Hello,
I would like to travel by train across Belgium and Netherlands using the Interrail Pass for the first time. Could anyone please tell me if seat reservation in Belgium mandatory on ICE/EC/IC trains?
And how can I pay supplements for using ICE/EC/IC trains online in advance so I could save time on going to the ticket desk while changing trains?
Thank you very much in advance!
No reservation is required for the ICE, no supplement either if you're using a pass. There are no EC trains in Belgium and the Netherlands and domestic IC trains don't have reservations.
For international journeys, you can book seat reservations for ICE and the IC Berlin-Amsterdam. Should be free of charge in 1st class via tickets.oebb.at (use Interrail as a discount NOT reservation only), otherwise €3 per train. Alternatively, you can book seat reservations via bahn.com (Seat only) for €4.50 per journey, so including any bookable connecting trains.
Thank you very much!
For which train? (route, date, departure time)
I did a few test bookings a few days ago for trains in Germany and it worked, using the discount method. For some trains it didn't and it just gave "No ticket available”. That was using the website.
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