Dear @Schelte This might cause confusion since only the One Country pass France won’t be valid on this route. Our reservation portal works together with Silverrail on this particular route. Under the conditions, you can see this info: “International day trains, Carrier: RENFE-SNCF Cooperation a. The customer needs to hold a Global Pass or One Country Pass valid in all countries” The whole document is found here: Silverrail terms and conditions 2021.pdf (interrail.eu) We will raise this issue with B-Europe, so they can include this info on their website for all routes. Have a nice day! Dear @Camilo. This information is outdated since the Renfe-SNCF cooperation ceased to exist last December. The trains are now operated by SNCF only.
I am looking for the following trips in july and august: Madrid - Valencia (I found trips) but did not know I had to pay extra to book a seat. Valencia - Granada (no options) Granada - Malaga (no options) Paris - Barcelona (the reservation is too expensive) Barcelona - Madrid Granada-Málaga has a couple of daily AVANT services. Reservations only cost €4 on those. Valencia-Granada is a bit difficult, it would require either taking the Torre del Oro to Córdoba (€7 reservation fee I believe) and switching there to an AVANT to Granada (€4 reservation fee), or switching AVE in Madrid (2×€12).If I understand it correctly your route is Barcelona-Madrid-Valencia-Granada-Málaga, in which case I would suggest switching to Barcelona-Valencia-Madrid-Granada-Málaga, as that you can do with all legs being direct trains. In total this amounts to about €35 in reservations.The Paris-Barcelona TGV is indeed notoriously expensive to reserve at €35. You can save a bit as Brendan mentioned by going
Thanks, I’ll try the NS International counter here in Amsterdam and see if it’s possible there. As far as I know, NS is not able to book them, but you can always try. I’m crossing Spain in March to go to a meeting in Portugal. I’m planning to go (Amsterdam → Brussels → Valence → ) Barcelona → Madrid → Sevilla → Huelva → Ayamonte (the last bit by local bus), cross into Portugal on the little ferry and then take the train to Faro. I haven’t even been able to get regular tickets Barcelona → Huelva from the RENFE website (you have to break the journey into separate Barcelona → Madrid, Madrid → Sevilla and Sevilla → Huelva sections), so being able to get an Interrail ticket and reserve from here would be great. Nice route indeed! Madrid-Huelva has at least one daily direct Alvia (which should avoid Seville), but there are indeed no trains from Barcelona. Renfe only offers trips involving multiple trains that have been manually programmed, but otherwise they tell you to find it out yours
I think you can indeed only get them as paper tickets, so either at a ticket office, getting them by postal mail (€5.90 delivery fee I think) or by calling DB and collecting them from a DB ticket machine (there is also one DB ticket machine in The Netherlands, in Enschede)
Are you sure this won’t be an issue? Obviously, worse than an undesirable seat would be getting charged a fine + full fare ticket cost because I’m doing something I’m not supposed to, even if it is ultimately the fault of a system that won’t allow me to cancel the reservation. The pass Terms & Conditions feel a bit vague on this front, though the very general mention of “attempting to defraud Eurail and the participating carriers” feels like it would apply for someone booking multiple seats on the same train. Pretty certain no one will care, particularly as they are to blame. OBB was going to be my choice for rebooking. ÖBB does not allow you to select seats and the assignment of seats is as random as with Trenitalia (when booking for multiple passengers - they do get placed sort of together but for some reason not next to each other) but they do allow you to cancel it for free up to 3 minutes after purchase, as long as you haven't generated your PDF ticket.You will be able to se
You can just head to the train (or commonly to the access checks). They will look at them weirdly (as they have no barcode nor a reference number they can look up) but should accept them. The on-board conductor actually used the seat map on his PDA to check the tickets, as he had no other way of localizing them (the ticket number printed on them can't be found by Renfe staff either), but as they're printed on secured paper they should know its genuine.
Intercity is not a company, but a train type of indeed Deutsche Bahn. As this one is run in collaboration with Dutch railways NS (and ÖBB for the sleeper coaches) these bike reservations can also be obtained from NS on the phone or through an NS International ticket office, but not online: https://support.nsinternational.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/12357/I haven't been able to find out whether these can be obtained from Deutsche Bahn online. If you want a seat, you'll also be able to reserve it through either NS or DB together with your bike reservation. The NightJet portion of this train only has couchettes and sleeper accomodation, no seats. Note the seats are open-plan seats, and far from ideal for sleeping.
Indeed, even though unfortunate that's just before the arrival from The Netherlands (at hh:16), switching in Antwerp might always be a better idea - either to the direct connection 50 minutes later or to the earlier one with a switch in Ghent.
Hola! De Ámsterdam a Brujas no hay trenes directos, así que hay dos rutas: Ir de Ámsterdam directo a Bruselas (Brussel-Centraal/Bruxelles-Central o Bruxelles-Midi/Brussel-Zuid) y cambiar ahí a un tren directo a Brujas, o ir a Amberes (Antwerpen-Centraal), cambiar ahí a un tren a Gante (Gent-St Pieters) y en Gante coger un tercer tren a Brujas.La ruta con dos cambios (3 trenes) es algo más rápida, pero incluye un cambio relativamente corto en Gante y el tener que hacer un transbordo adicional puede ser desagradable con el equipaje.Para el trayecto internacional (de Ámsterdam a Amberes o Bruselas) de hecho también tienes otra elección: usar el tren Thalys de alta velocidad (€22 de gastos de reserva de plaza obligatoria) o el tren Intercity normal que dura más o menos 30-45 minutos más y no requiere reserva de asiento. Personalmente, no creo que valga la pena usar el tren de alta velocidad puesto que con el intercity tienes la flexibilidad de coger cualquier tren del día que te convenga.
@Camilo. The point is that the B-europe product conditions explicitly state that a pass covering France only is also acceptable for this route since SNCF stopped collaborating with Renfe and ran these services on their own.As @Angelo mentions, this is also the case on the SNCF TGV's to Freiburg and Milan, which as far as I know are run as open access services in respectively Germany and Italy.For Barcelona, b-europe explicitly states: "Adults or children in possession of a EURAIL or INTERRAIL PASS covering at least the French network."For Freiburg, b-europe mentions: "Adults in possession of a valid Eurailpass, Interrail Pass or Pass France Rail valid for the day of the travel, covering the entire French route."For Milan: "Adults in possession of a valid Eurail or Interrail pass validated for the day of the journey, covering at least the French part of the journey."For other tgv's it explicitly states a pass is required "covering the entire TGV journey".It is also weird only one of the
Have you tried booking these through https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish?It likely is cheaper and more reliable than through Eurails own portal. You will need your pass cover number, which in case you have a mobile pass you can generate using your mobile pass number on this site: https://www.eurail.com/en/book-reservations#/generatePassCoverNumber
How are we supposed to know this? And how can SNCF staff on those trains know (given they will probably be listed as only valid in France)?In this case especially given that the app for one of them explicitly mentions a global pass is required?
For the TGV Paris - Barcelona, since 11/12/2022, a pass valid in France is enough to be eligible for a pass reservation: https://public-pf.b-europe.com/en/Producten/Details?id=bb6a5f22-c6a5-43e9-98bc-2b85baa6c5f1 The remark about the "separate ticket” is confusing and should be changed to reflect the fact that you need a pass that covers at least France. And it should be mentioned for both TGVs. @Camilo. @Mukhammad could you please have this corrected? To be honest, can we trust that SNCB page? As far as I know (the default) the one country France pass is only valid within France, and nowhere else they mention that it's valid to Barcelona.
Schelte, Thank you for clarifying. It can be a bit overwhelming. 😊 Understandably, glad I could help. I hope you enjoy your trip!
You can use it any six days in the 31-day period between May 15 and June 14 (both included). Not June 15th though, as that would be a month and a day.The actual month is only relevant for determining the exact number of days: 31 days as you start in May or if you would start during any other month with 31 days, 28 if you start at any point in February (unless it's a leap year, then 29), and 30 if you start your pass in the course of the months with 30 days.
If you have a valid travel day for that day, you can get a free reservation either at the train station or online indeed through GWR (but not through their ticket search engine). Be sure to follow the steps listed here:
Interesting. I would have thought this would make abuse a bit easier (and I thought that was the reason why up to now customer service intervention was necessary), but this certainly also avoids quite some stress in case of broken/stolen/empty phones and hassle for customer services.
You certainly can have multiple passes!
Hello! I am looking into whether the 5-day pass is also valid if I start the journey on, for example, July 23, and arrive at the destination on June 24, but there are also transfers in between. In such a situation, does one day or two days already count? Assuming you mean July 23 and July 24: It depends if the transfer is before or after midnight Central European Time. The use of travel days is determined by the moment you board the train (according to the timetable), so if you board a subsequent train after midnight you’ll need to use a travel day for that day as well. When buying a train ticket from Milan to Nice, does the ticket include transfers? There are no direct trains from Milan to Nice, so you will have to transfer. You have to buy passholder seat reservations for the direct trains between Milan and Ventimiglia, but with your pass you don't need reservations for the TER regional train from Ventimiglia to Nice. The ticket is your interrail pass, which does allow taking bo
You don't have to: with a 1st class pass you can also travel in 2nd class.You can (if still available) change them to reservations in Standard Premier (1st class), but you will probably have to pay exchange fees. Reservations in standard premier are also slightly more expensive, but they do include a cold meal & drinks.
Thank you for your response. My journey is on the 12th Feb 08:07 to 09:39 from Paris Nord to Bruxelles Midi/Zuid. Will you advise for this period of time? I’ve another one as well which is Bruxelles Midi/Zuid going to Amsterdam Centraal on 14th Feb at 08:52 to 10:44 In case of anything, what should i do if i’m already at the station and i’m not aware of trains not able to board? Both those trains are being sold by Thalys, so they expect to run them. No issues are expected yet.
You can also chose to change your Eurail pass to a 1st class pass if the conditions of your pass allow exchanging and your pass is not yet active - it is often not much more expensive than the upgrade cost for such long journeys.Check your confirmation email to see if your pass is exchangable. If it is, this will incur a €15 exchange fee + the price difference.
Welcome! Be aware NS has just announced the passes won't be valid on most ICE's leaving NL in Summer (between 17 june and 18 August 2023). Only on those leaving after 16:00 you will be able to use your pass. Alternative routes exist, such as using regional trains (via Venlo, Heerlen or Emmerich), using the IC Berlin (Hengelo-Bad Bentheim) or going via Belgium.
There are some ferries from Croatia to Italy, if that's what you mean. https://www.interrail.eu/en/plan-your-trip/tips-and-tricks/trains-europe/ferries/snav-ferriesI myself want to take the train over the Belgrade-Bar (Montenegro) route sometime - I've heard it's pretty scenic and I've never been to Serbia nor Montenegro - and there seem to be ferries from there to Bari in summer, but unfortunately for the time being there are no trains from Budapest to Belgrade.
Based on your comments, including your possible hop to San Sebastián, I would say you have three options:- Global pass + passholder seat reservations on Eurostar + passholder seat reservations on tgv's- One-country pass France + separate tickets for Eurostar + passholder seat reservations for TGV- (no pass) separate tickets for Eurostar + separate tickets for TGV.The choice between the first two depends on how much your Eurostar tickets would cost you, considering you'll also use a travel day. Be sure to check passholder reservations are still available, as these are limited in quantity (bookable from exactly 6 months ahead).Since the Eurostar passholder reservation fees are considerable (€35, on TGV they cost either €10 or €20 + probable booking fees), buying separate tickets might be cheaper. A carte avantage can be beneficial as it gives discount and caps the prices (either €39/€59/€79 depending on length), but note the adult version (ages 28-59 iirc) only gives discount for trips i
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