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I am having no luck booking seats.We are travelling to 5 different countries and I am trying to pre plan.I have my pass in the system and my trips planned.I checked and it shows that seats can be booked 150 days before the trip(from Barcelona-Sants to Paris.The trip is in May and it will not let me book seats I trying to be proactive as it says limited seats for pass holders and this train sells outJust looking for a little guidance from this amazing community.Much thanks from this confused Canadian.

Travelling from Göteborg to Malaga, via Madrid or Barcelona by train ?

HiWife and I have taken this exciting plunge and purchased 1 month travel card. We are both retired and this is totally outside of our comfort zone.However we are also really excited on this venture.We really could do with some help from young experienced travelers from this community.We are based in the UK.we have purchased a flight to Oslo , therefore our starting point will be Oslo.We have got 1 month pass.Any guidance on where we should go from Oslo will be appreciated.Our plan is to make it back to the UK , via the Eurostar train , therefore we are totally open as to where and which countries.Our must is Switzerland and ViennaAlso has anybody have any experience with Travel Visa for British nationals, as we are now out of Europe, do we need to get Visa ? I had heard that from 2025 we may need visa ? Is this correct  Appreciate your help

Can I please check the detail of the ‘travel out’, ‘travel in’ facility of a Global Pass.  Does the Pass only cover for the actual train on which you leave your home country (UK) i.e. the Eurostar or can it include for trains needed to board the Eurostar.  For example, for somebody living in say Nottingham to get to St Pancras International they may be able to get a direct train but if not they would be required to take a train to Grantham or Long Eaton and then a train to St Pancras or Kings Cross respectively.  Would the Pass cover them for the trains to get to St Pancras (and in reverse on returning)?

We are planning our first trip to Europe. We bought a 2 month Global pass.Just a few questions 1. Is the eurail valid in Greece 2. can we use the monthly eurail global pass on the ferries between the Greek Islands3. Is the ferry from Greece to Italy included in the monthly global pass.4. Can we only book our ferry trips after activating our passThanksNadene

The train operator’s webpage does not require seat reservations, however eurail shows that it’s required. Why is this? Can I follow the rules from the train operator?For example, Rome-Florence, 27 january. In the page of trenitalia it is not mandatory to reserve a seat or in case you want to, you have to pay only 2€ while when I want to reserve that trip, eurail, says that is mandatory the seat reservation for that route 

Hi.Can we do our night train reservations  before we activate our Global pass?

I have bought 2 global passes for me and my partner - but do we both need an interrail account in order to book tickets 

Hi,I’m trying to figure out an itinerary to travel from UK through France & Spain to Morocco on the Tarifa-Tangier ferry in January - I read that Man in Seat 61 highly recommends this route. However having got as far as finding trains as far as Antequera-Santa Ana (using seat61’s suggested itineraries) I’ve now got rather stuck. I’ve not found any departures at suitable times from Antequera to Algeciras, looking on the interrail planner, renfe.com and raileurope.com so I’ve no idea whether the itinerary is feasible, so daren’t book anything yet. I’ve a few questions…Is it too soon to expect train times on this route to be published? There seems to be one train time published on the route but at a totally unsuitable time - the one mentioned by seat61 doesn’t appear, although if I look at dates in December there are far more trains.According to seat61, the Antequera to Algeciras trains are Media Distancia. Do these require seat reservations?And finally, I read that interrail passhold

Does anyone have any recommendations for apps for train travel in Spain, France and Italy? 

My journey is split in 2 days although it is same day. I’m going from Avignon to Paris and directly Paris to London.

Hello,I would like to make a reservation for a sleeping compartment for a couple (male and female) in the SJ night train from Hamburg to Stockholm.Following instructions from a previous topic discussion, I manage to add my Interrail number pass through SJ company booking website, but I can either : Book “bed in sleeping compartment” and have to choose between Men or Women compartment for 1,660 SEK (Interrail fare) Book “private sleeping compartment” for 3,710 SEK (it looks that the Interrail fare doesn’t apply)By selecting OPTION 1, can my partner and I be in the same compartment or does it mean I have to book a private compartment (without Interrail fare) for my partner and I to be in a gender-mixed cabin ? Thank you for your help !

We (2 adults and 1 Youth) will be traveling to Rome in July 2025 and want to take a train to Germany, Austria, or some other destination to spend a couple of days then travel back to Rome for the last day of our vacation.  I need help on how to go about this.  Do I need a Eurail Pass or can I simply book passage by train? Are there restrictions or hurdles I need to jump to travel between countries in Europe?

Why can’t I book optional seat reservations on the eurail app

For some reason I am unable to do a bike reservation for trains crossing the Alps. For example EC67 from Bazel SBB to Milano.  DB (also app)  say that price is unknown. With Trenitalia it is not possible to reserve for a bike without a personal ticket. Any experience in this? How to communicate with Trenitalia (I already did) that I do not need an additional personal ticket. Btw, does the 3,5 euro ticket one can buy with a Trenitalia ticket guarantee a place on the train for by bike?Many thanks for your time!

how can book a train if it shows "you're ready to board"?everyone tells me  if  i added the trip on my passthen just take the train without a reservation,though the ticket with the seat reservation is shown,but the ticket without the seat reservation is not shown.then how can i added "ready to board trip" on my pass

Bonjour,Ce sera notre première utilisation d’un pass interail et d’un train de nuit.Nous souhaitons aller de Milan (après une journée de trains déjà depuis Bruxelles), vers la Sicile (on doit encore voir si on va jusqu’à Syracus, Palerme ou Messine).La date étant fin avril, la réservation n’est pas encore possible sur Trenitalia, mais est-ce qu’il faut réserver les couchettes via interrail (43 €/couchette), ou peut-on le faire via Trenitalia justement pour moins cher ?Nous sommes 2 adultes et 3 enfants, dont la plus jeune à 4 ans, du coup on prévoit de voyager dans une cabine de 4. Peut-on réserver pour 4 couchettes uniquement ?Merci pour vos retours,Joachim

When usint the interrail do you have to book the whole trip before you set off or can you make it up as you go along? Say we get to Prague and decide to stay an extra day and miss out our next planned stop and move on to somewhere else, is that possible? 

I don’t really understand how travel days work and which trains I can take. For example if I take a night train anywhere before midnight from the country I’m departing I’m still under 1 travel day?. Also how would I know what trains to take when departing? (Cause I’m trying to start the destination from gothenburg to berlin but unaware how to actually start it) Any tips?

Hello, I would like to do a trip with the following destinations.Home (inside Germany) Hamburg Stockholm AbiskoMy plan would be to travel to Hamburg and from there to use the nighttrain to Stockholm on the same day. In the next stage I would travel from Stockholm to Abisko using another nighttrain. My problem is that I find the rules regarding the travel inside the home country quite confusing.The frequently asked questions states that you are allow to take 2 rides, one to leave and one to return to the home county. Meanwhile here on the community discussions I hear a lot of people talk about 2 travel days. So am I allowed to take multiple trains from my local train station to leave the country? If it is indeed 2 travel days to leave the country and return back home, are the a part of the travel days mentioned on the pass or additional. Another question I have is about the seat reservations for the nighttrains. Can i book them from interrail directly, and how accurate are the prices li

Cómo se que asiento debo tomar si no hice reserva?

Hello!We’d like to travel with the night train from Paris to Cerbère (or actually Collioure). However, I wonder if anyone has any info on the days of operation of this service in the end of June. I’ve read that these trains operate on a daily basis during “the summer”, but that is a bit to vague for me at the moment :-) If not daily, do you know which days these trains run? Perhaps - the planning for the summer is not yet presented/fixed, if so - when can I expect to get access to the timetable for June?Our Plan B will probably be to take the night train Paris-Toulouse, and from there a regional direct train. This is a good alternative although we’d prefer the direct train between Paris and Collioure. best regards, Anna    

Myself and my wife are travelling to Switzerland in the month of May 2025. We have 4 day Global passes. Does the pass (2nd class) cover journeys on the Bernina express, Gotthard Panorama express, Glacier express and other sight seeing trains? Which ones arent?Generally need some help planning an itinerary so can anyone point us in the direction of an experienced Switzerland train holiday planner willing to share advice?Hugh 

I am planning to take the night train from Bratislava to Krakow Glowny in mid April 2025.  EN 476 Metropol departs Bratislava at 21:58pm and arrives Breclav at 23:04pm.  Continuing on to Krakow, the train number changes to 406 but you don’t changes trains.  It departs Breclav at 1:00am.  The info on the What Is A Travel Day page states … “When traveling on a night train that leaves on one day and arrives the next, without changing trains after midnight, you only have to spend 1 travel day”.  Just want to be sure I’m correct in thinking this trip counts as only 1 day.  Thanks.

Hi! I’m planning on traveling in May 2025, and I have two questions.Firstly, there is going to be a timetable change on May 17th. When will the new timetables be released in the app?Secondly, I’ve understood that the interrail planner app isn’t always updated when it comes to changes in departures. Does anybody know the go to sites for looking up live up to date departure times in respectively Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland, and the UK? And does anyone have experience with whether or not Google maps has live updates?