Train connections & reservations

Hello, i am new to European train travel but i have a trip to Italy booked in August. The first leg of my trip is taking me from Milan to Rome on 23rd August, but when i search for the journey the train i want (08:30 from Milan Centrale) is showing along with the seat reservation costs but when i click to book i get the below message:"No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection, but there are other ways to check for available seats—more info below our timetable."I find it hard to beleive that these seats have aold out, as they have only just become available, after months of checking. I am also positive that it is not something i am doing at my end as i have successfully managed to book other journeys from Rome to Naples and Naples to Florence.  Can anybody offer any assistance? 

I am traveling Rome-NL today. From Milano to Lugano I take the 12.43 RE 25518. I didn't book seats because when I researched this trip no seat reservation was required. And now it shows up that I should book them. Tried ÖBB and Bahn.de but they will not let me book them...I have 20 mins of transfer time in Milano. When I cannot get on that train it will be a disaster for my trip. Help me out please...!! 

I booked a train from Barcelona Sant at 8.25 am and I would like to change it to 13.25 to Madrid Can I change my reservation?  

Hi. I am visiting London at the end of June and was planning on doing a day trip to Paris. On the Eurorail app on my phone it shows me the train I would like to take from London to Paris on the day I would like to go and says that reservations are required and there are limited seats for pass holders. When I look on the app it tells me the price of the reservations and leads me to booking them but I cannot book them on my phone. Although, when I pull the same train up from the website on my computer it tells me that “No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection, but there are other ways to check for available seats—more info below our timetable.” When I look at other places to check availability I cannot find the train either. Does this mean simply mean I am out of luck and there is no way for me to make a reservation? The eurorail app on my phone which, I have been using to plan my travel, makes it seem like there are reservations

I have been planning my August interrailing trip (my first time) starting on the website (because of bigger screen) and then adding them all again on the app (it doesn’t seem to want to sync between the two).One journey I looked at on 9 Aug. leave Paris Est at 10.54 and get to Gengenbach at 13.48 shows on the website that I need a reservation from Paris to Strasbourg (no surprise there). On the web the next two stages of the journey, Strasbourg to Offenburg, Offenburg to Gengenbach show as ‘you are ready to board’. On the app however it says I need reservations for the next 2 stages as well.Which is the correct one and how do I know?There are several of these instances in my itinery but I thought one example was enough.Thanks!

Hello i have interrail Spain one country pass and i need to go tomorrow from Valencia to Alicante. Seat reservation is mandatory but I can’t do it because once i go to “book my seat” in the app it says 404 error page not found. How can i fix this please

Hi, I‘ve planend the Route Forums Interrail Trip a now it’s time to book the seat reservations. I remember that I bought them at the counter in my local train station here in Germany before, but the last time they said they dont do that anymore for Interrail seat reservations. In my route are trains in Portugal, Spain and France. For some the App only lists off the possibility to buy the reservations in person at train stations, for some it says i can buy them via their Eurail Website but when i click that link it always says 404 Page not found.I’d appreciate some help what’s the safest and easiest way to buy the reservations for my trip now so i dont get any problems or unnessecary stress during ,y trip.Thanks in advance.

Hello,I bought a Pass, valid for August but when I try to book seats, it shows “your pass isn’t valid on this date” (whether I log in or not). How it can be possible and how to fix that? Meanwhile, I am trying to book via direct sites (trains Hamburg Copenhagen / Copenhagen / Stockholm / Hambrug) but the sites show that the prices informations are unvailable ; does it means I have to wait a few more weeks until it’s available ? Thanks ! 

Hi,I’m planning my first interrailing trip for this summer for my family, and could use some advise on seat reservations please.We are a group of 8, 4 of us having an interrail pass, 4 having an eurail pass as they live in China. 2 members of the group do not speak or understand English so they are reliant on being sat with those of us who can translate. I need to book seat reservations on some journeys, including Eurostar and TGV. My understanding is that if I book 4 seats with an interrail pass indicated, and make a separate reservation for the 4 people using an eurail pass, that it is unlikely to seat us all together. Does it actually matter if instead of splitting the group into 2 groups of 4 to make reservations, I make the seat reservations for 8 people in one reservation indicating that we all have an interrail pass, when 4 of us have an eurail pass?Thanks for any advice!

Hi Everyone,Feeling a bit apprehensive!I booked a2 x 1st class seat reservations on a 17:09 Paris Montparnasse1 et 2 (TGV INOUI 8477) to Bordeaux departing at 17:09 and arriving at 19:17. I booked this via the Interrail EU website using the seat reservation tab.Last evening I went into my App to check all the times of the train tickets and noticed the ticket was issued for a train departing at 17:16 and arriving at 20:14. I was able to manually enter the 17:09 Paris Montparnasse1 et 2 (TGV INOUI 8477) to Bordeaux departing at 17:09 that fits with the seat reservation and generate a ticket. However I am now wondering which is the correct train time and is there a train departing Paris Montparnasse at 17:09 and arriving into Bordeaux at 19:17.Also if you have made seat reservations on the website why aren’t these copied into the ticket issued?Appreciate your help as this is one of several trips where t

Hi. My partner and I have planned to travel from Budapest to Ljubljana on July 26th, 2025. We've been trying for a while now to reserve seat tickets for the 9 a.m. departure from Budapest. But everywhere we've looked, it's not possible to reserve seats... Does anyone know why that is or how we can get it done?

Hi, I want to travel from Vienna to Trieste in July. Interail site says ‘No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection.’ I looked on the OBB website and it lets me buy supplements for that train but there is no seat reservation included. If I tick the ‘seat reservation’ box it says that the train is all booked up. Question – Does this mean that all seats for interail pass holders are sold out and if I just buy supplements will we be standing? Presume I can still buy tickets if I pay full price? odd that they let me purchase supplements if no seats were available!Thank you in advance!

Hello everyone,I am planning to travel to Italy in August, and I have several train journeys that require seat reservations. However, I am encountering some issues and would appreciate any advice.My planned trips are: 8th August: Milan to Venice 10th August: Venice to Milan 13th August: Milan to Brig The timetable for the Milan to Venice route keeps changing—sometimes there is a direct train available, and sometimes not.Additionally, when I try to make seat reservations through ÖBB applying a discount (Eurail Pass), I keep getting a message saying "ticket not available."Does anyone know why this might be happening or how

Hi, I want to book the sleeper from Cerbere to Paris in August, for me, my husband and my son. On Seat 61, he says that if you want the whole compartment to yourself you can add and pay for phantom children. I just wanted to check - is it really ok to do this? I’ve had a look at booking on trainline (without using the interrail pass) and I can’t seem to find the option to just book the whole compartment (because there’s only 3 of us I think?) so I’m considering booking the non-existent kids! So my questions are: Can I book WITH the pass and add phantom children (or can I not do this because the ‘phantom children’ won’t have a pass? Or should I just book without the pass and add the phantom children?? I’ve promised my son a sleeper train at some point in the holiday otherwise I would maybe avoid it! Thanks everyone :-) 

Hello everyone, I've been trying for months to book seats for the Berlin-Budapest train on July 20th at 7:28 PM, but it won't let me. Now, this train doesn't even appear anymore; instead, it appears to be one with a transfer. And on the company's official website, it does appear, but it says tickets aren't available for any date (including June, July, August, etc.). Does anyone know why the direct train isn't listed, if there isn't going to be one, or what's going on? Thank you very much. 

Apparently InterRail-planner does not show regional trains on FS lines in Alto Adige, that are operated by SAD (e.g. Brennero-Bolzano-Merano). As SAD and FS are cooperating on these lines in a traffic and tarif cooperation it should be normal, that you could use either train (FS as well as SAD) also with an interrail-pass, If not, that would mean, that you would have a train only every second hour instead of each hour.I understand, that Interrail is not accepted on Merano-Malles as this is now an SAD infrastructure. On the line of Val Pusteria (Fortezza-San Candido) it is less evident as this should still be an FS infrastructure but operated only by SAD trains (when not closed for works).But I think, it should be accepted on Brennero-Bolzano-Merano.I would be happy to have an answer about experiences in 2025!

I’m going from Berlin to Copenhagen and I’m making seat reservations. In the interrail-app it says that it’s only necessary to make reservations for the second train, so we’re planning on doing that. But should we also make reservations for the first train? Or will there be space for us either way? Because the

Trying to book 1st class seat reservation for ICE train from Hannover, Germany to Vienna, Austria on June 10 but it says there are none available. However, if I go into the Deutschebahn app it still shows 1st class tickets available for purchase. Why can I not book first class seat reservations? I have a 15 day eurail pass and just want to book a seat reservation only. I can’t do this through Eurial or RailEurope. They all show no reservations, but yet tickets are definitely available for purchase in 1st class… Does this also mean I will have no place to sit on the trip in 1st class?

When I select the reservation (Oslo to Myrdal, Norway) the only choice is mailed delivery of a paper ticket.  With $10 shipping the total is over $22.   Why isn’t there an option for electronic delivery like most others? 

Hi, i am planing to go to Strassbourg using Interrail train but am struggling with the seat reservation. I have checked different websites and could not find where to reserve a seat for this trip.Mein question is:Do we really need a seat reservation for this? Because Strassbourg is a border city and it does not require any seat reservation in Germany. If yes, is there any way to reserve it? I have tried with Interrail, Deutsche Bahn, bEurope and ACP Rail and neither of them works… :(

Hello,I was hoping someone here can help me with an issue that seems like it’s been going on for years.It looks like there are still no reservations available at all between Marseille and Barcelona on the direct RENFE AVE International train from Marseille to Barcelona.We can’t do the no reservation trip as 1) we have 3 kids, one of them only 4 y/o so 10 hours with multiple transfers isn’t feasible and 2) we would miss our flight.We already got the eurail pass and reservations for the other legs of the trip so will be a problem if we can’t get back to Barcelona on July 23rd.Any help would be greatly appreciated!Regards,B

I’m travelling from Lake Bled to Split in July and I planned to take a late train from Lake bled to Zagreb, Lujibliana or basically anywhere in Croatia that has night trains to Split but I’m struggling to find how to buy the tickets.When I looked on the eurail website before there were options that I could take and it said that I would be able to book seats 2 month before my journey. However, when I went back to the eurail website to book the train (because its now in 2 months) the page said that they couldn’t display any prices. I thought that maybe they still have not released tickets but when I searched up on the train providers website there was no night trains from Zagreb to Split on the timetable even though on their website they have information that in the summer months there is a night train from Zagreb to Split everyday and they also have a price list but no way to book. I don’t know what to do about this train as I have not booked accommodation for this night and I

Tomorrow, Thursday June 20, I planned to take the train from Bialystok to Vilnius, with a change in Mockava. I have an interrail, first class, but I did not manage to make the obligatory reservation for the Lithanian train from Mockava to Vilnius. I really want to take that train, because I made appointments.Does anybody know what will happen when I beg or politely ask the Lithuanian conductor to let me travel, even in the corridor? It seems the train is just fully booked, and that was the reason why making a reservation failed, also at Bialystok station. Will the conductor send me away, do i get a fine, or can I still buy a reservation at the spot?Or should I try a bus instead?

heywe are leaving for a trip this summer with 2. But while figuring out how everything works I already come across a problem that I don't really understand. The app and the website are not in sync. On the website you can make a reservation (I think) and there you can add an extra traveler. But in the app this is not possible. So can I plan my trip via the website? Because I can't really plan a trip there I think. Can someone explain this to me please. And tell me how you did this. Thanks in advance Greetings

Hi there I am planning my first trip to Europe and purchased a eurail global pass but I am having trouble trying to book anything. I'd like to reserve 2 seats from Marseille to Barcelona on 17 May. I've tried ringing the France number but they can't even reserve the first leg to Nimes as they don't accept visa cards for payment. Is anyone able to tell me if it will be possible to use the eurail global pass to reserve seats from Marseille to Barcelona on 17 May please? We arrive in Paris on 8 May. The eurail pass sounded great but now I'm starting to think that it isn't going to work for us as I'm stuck. I've been reading other posts but I'm still stuck as I don't know how to make this work. Help please 🙏