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Eurostar London - Amsterdam as a french citizen

  • August 16, 2022
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Hey, my travel buddy is french and eventually, we end up in London and want to take the Eurostar to Amsterdam. Even though it´s a direct train we inevitably travel through France. Does it count as an inbound or even in- and outbound journey for her, although the final destination is Amsterdam and not any french city?

Cheers, Marius

Best answer by mcadv

The stop yes/no has not even to do with- it YES it will be counted in the 2-day allowance for home trips. As has been testified by very angry Frenchmen a few times-they thought to be clever and start from BRU to avoid this. It is about strict geografical areas-not stops.

BTW-right now sitting in an overcrowded St. Pancras to await my turn to join the Q for all the checks for the other way. Just started a new pass here in GB and this was not an overly big success.

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  • Full steam ahead
  • August 16, 2022

I suspect it will be classed as an I/O journey as it has a stop in Lille.

You can always test by activating your friend’s pass and adding the journey to it. .If the app sees it as an I/O day it will prompt you to accept it or advise you that no I/O days available. 

Then of course you simply delete it and deactivate the pass, unless you are already travelling of course, when you simply reject it and delete the travel day.


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  • August 16, 2022

The stop yes/no has not even to do with- it YES it will be counted in the 2-day allowance for home trips. As has been testified by very angry Frenchmen a few times-they thought to be clever and start from BRU to avoid this. It is about strict geografical areas-not stops.

BTW-right now sitting in an overcrowded St. Pancras to await my turn to join the Q for all the checks for the other way. Just started a new pass here in GB and this was not an overly big success.


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  • Rail rookie
  • August 16, 2022

Damn, that´s unfortunate but i guess nothing we can do about it. Thanks for your answers :)


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  • Rail rookie
  • October 22, 2022

Hey again, for the I/O journeys, can i also do two outbound ones / two inbound ones or is it only valid for one inbound and one outbound journey. 

Also, is the pass deactivated as soon as I used my two I/O journeys?


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  • Railly clever
  • October 22, 2022

Hey again, for the I/O journeys, can i also do two outbound ones / two inbound ones or is it only valid for one inbound and one outbound journey. 

Also, is the pass deactivated as soon as I used my two I/O journeys?

With a Global Pass you have a maximum of two travel days in your country of residence that you can use whenever you like during the validity of the pass. Using your I/O journeys will not deactivate your pass.