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Hello Interrail Community,On May 11th, we plan to start our journey back home from Barcelona to Munich. We intended to purchase our seat reservations at the Renfe counter in Barcelona, but we were informed that from May 9th to May 13th, there are no trains running from Barcelona to Paris (or anywhere like Avignon). Now we are searching for an alternative route to return to Munich (or somehow to Paris), but we can't seem to find any route.(We also would leave one day earlier) Have we overlooked something? Does anyone know of an alternative? Any help would be greatly appreciated.Greetings.  

Hello All,  I have purchased an interrail global pass to travel from France to Switzerland. with 4 days of travelMy country of residence is France. Please let me know if the following route will be ok for my inbound and outbound limits?Day 1: Paris (France) to Geneva (Swiss)    (outbound)Day 4: Basel (Swiss) to Strasbourg (France) and then Strasbourg (France) to Paris (France)  (inbound) Since I want to go to a specific Train station at Paris which has no direct train from Swiss...I have to First go to Strasbourg (in France) and then take another train from here to Paris.Will these be counted as one inbound journey or two? In other words, will my journey from Strasbourg to Paris be included in the pass? Thank you in advance for the answer!     

We are a family of 7. We only plan to travel on 2-3 day trips from Paris (Chantilly one day, Amiens another), and then the over night train on July 10th from Paris to Nice. Tickets are 160 Euro per person for that over night train so I planned to buy a Eurail pass for all of us for the overnight train at least. Not sure if we need a 3 day pass or just a one day pass for the night train, as the other trips are quite short. But I read that seat reservations for the night trains are limited for Eurail pass holders - How can I work out if the overnight train has space for us before I buy the Eurail pass? I don’t want to buy a pass then find I can’t book the seats for the trip I have planned! Thanks for your help

Hello from New Zealand, I have found the overnight train I want from Vienna 11th July and arriving in Florence early 12th July. However, how do i book this with my Eurail pass (understand additional cost for sleeper bed). Also, I cant see this train journey on my Rail Planner app, How can i be certain this train will actually be available? Many thanks, Paula 

Hi, Myself and my friend are interailling for the first time next week. We have been able to book hostels, and some seat reservations but it becomes increasingly difficult when leaving Berlin. We have been given the option of paper ticket but they won't arrive in time to us or the hostel. It says able to get on the train but worried what this means without a seat reservation. When looking further ahead leaving prague it says unable to board train without seat reservation but there is no available for days which we don't understand how this can be possible. Please can someone advise us on what to do in this situation has I say we have booked accommodation already and have been saving for this for years. 

I am traveling this summer and I need to either make a trip from budapest to wien or to muenchen. I tried changing the date and time but whatever I choose when I try to make a reservation it says that the prices are unavailable.And I don’t know if there is a simple explnation or a problem can you help me ?

Hi,I am planning a trip on 15.4.2024 from Madrid to Vigo train AVIA 4115. Since weeks most fast trains are only available unti 30.3.2024. On various community entries I found renfe usually makes them available for reservation about 60 days in advance. This would have been 15.2.2024. Unfortunately their phone support is terrible english and  I did not find any mail adress to ask.Does anybody know what’s ongoing here or where I can buy seat reservations?  

I read that some countries require pass validation before boarding a train, but can’t find any information about which countries nor how to do it.Does anybody know if it’s true. If it is, then which countries and how? A link to a site explaining it all would be most helpfulThanks

Hi every one,I want to go to Portugal from France, but there are no direct trains. I have to go through Spain. In that case, can I take a country pass, or do I have to take the global? Thank you for your help ++ Laure :)

Hi 😊 We want to travel to Argelés-sur-Mer and I wanted to ask the chat-gpt but it is not able to answer. We would like to know, how it is with interrail pass AND to take a little dog with us. Does the dog need a ticket? It is 7 kg and can fly with us in the aeroplane as “luggage”, how is it in the TGV and also in “normal” train? Thank you!

I’ve seen several Q’s and Q’s on / around the topic of seat reservations for RENFE trains for interrail pass holders but I thought I’d try and get a definitive answer on my specific situation. I’m arriving in Nimes, France on 4/12/23 and hope to travel to Spain on the 09:00 Nimes to Madrid service on 06/12/23. Nowhere currently am I able to book an online reservation for that specific train, only trains later in the day which aren’t suitable timings-wise as I need to get to Cordoba from Madrid that afternoon.Is my only option to call SNCF, or use another service operator (DBahn?), or is it safe (or possible) to wait until I’m in Nimes and try and book a reservation at Nimes Station. Is it unwise to leave booking (or attempting to book) the reservation to literally one / two days before travelling or should I try and book well in advance?Thanks !

I'm from Australia and planning a trip to Europe in July with 2 of my friends. We are planning to get a train from Barcelona to Valencia, and I was looking at the highspeed Euromed (RENFE) train as it is quick and supposedly scenic.However, I have found out that you cannot make reservations online, so I was wondering how I'm suppose to reserve a seat on this train? Obviously going into the office is not an option as I'm on the other side of the world, and doing it when I get to Europe would be too risky as these trains supposedly sell out fast.I have read that I could potentially call a Swiss ticket office, or that I could call RENFE? However I only speak English, would the phone operator even be an English speaker?I have seen that I can book online/on the RENFE app roughly 60 days in advance, but this is without Eurail discount. Is it worth just doing it like that, or is the discount substantial?Any help would be appreciated as a lot of this is foreign to me and has been a nightmare t

I’m wanting to book two trips in Italy: Rome to Sulmona, and Rome to Trevi in July. When I put the information into the Eurail planner I get a message, “Sorry, we can’t find any trains that match your search.” Yet when I go on the Trenitalia website and search for those journeys there are many of them to choose from. Why are they available, but not on the Eurail app? Are they not covered by the pass, or are they not yet available for pass holders?

Hi,I just tried to find a Eurostar from London to Amsterdam on November 30th and it says “no trains found” and the dates are not showing up at all as having services.  Before I go and look for flights, just wondering if anyone knows whether there will be trains showing later or if there is a service disruption on that date? Thank you!

hi, I want to go from Wroclaw to Venice, and then take the train to Silicia to take a ferry to the island, and then return home. Do you have any thoughts on the layout? I’m thinking of going to Verona, spending the night there, going to see Venice in the morning, and either in the evening or the next day I’ll go to Silicia. The problem is that I have 3 out of 4 days left on the pass which makes everything even more complicated.

We want to travel from Amsterdam ending that day in Brugge, Belgium. We want to stop in Antwerp and Bruxelles for a few hours each.  I don’t know how to book this on the Eurail pass app.  They just have trains from Amsterdam to Bruxelle.  So do we book that even though we would get off in Antwerp?  Hoping it stops there?  4 hours later get a train to Bruxelle.  Stop there for 4 hours then get a train to Brugge?  I don’t know how to book this.  I miss having a reservationist to call and help.  Thanks in advance.  Diane

I’m 100% need print ticket? I can print in Innsbruck?

We are traveling through Spain and France and are thinking about getting the 7 day Global Pass. We used rail planner and it appears all the trains we picked require a reservation. Are seat reservations cheaper when you have the Global Pass? If we have to buy seat reservations what’s the value of the Eurail Global pass?Should we wait until we arrive in Spain to book all our seat reservations at the train station or book all our seat reservations in advance online? What’s the best way to book the seat reservations based on the trips below? We are traveling Madrid to Valencia to Barcelona to Montpellier to Bordeaux to Paris to London over a 25 day period.

Hi, after several years of interrailing here comes the time to ask for help 😵 I’m trying to book a night train (apparently NJ295) from Munich to Genova departing on June 19th, 8:10pm. Does anyone have confirmed information about railworks or any other reason why this train wouldn’t go? It’s not visible anywhere except OBB (not even in Eurail booking system), however there it’s with a very disturbing notification “Please note-timetable subject to change”. Now, I’m not sure whether to risk and book it, or is it very unlikely it will actually go? Any insights, please?

Sorry guys, this is train full?

Purchase of ticket with seat reservation required, but no seat possible to reserve. What to do?

Hi People!I think I’ve established that TERs within France (e.g. Paris » Burgundy / Colmar) doesn’t require reservations. Some questions here!Does my global Eurail pass cover TER train rides cost? (i.e. Can I simply show up with my Eurail’s QR code/any form of scanning and take the TER train based on their train schedule and hop on freely?) Or does TER requires purchase from SNCF websites beforehand?Thank you for your help!Eugene

Hi. Although I've seen a number of questions and answers about this promotion I want some help in clarifying the earliest and latest dates I can use for a Rail journey. My pass needs to be activated by 01 June. The pass is for 10 days in 2 months. I want to make my first rail journey on 09 June and the rest of the journeys between 25 June and 08 July. Is my first journey on 09 June acceptable for this pass.Appreciate any help the community can offer.

hello, I’m have ask, why ticket not available?

we want to travel from barcelona to paris on may 10th. There is no other option because the hotel has been booked in Paris and we have to leave Barelona. It now appears that there is work on a section of the route for Lyon (in France) on Thursday, Friday and Saturday. I have tried everything now but cannot find a way to get to Paris on that day. Anyone who has experience with this and knows a solution? my gratitude is great