional. How should I hadle this to get most profit of my Interrail pass?Thanks for your advice.

 Hello,We will be traveling to Switzerland and Italy in June 2026 and have a Eurail Global Pass. I am currently trying to reserve train seats for our journey from Lucerne (Switzerland) to Venezia S. Lucia (Italy) on June 3, 2026.Please find our trip details below for your reference. I understand that seat reservations are available from Lucerne to Lugano, and I am happy to pay for these seats. However, for the segment from Lugano to Venezia S. Lucia, the system indicates “open seating.”As we are a family of four traveling with significant luggage, I am concerned about seat availability for the Lugano to Venice portion of the journey.Could you please advise whether it is likely that we will be able to find seats together on this segment? Alternatively, should we consider booking seat reservations through another channel?Also, Is it possible to transfer between trains within 4 minutes? If we miss the connecting train, would we be allowed to take

I’m global pass 1st pass holder.I want to go to Le Haver from Paris.Do I need to book seat reservation?

It looks as though I may have to change a reservation that I made with Rail Europe - basically changing from a journey Milano Garibaldi to Roma Termini to a different time leaving from Milano Centrale to Roma Termini.I saw that there was an earlier posting on this site that offered the guidance:https://help.raileurope.co.uk/article/41286-exchanging-tickets#accountHowever this guidance implies that there is a button: exchange options and I cannot see that on my Rail Europe app.