Replies posted by Palle Dam

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Palle DamKeeps calm and carries on
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Planning a travel without Eurostar

Thank you.It is good to know that there are no baggage checks at the “red” Eurostar stations. Is that also the case at Paris Gare du Nord? I might depart from here when on my way home.Baggage check or not: Eurostar seat reservations are a bit expensive, so I am still considering my options for an alternative route. It seems like a stopover in Mannheim or Karlsruhe will make the bahn.de find a route without Eurostar. And it does not seem to take much longer.

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ralderton
Railmaster
6 months ago
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Palle DamKeeps calm and carries on
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Short notice reservations in France

Thank you for your answersIt is good to hear that it is possible to book reservations as log as there are free seats.I can find the Spanish AVE from Barcelona to Lyon. But no Renfe-train all the way to Paris. Not that I need to go to Paris, but am I missing a route?Can you tell me more (link) about the possibility to with AVE i France without a reservation? Is it a real rule or do I have to be lucky to meet a guard in a good mood?Should I ask the guard at the platform (the train only stops for a few minutes) or should I just get on and ask after the train has left the station. I can’t risk being left behind if I have reservations further north.I assume there is no Renfe staff at French stations.It is also good to know that TER-trains should be comfortable enough for long journeys. I was worried that the seats would be hard and narrow like some commuter trains.A bit off topic, but i case someone is wondering how I can take 2 night trains within 1 travel day, here is my outbound itinerar

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Full steam ahead
2 months ago
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Palle DamKeeps calm and carries on
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Inbound journey. Crossing border before midnight

Thank you for confirming that it will not be possible to have the last bit of my journey covered by the pass. I was expecting this, I just wanted to be sure.Denmark is a small country, so I guess we are not a part of the extra-day-test. But it looks like the Netherlands is covered by the test:The Netherlands is about the same size as Denmark. In many places the distance to the border might even be shorter. So maybe… The Eurail/Interrail is located in the Netherlands.As you said, there is no list but does anyone what the criteria is for a country to be part of the test? The article about it is a bit vague: https://eurail.zendesk.com/hc/en-001/articles/11170800337821-Extra-outbound-inbound-journeys-visible-on-the-Rail-Planner-appI will know if Denmark is covered when I have bought my pass.About the other countrys: Should we make our own list of test-participating countries by asking people in this community (In a separate topic)? Or does Eurail/Interrail want it to be a secret? After all

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runner.on.rails
Railly clever
2 months ago
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Palle DamKeeps calm and carries on
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Inbound journey. Crossing border before midnight

Just an update - sort of…I have now bought a 5-day pass and registered it in the Rail Planner App. But I still can't see how many inbound/outbound days I have. Maybe it will not show this unless the pass is activated - but I don't want to do that until right before my journey starts.Palle Dam

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runner.on.rails
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2 months ago
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Palle DamKeeps calm and carries on
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Inbound journey. Crossing border before midnight

I activated and deactivated my pass. It looks like Denmark only has the normal 2 inbound /outbound days. I don't know what the pattern is, since countries with similar sizes has 3 days. Maybe there is no pattern. After all, it is only a test...So in case anyone else reads this, the list of inbound /outbound days currently looks like this:Belgium: 3 daysDenmark: 2 daysNetherlands: 3 daysSweden: 3 daysSwitzerland: 3 days Feel free to add more countries to the list.Palle Dam

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runner.on.rails
Railly clever
2 months ago
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Select seat on train between Germany and France.

Well, if something seems too good to be true, it probably is…Maybe this error in DBs reservation system can explain the trouble I had last summer (2023) with booking a reservation from Denmark (my home country) to Germany. I could go through the whole booking process, but when I got to paying part, something failed.I had to make this reservation at the Danish DSBs site. As far as I remember, a Danish reservation cost 30 DKK (≈ 4€) pr. train while a DB reservation costs 4,9€ for the entire journey. Not a huge difference, but still ..So it seems like DBs system can show border crossing reservations, but can't complete them.Why isn't this error in DBs system not mentioned anywhere? Either here in this community or somewhere else. It could get a lot of people in trouble. Have I overlooked something?

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Railmaster
2 months ago
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Palle DamKeeps calm and carries on
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Select seat on train between Germany and France.

If it is not a system error, then it must be bad communication from both Interrail and DB.I have read a lot about seat reservations, but I have never heard about “Passzuschlag” before. (Probably because I don’t read German that well). So I tried to ask Google. Then I found this (actually the German version at first): https://www.interrail.eu/en/plan-your-trip/reservations/trains-with-additional-supplementsI claims to list all trains that requires “additional supplement” (That must be the English translation of “Passzuschlag”): Brenner and Tarvisio routes IC Direct in the Netherlands EIP Poland Brussels Airport Supplement Centovalli Scenic Train Eurocity Trieste – Slovenia Supplement TGV/ICE between Germany and France is NOT on this list. The article says that a notification about "Additional supplement required"  will show on the interrail seat reservation tool and the timetable.I tried to make a search on a couple of the routes on the list - and here the "Additional suppleme

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2 months ago
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rvdborgtRailmaster
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Reservations in some Grand Est TERs

I just found this:https://www.ter.sncf.com/grand-est/services-contacts/reservation-a-bordThe last question in the FAQ is about Interrail. Interrail reservations has to be bought at the counter for €1.7. They say that reservations will be available on the Interrail website soon.(I don’t speak French, but Google translate works fine...) I did a few searches for reservations on Interrails seat reservation site. From Paris to Belfort. Until 5/7 the is no reservation required.Between 6/7 og the first train on 8/7, the Interrail site says that reservations is required and costs from €1.7 (The usual €2 Interrail reservation fee is not mentioned). But the system is not able to book these reservation.No trains is found after the first train on 8/7.I don’t know when the FAQ was written, but “soon” is not yet… :-)I have also looked at Raileurope.com. This site is not good at finding regional trains - unless they are faster than the TGV. But it can find some of the same trains as Interrail. But no

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12 days ago
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Jimmy747New aboard
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How do I book the EuroNight Sweden 345 from Copenhagen Airport to Berlin - unable to find reservetion

You can’t make reservations from the app. And don’t book at Interrails own booking site if you can avoid it - it adds a €2 booking fee.Reservations for SJ trains is best booked at sj.se. They have just changed their booking system for journeys after June 4. So things looks a little different from som guides you might find (Like this one: https://www.interrail.eu/en/book-reservations/how-do-i-book-seats.Here is my instructions for the new SJ booking system. This might also be useful for other users:Go to https://www.sj.se/. Or  https://www.sj.se/en for the English version (These instructions will be based on the English version). Click “Search journey”. Choose travle date. This is to determine if you will be using the old or new system. This step might disappear after June 4. Select your departure and arrival stations. You can also change departure date again. Now you should tell the system that you have an Interrail/Eurail pass and therefore only need a reservation. This step has chang

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10 days ago
seewulf
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seewulfRailmaster
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How to get Reservations :)

About SJ-reservations:It is currently possible to use any pass-number in the NEW system (4th June or later). I just used “1”. This is fine for a test-booking, but for a real reservation you should use a real number, since it is printed on he ticket.There is a few other differences on the old and new system. I wrote a guide in another topic (with focus on night trains):  

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7 days ago
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