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Planning/Timetables:
Many of you will notice that the Railplanner of Eurail will have sometimes different times of the trains as other Websites/Apps. Or evenworse the railplanner wont show any train for your desired Route. The Railplanner of Eurail only shows the timetables that are shared by the Railcompanies unfortunately not all Railcompanies share these and even update it not frequently. The Result is that the Railplanner of Eurail is not always uptodate and because ofthat I and other experienced travelers recommend to use the Local Websites and Apps to check the times and even book the reservations with them (when possible).
Below here finally the main words :D
Hi if you are useing a Railpass there will be the point that a train needs a Reservation 🙂 Many of you ask where to get a reservation for a specific train.
First of all there are 2kinds :)
Supplements like the Intercity Direct in Netherlands or the German/Austrian - Italian Supplement on Eurocity & Railjets that have to be paid and doesnt include a seat :/.
And Seatreservations like the TGV,Eurostar or Thalys that include in the supplement fee even a seat reservation.
There are several ways reserve a seat :)
A. on the Website of the Traincompany that operate the train.
B. at the trainstation (On major stations you have “International ticket desks” they often can reserve even trains in a different country for example you can reserve your TGV from Munich to Paris already in Prague 🙂 )
C. Via the Railplanner app of Eurail itself :) a small service fee will be charged
D. Via the booking Callcenter of a traincompany.
E. Via a Reservation service website or a well experienced Railagency :)
General Websites to reserve trains here you can find out which websites can help you.
We highly suggest to confirm the times of your trains in the Railplanner with Local Railplanner apps or atleast with one of the major ones. I general i recommend even to plan your trips with these app instead of Railplanner.
Manuals for several websites.
German Rail 🇩🇪
Daytrains on oebb.at (Not for Italy) 🇦🇹
Bordercrossing Eurocity/Railjet Italy - Austria/Germany 🇦🇹🇩🇪 - 🇮🇹
Italian Daytrains booked via oebb.at 🇮🇹
Nighttrains on oebb.at (Several Routes)
Reservation within the UK (by rvdbrgt) 🇬🇧
Reservation of Caledonian Sleeper (by rvdbrgt) 🇬🇧
Reservations for Trains in Spain (by rvdbrgt) 🇪🇸
Reservation for the International TGV/AVE France - Spain (by rvdbrgt) 🇲🇫🇪🇸
Reservations on the website of Hungarian Rail 🇭🇺
Reservations on the Website of Czech Rail 🇨🇿
Reservation on the Website of Swedish Rail 🇸🇪
Reservations within Denmark + Denmark - Hamburg
Domestic Reservations within Poland (just 30days in advance)
Kind Regards.
How to get Reservations :)
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Hello, I wanted to know, how through the website of the German train company, the route will be linked to my pass (just with a reservation of seats)?
It won't. Reservations are completely separate, regardless of where and how you make them. This also means that you always have to add a journey to My Trip and then (shortly before boarding) to My Pass.
Thanks again, I got it!
Hello, I wanted to know, how through the website of the German train company, the route will be linked to my pass (just with a reservation of seats)?
It won't. Reservations are completely separate, regardless of where and how you make them. This also means that you always have to add a journey to My Trip and then (shortly before boarding) to My Pass.
Reservations for trains in Germany and many in and out to Germany :)
But note doesn´t work for Thalys, TGV to France and OBB Nightjet trains.Just click on this link and the Seat Only option that is marked above https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml
Hello, I wanted to know, how through the website of the German train company, the route will be linked to my pass (just with a reservation of seats)?
Ah, I see my original post has turned up (so you’ve already seen me say the two things above elsewhere...) Apologies!
- Some places can’t be booked from. For instance, OEBB can now book the SBB train to Zurich from Genova, but it can’t book the identical one from Bologna for some reason. Also the daily Ligurian coastal IC to Roma can be booked from Ventimiglia or San Remo, but not Imperia.
Have you already asked ÖBB about it or should we maybe all complain to get it higher on their priority list? :)
I didn’t bother because they never replied to my other (probably now solved) question about the carriage seating class. But I certainly could do :-)
I think with the Ventimiglia IC you can book from pretty much any other station on the route, the only reason I found out about the problem with booking from Imperia was because that precise journey factors into my own plans this summer, and Imperia was where I found the cheapest hotel along the coast.
But after then doing a bit of research, I realised the reason the OEBB site was having trouble with that particular stop is because it’s only been a few years since FS rerouted that line away from the coastline and into a succession of very long tunnels (a bit of a shame tbh, the old line looks like it was incredibly scenic). There’s now only one Imperia station, which is the new one titled simply “Imperia”, but the OEBB search engine still displays a choice of Imperia Oneglia and Imperia Wharf, both of which are now closed. OEBB’s timetable hasn’t been updated to reflect this.
I note there are a couple of irregularities which I trust OEBB will gradually iron out:
- Even when the 1st Class box is ticked, the system suggests under Reservation Details that the reserved seat will be Sitzplatzreservierung 2. Klasse. This appears to apply to all bookable non-OEBB trains in Italy. Hopefully once bought, the seat reservation received will be a 1st class one, but the only way of finding out is to go ahead with the purchase.
I think it's just an error in the English text. If you put a 1st class seat in your basket, then you will indeed see "1st Class incl. seat reservation Sitzplatzreservierung 2. Klasse” in the details. However, if you then go to the German site and check your basket there, then it will say "1. Klasse mit Sitzplatzreservierung Sitzplatz 1. Klasse”.
- Some places can’t be booked from. For instance, OEBB can now book the SBB train to Zurich from Genova, but it can’t book the identical one from Bologna for some reason. Also the daily Ligurian coastal IC to Roma can be booked from Ventimiglia or San Remo, but not Imperia.
Have you already asked ÖBB about it or should we maybe all complain to get it higher on their priority list? :)
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I would add the warning, that if you book reservations for Italy via ÖBB, they are not refundable. But you can give it back if you make a mistake in the first 3 minutes after booking.
Italian daytrains via oebb.at Thanks to
Very well found! This will be a great help to a great many travellers :-D
I note there are a couple of irregularities which I trust OEBB will gradually iron out:
- Even when the 1st Class box is ticked, the system suggests under Reservation Details that the reserved seat will be Sitzplatzreservierung 2. Klasse. This appears to apply to all bookable non-OEBB trains in Italy. Hopefully once bought, the seat reservation received will be a 1st class one, but the only way of finding out is to go ahead with the purchase.
- Some places can’t be booked from. For instance, OEBB can now book the SBB train to Zurich from Genova, but it can’t book the identical one from Bologna for some reason. Also the daily Ligurian coastal IC to Roma can be booked from Ventimiglia or San Remo, but not Imperia.
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Italian daytrains via oebb.at Thanks to
Please note that on the 14.26 depature only the first train will be reserved.
It looks like OBB can reserve just direct routes if you wanna use the 14.26 depature you have to search first Venice - Bolgona and afterwards Bologna - Milano.
Kind Regards
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Okey i will try to create a list of Reservation pages arround Europe :)
German Rail for many trains within/arround Germany
Austrian Rail (A lot Nighttrains in middle Europe and ofcourse trains in/arround Austria)
Eurostar & Thalys Services (AMS/BRU/LON/PAR/CLG) PassCoverNumber needed
Domestic Trains within France (PassCoverNumber needed)
Trains within Poland (just select first the train and then in the Discount section NRT/Railpass/FIP
Trains in & arround Czech Republic
Trains within Hungary
Trains in Sweden (+ Routes to Oslo/Copenhagen/Narvik) PassCoverNumber needed
Trains in Denmark (and the IC´s Germany - Denmark)
Nighttrain Berlin - Hamburg - (Copenhagen) - Malmö - Stockholm (Discount Code Eurail / Interrail)
Bernina Express (the panoramic train)
Glacier Express (Panoramic Train)
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The tickets.oebb.at website is still the same and works same as shown by
Danke/thanks for this nice overview.
The only other railway that also allows it online is AFAIK and have seen, SJ in Sweden. Did not check the other scandinavian raileays, but these are usually among the most advanced in this respect.
In some countries one does not really need, nor is it even possible to reserve domestic trips, like BE/NL/LU (free anyway), IE., though it may be possible. Also note that as for .A> additonal fees may have to be paid. And for using a tr-agency, most likely this will-and most will decline to do that without also buying a ticket from them.
The major stumbleblock/problem also re most postings on this forum is RENFE in Spain, which makes it as difficult as possible. It may seem simple-just go to a staffed station, but in practice this often also leads to confusion, languageproblems or a shrug like ´no can do´ or ´full already´.
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SNCF Rail now started again to sell reservations via phone 
We wanna show you some other options how you get Reservations for Trains within France (Links provided by
- Eurails own reservation service via App or Website (2 EUR fee per seat)
- Belgian railways (4 EUR fee per order). You need to request a pass cover number first.
- ACP rail (also with a fee, but it doesn't seem to work right now)
You can also call Belgian railways (no fee but you'll have to pay phone charges; no pass cover number required; reservation will be emailed).
https://www.sncf.com/en/customer-service/contact-us/telephone
Press #85 for English, no booking fees, reservations are sent via e-mail.
Merci beaucoup pour tous ces renseignements. Je viens d effectuer la réservation du train de nuit Ljubljiana Munich en couchette avec la réduction interrail :)
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Reservation and Supplement for the Eurocity/Railjets
Germany/Austria to Italy (Munich/Vienna to Verona,Vienna,Bologna,Rimmini) + Trieste - Villa Oppocina (EC135,EC136)
The Eurocity/Railjet on these Route are currently reservation optional (You can buy one but it´s not compulsory.) Due the high demand on this route it´s a good idea to reserve in advance. On these trains you have to pay a supplement (no reservation) of 10€ in 2nd Class or 15€ in 1st class in the pictures below i will try to show how you can pay the surcharge already online at oebb.at
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Nighttrain Reservations on oebb.at Here a short manual how to reserve Nightjet and Nightjetpartner Services online. https://www.oebb.at/en
Berlin - Przemysl, Munich - Zagreb ,Vienna - Bucharest , Zuerich - Budapest you can reserve here aswell (Nightjet Partner Trains) or the special Interrail offer for the Route to Lviv and Kiev
Berlin - Przemysl, Munich - Zagreb ,Vienna - Bucharest , Zuerich - Budapest you can reserve here aswell (Nightjet Partner Trains)
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Here a short manual for Reservations on oebb.at Website of Austrian Rail This is the manual for daytrains (except Italy) for Nighttrains please scrolldown to the next manual.
For a manual how to pay the Germany/Austria - Italy Eurocity/Railjet supplement please scrolldown to the overnext post :)
for Italian Daytrains scroll further down
Finally click on the seat only option to reserve just a seat.
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Reservations for trains in Czech Republic Here an example for a Nighttrain :)
https://www.cd.cz/en/spojeni-a-jizdenka/ Bookingpage of Ceske Drahy (Czech Rail)
Important if you travel with 2 persons in a double or with 3 persons in a triple sleeper to tick the box we want to travel together in the same compartment
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Reservations for trains in Germany and many in and out to Germany :)
But note doesn´t work for Thalys, TGV to France and OBB Nightjet trains.Just click on this link and the Seat Only option that is marked above https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml
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