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Hi, I am planning a family trip this summer and looking for some early advice. We are trying to do a little initially planning on what is possible but we keep getting stuck with how to get to and from Istanbul. All the information says there is a overnight train between Sofia and Istanbul but it’s does show up in any planners for summer 2023. Could it be I am looking to plan to early or is this route no longer available? Thanks in advance from a noobie

Hi We are traveling from UK probably in April and wondering about the best route to see the Alps. Any tips or ideas/experiences very welcome!

Have booked Eurostar from London to Paris, but wanting to travel that same morning from Leicester to London. Don't appear to be able to add that journey to my Plan. Is the journey covered?

Hi everyone,Starting in April I will be traveling to the following countries: The Netherlands, Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. I plan to take the train as much as possible, so it seems like the 3 month Global pass would be the best option for me, but I am not clear about whether or not the pass allows me to travel within a country? For example if I wanted to take a train from Amsterdam to Rotterdam or from Berlin to Munich, can I use the Global Pass to get these tickets for free? Or if I wanted to take the local transit within Berlin (S-Bahn) for example? I will be spending 5 weeks of the trip just in Berlin taking an intensive language course so this is very important for me to understand. Would appreciate clarification on this. Thank you.

Hello I’m planning to travel from Istanbul to Western Europe in early Feb.I understand the only way is to book tickets while in Istanbul.Are there multiple options to travel from Halkali? I see some suggestions to travel to Dimitrovgrad, Plovdiv or Sofia (they seem to be on same line and I see two Dimitrovgrad on interrail map - one west and one east of Sofia).is same from Sofia onwards i.e I have to book while in Bulgaria? Any up to date information would be helpful Regards 

Hi everyone, I am taking a train tomorrow from Berlin to Prague. I was just wondering if I need to get to the train station early for an international train? And if so, by how much?  Thank you in advance! 

Hello  I have a question regarding the use of the in and outbound days. My plan is to go from near Munich to Hamburg and then the next day from Hamburg to  Kopenhagen (as the travel time from my hometown which is south of Munich to Kopenhagen would be way too long for one day) Is it possible to use in this case both days (in- and outbound) for these two days?  thank you for your replies! 

I’m trying to book Interrail reservations for trains in France on 1st April, it’s a TGV within France, from Paris to Moutiers. It just says “booking momentarily unavailable” on every single train. Does this mean they’re fully booked or not available to book yet? It’s within three months now so I thought it should work! 

Can anyone please assist with finding a 'detour' or 'pass through somewhere else' route from Rottedam to Paris for sometime today (2nd Jan 2023)? ie: through Brussels or somewhere in France heading to Paris

Hello  I’m about to start using my 3 month continuous interrail pass. My home country is UK.I understand I can only use one inbound and outbound eurostar. Does the outbound eurostar have to be at the beginning (i.e the first train journey) and the inbound the last one ?What happens if I use an inbound eurostar after 3 months - does it mean I cannot use for last 1 month? regards 

Dear all, Hoping someone can guide me here pretty please.I looked up in in the app planer and I can make it from Madrid to Milan on the same day in just over 15 hours.In Madrid I was able to book a HSpeed train to Barcelona at 7am. Renfe won't sell me any of the other trains after Barcelona. I found in the app that I need to call a number to book Barcelona- Valence. I haven't done it yet but I am hoping this is a straight forward step. The train shows in the Eurail website as well as in the app.The next train, Valence-Chambery Challes requires no reservations and also shows in both app and website.Now, the HSpeed and last train and as shown on the app, the Chambery-Milano P.Garibaldi requires reservations. The app says I can book on the Eurail website. I am looking on the website and this train is not showing. This is for January 10th departing 17:44 arriving in Milano at 21:49 (4 hours and much better than a regular train that takes more than twice as long).Can someone help me? Does t

Hello Eurail Community, I am wondering, if i have Eurail 4 days in a month flex pass, say that:Purchase date --- 5 jan 2023Activation date --- 15 mar 2023First travel date --- 16 mar 2023Second travel date --- 19 mar 2023 (some trains and including NIGHTJET)Third travel date --- 21 mar 2023Fourth travel date --- 25 mar 2023 (some trains and including NIGHTJET)Last vailidity date ---- ? my questions are:Are the arrangements above valid? Since I want to hop on a nightjet train on my last travel day, is this actually permitted? Because my pass is still valid until 14 apr 2023? Or If i want to do this I need to take the 5 days in a month flex pass (my pass will expire after 25 mar 2023 at 23.59 CET)? Please kindly help to clarify. Thank you,Teguh

Hola Viajeros , soy nuevo en esto y tengo muchísimas dudas jejeje en mayo inicio un viaje en el cual recorreré varias ciudades (Madrid - Barcelona - Paris - Londres - Bruselas- Amsterdam- Roma - Florencia compré el pase mensual y ya tengo los boletos ( QR) , resulta que en ciertas estaciones  me pide reserva de asientos , y aquí es donde tengo muchas dudas. considerando la fecha , podré hacer la reserva de asientos apenas llegue a cada ciudad ? si esto fuera así, se respeta ese horario del ticket que tengo en el eurail , o solo son horas estimadas ? de no conseguir la reserva para ese día que es lo que puedo hacer , aún teniendo el boleto ? 

Hi everyone! Hope you had a few good holidays. I was wondering if anyone knows any direct email address for customer support?All I can seem to find on their pages is chatbots.. Any one of you have any experience trying to get a deadline postpone for your pass activation?Had some personal issues come up just before i wanted to start travelling which means I have to postpone the trip - and the deadline is on 14th of April. Many thanks and wish you a good day,

Hi all,My Eurostar just got cancelled for tomorrow 3rd January, last day of my interrail pass. I can only rebook on January 4th, do you know any workaround to include it in the pass still?Best wishes,Julien 

Hi, I’ve sent an email to customer service but not sure if they reply quickly enough. Is there a contact number?I boarded my train for Bratislava from Krakow an hour ago which I have a separate train ticket for to my pass. But stupidly I also added it to my pass so I had the time schedule easily accessible but now it’s activated a day that I didn’t need - I immediately took this journey off my plan but it didn’t give me the day of travel back. I’m having a huge panic now that I won’t have enough days left for when I actually need them :( I’ve seen that a few people have had something similar happen and onlycustomer service can intervene. Does anyone have any other way of reaching them other that email. I have a severe anxiety and really wishing I had just wrote the time down on my hand instead. Feeling really stupid now. Thank you in advance! 

After seeing many posts with advice on calculating the value of buying tickets v buying a pass I actually went back over my last pass ( a 10 days in 2 months first class pass) and, using 2023 prices, worked out three options - Pass + reservations, Earliest non-flexible fare for the same trains and the fully flexible fare.The details for anybody to check are below but the summary is - First Class pass plus reservations would cost 663 euros, Early saver fares (No exchange or refunds) would cost 940 euros and fully flexible tickets (the closest to the flexibility offered by a Global pass) would cost 1804 euros.I appreciate this is only one personal itinerary, and in Western Europe, but it may help newbies to see how to do the calculation on the perennial question of pass v tickets.It might also help show how reservation fees add to a typical itinerary. We took many optional reservations so added them in.For the record we took 2 separate one-way journeys with the one pass.     PASS  

Buen dia!quisiera saber si en los trenes de Madrid a Malaga, puedo trasladar a un gatito. Si lo permiten y cual es el costo del ticket por la mascota.Muchas gracias!

Hi. Italian railways lists short 2hr train trips from Florence to Milan, but the Eurail app only lists 5+hr trips. How do i book on the shorter service if it isn’t listed in the Eurail app?Thanks for your help.

My girlfriend and I will be travelling Europe from England in July this year. Now I don’t mean to sound stupid, but I can not seem to grasp or understand the idea of the pass, reading the reviews you pay for a global pass but then still end up paying out a shed load in reservation costs?can I use the pass to access all trains and do all trains require reservation? Is this pass worth buying to travel for a month round Europe, 8 different countries? Is there any tips anyone can recommend for doing this trip? (Planes are a no go due to medical issue).   

Hi there I am looking for trains Marseille to aix En Provence and I am asked to reserve a seat for 12 eur, on the high speed train. Checking the tgv website, a new ticket costs 9 eur. How is that possible?

Hello is it possible to postpone my pass ?

I plan to leave UK by Eurostar from St Pancras. My train to London arrives at Euston. Can I use my pass on this train even though it arrives at a different station in the city. 

I am planning a trip for August, from the UK and then taking 2 weeks to travel down to Croatia. We are then flying back from Croatia to the UK.From research I think that we can leave from our local train station, head to London and then on the eurostar to Paris and that is fine on our interrail ticket, as long as it is on one travel day.When we come back, we are flying from Croatia to Luton and then need to travel back to Cornwall. Again it will be in one day so can we use our Interrail pass to get from the airport to London,  change trains and then down to Cornwall. I think we can but wanted to check 

Hello everyone, my wife and I, along with my elderly parents will be traveling to Europe in late March - Early April arriving via a Cruise Ship. We plan on staying in Barcelona for 2 days and then taking the train up to Paris and staying there for 4 days. My question is can you take mobility scooters on the train from Barcelona to Paris? Also is it feasible to use the local metro to get around with the scooters as well? My parents are 91 and 87 respectively and walking any distance can be difficult for them. Thanks Jerry