Replies posted by Gordon_Matheus

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Osvaldo Héctor Fatala
Osvaldo Héctor FatalaNew aboard
posted in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Planning my trip

When are you travelling ?If before June 1st, you only need booking for the Bruxelles Londres part, the rest is not mandatory, if between June 1st and September 1st, then Prague Berlin and Berlin Amsterdam also becomes mandatory.this look like a 4 day in a month interrail pass, and is pretty straight forward, all direct trains

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ralderton
Railmaster
10 days ago
donatien.brn
donatien.brnNew aboard
asked in Ask the community

Problem travelling from budapest to wien or muenchen

They said they are travelling in the summer, and in DB's infinite wisdom this does mean that reservations are required for the railjet…. Only if going to Munich, and the reservation can be avoided taking regional bahn in Salzburg

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Keeps calm and carries on
12 days ago
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Jimmy747New aboard
asked in Train connections & reservations

How do I book the EuroNight Sweden 345 from Copenhagen Airport to Berlin - unable to find reservetion

You should be able to book it on sj.se, adding the interrail discount

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Railly clever
11 days ago
Chris Stevens
Chris StevensRail rookie
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Pass validation

Some people seemed to be suggesting that, in some countries, you need to do an additional step as well as activatinng the pass and adding journeys for the day. They called it ‘validating the pass’, and suggested it needs to be done at the station prior to boarding the train. I did read about having to do something with ticket / validation machines in the platform in Italy for example, but again not sure how reliable the source is.   You mean obliterating your ticket ? Your pass is your ticket, and you don’t need to do anything else than activate a travel day and add the train to your pass.

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13 days ago
Lao Guimbail
Lao GuimbailNew aboard
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Travelling from france to portugal

Il faut faire le calcul, le Global Pass couvre aussi 2 jours de voyage en France (si tu es Française) donc c’est à prendre en compte

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13 days ago
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LunaveraNew aboard
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Dog

It looks like it will cost €7 per train, whether the dog is in a carrier or not. I’m not sure how you can buy this dog ticket on its own, but I guess you can do it at a station. You should be able to buy the pet ticket on its own on SNCF Connect, if that doesn’t work the station will

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13 days ago
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Kyla.mullenRail rookie
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How to check reservations for night train are available before I buy a Eurail pass?

These are bookable via Raileurope, the interrail/eurail reservation service or NMBS, Raileurope doesn’t have any booking fee, NMBS has a €4 booking fee per order, interrail/eurail has a €2 per person per train fee. The first two only require a pass number when paying for them, not for looking for availability. So this way you can check availability, and if you log into raileurope you can reserve these beds for a week I think? By keeping it in your basket.    It should, somehow, be possible to book 2x 4-person couchette compartments using Espace Privatif.  It isn’t on raileurope, but adding another person and entering one of your own pass numbers also works Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. Can you explain again how on raileurope, I can book 2 x 4-person couchette - I wondered if I should book 4 people in one booking, then 3 in a separate booking? But would be nice to have the rooms close together. You just add 8 passengers and make one

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12 days ago
Chris Stevens
Chris StevensRail rookie
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Pass validation

What do you mean pass validation ?If you mean activating a travel day and a train on your Railplanner app, then this is true for every country.

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13 days ago
STrofin
STrofinRight on track
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Missing Trains?

Do no use the Railplanner app to plan, it’s not reliable, since it doesn’t have all the data, and isn’t updated frequently enough

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13 days ago
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rvdborgtRailmaster
posted in Train connections & reservations

Reservations in some Grand Est TERs

  2 TER lines in Grand Est will have mandatory reservations from 1 July: https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/a-partir-de-cet-ete-la-reservation-sera-obligatoire-dans-les-ter-vallee-de-la-marne-6533098 Paris - Troyes - Belfort - Mulhouse Paris - Épernay - St. Dizier/Bar-le-Duc (possibly all the way from/to Strasbourg for the few trains that do that) The reservations are supposed to be free of charge and available from 1 March. No idea however, how or where they can then be booked. The reservations for now are only available at the station, they cost 1€70 and they only concern the journeys Paris - 1st stop outside of Paris, which means those TER lines can still be taken without reservations on most of the line.

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13 days ago
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Full steam ahead
nikita2007Full steam ahead
asked in Travelling by train

Travel Wroclaw - Wien - Italy

The weather is quite nice here in Bologna, from Wien you can take a direct RJ train (10€ interrail supplement) to Venezia, and make your way to Bologna and Florence using regional trains (reservation free).From Florence take the Freccia Rossa to Roma, and from Roma the IC or ICN to the south, there is even a day IC from Napoli to Sicily (meaning 3€ seat reservation vs 41€ couchette)

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18 days ago
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23MCPTripRail rookie
asked in Travelling by train

Unable to reserve seats London to Amsterdam

- IC Antwerpen-Centraal - Kortrijk - Lille-Flandres 10:36 - 12:51   AFAIK the Antwerpen Centraal Lille Flandres IC is not sold as direct and you would need to add the two trains on your trip, but it is the same train, just seat at the rear and your car will continue onwards to Lille without the need for you to change trains

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18 days ago
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nikita2007Full steam ahead
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Hotels in Italy, Wien minor

Look on booking.com, the rules about your age are clearly stated

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Railly clever
18 days ago
David Josephy
David JosephyRail rookie
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

wifi or mobile data?

Note that there are many mobile service providers in Europe which will provide loads of data and phone connectivity for €15 or less a month.  Thanks to the EU you can use this service across most of Europe (I think Switzerland may be an exception) without paying any roaming fees.   Exceptions include all non EU member states, i.e. Switzerland, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Vatican City, Monaco, Andorra, Norway, Iceland, Serbia, Bosnia, Montenegro, Kosovo, Albania, Turkey, Moldova, and the Northern Part of Cyprus.San Marino Vatican and Monaco are too small to bother about it, Andorra Liechtenstein and Switzerland are often excluded, whereas Norway and Iceland often Included.Serbia Montenegro Albania Kosovo Turkey and Moldova are almost never included.You need to check the fine prints

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21 days ago
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John YuRight on track
asked in Ask the community

Use of Apps on Eurail Global Pass

RER C to Versailles Chateau Rive Gauche is 4€05 one way, but since you have a continous pass you can take one of the TER Paris Montparnasse Chartres or Paris Montparnasse Le Mans or Paris Montparnasse Tours that stop in Versailles ad no additionnal cost, the castle is 20 min away by foot. The station you need to search for is Versailles Chantiers. Don’t search from Paris Gare du Nord, Search from Paris Montparnasse.

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23 days ago
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Lorena CanoRail rookie
asked in Train connections & reservations

Travelling Nice to Barcelona

Nice to Marseille can also be done Booking free on the TER, which take the same railroads as the TGV so only slightly longer (because of more stops).From Marseille there is one direct train to Barcelona a day, an AVI, but it can only be booked with the train staff on board.

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23 days ago
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Lihua29Right on track
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

A trip from Netherlands to France, Switzerland and Italy with Global pass?

Additionnaly you can reach Colmar reservation free buy going through germany or via Luxembourg and Metz/Nancy without the super expensive reservation fees (30 € for Amsterdam Paris, minimum 10€ for Paris Strasbourg)

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1 month ago
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ayesoRail rookie
asked in Eurail & Interrail Passes

Eurail vs Britail Pass

The only difference between Brit Rail pass and Eurail One Country pass UK is the validity on the Heathrow Express (BR is, Eurail is not) but you can use the Elizabeth Line with both.The Eurail global pass allows you to hop on a Eurostar to France, but they have added reservation fees of 30€ per person in 2nd Class. Reservations are NOT mandatory in the UK except for the two sleeper trains

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ralderton
Railmaster
1 month ago
Sarajoes
SarajoesRight on track
asked in Ask the community

Seat Reservation Routes (not available)

Did you select “Seat Only” when searching for connection ?For Night trains and trains from/to/in Italy, you need to add interrail discount and click on “One-way tickets” NOT “Seat Only”

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Full steam ahead
29 days ago
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neonroses22Rail rookie
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Interrail valid on RENFE?

Note the mandatory reservations on almost all Spanish trains (except Cercanias). They are sometimes not available online, only at counters in Spain or Germany. Or France ! 

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1 month ago
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GeorgieRight on track
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Bolzano to Monterosso Train Supplement

It depends which route you take, but you should expect to pay €13 for any train marked FR, FA, FB or EC, €3 for IC, and nothing for R, RE, REX. EC, FA and FB are 10€, FR is 13€

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1 month ago
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CGB04New aboard
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Advice on route: Barcelona (or Paris) - Ankara July 2024

Mind that july is both Olympics in paris and Football Euros in Germany, so everything will be extra crowded. As Rian said, the only way to reach Istanbul by rail is to go through Romania.You could do Barcelona Lyon, cross Switzerland and reach Vienna from where you have night trains to Bucharest where you take the night train to Istanbul.Almost all trains are valid with the pass, notable exceptions are Iryo, Avlo and Ouigo trains (both in France and Spain), FrecciaRossa trains in France, and Flixtrain in Germany.For the night trains reservations are mandatory, where you make them depends on the train itself. Most of them can be booked on tickets.oebb.at, adding the interrail discount and clicking One-Way tickets, NOT Seat only.I’d advise to sketch a route, decide which you want to take, and read this : https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm for where to reserve them.If you have more specific questions, please feel free to ask

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1 month ago
Brian Hall
Keeps calm and carries on
Brian HallKeeps calm and carries on
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2 trains in 1 day

Leonardo express is considered a regional train, no reservation needed or possible, just add the train to your trip,from Roma Termini to Firenze SMN take one of the many Freccia Rossa doing the route, pretty straightforward, bookable on tickets.oebb.at, add interrail discount and click on One-Way Tickets NOT Seat Only

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Brian Hall
Keeps calm and carries on
27 days ago
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MikeOdNew aboard
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Reserving a bike space

Not all TGV have bike spaces, are you absolutely positive yours have some ?You cannot add a standalone bike space reservation to a already purchased ticket, and you cannot book it on your own. Where did you buy the seat reservations ? Hopefully they’re refundable.What you need to do is :- Call SNCF : +33184943635, press #85 at the end for English, and have them try to book you a seat reservation + a bike space. Last time I tried (at the counter) the lady couldn’t book the two together, hopefully the agent you will have is more competent.If you get what you need, have the already bought seat reservations refunded.Worst case scenario, you will need to buy a transport bag for your bycicle and dismantle it before going into the TGV.DO NOT attempt to board with your bike without a proper bike reservation, this will result in a huge fine.If nothing works you can take the reservation free TER, bikes are admitted there

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BrendanDB
Full steam ahead
1 month ago
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Forden2kRight on track
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Inbound and Outbound journey on the same day

You can use these in/outbound day as you please during the validity of your pass. They do not actually need to get you outside of Germany as Rian said. For all that matters you could even use one for a random S-bahn trip in Berlin (although that would not make any sense financially speaking) !

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1 month ago
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