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OBB Nightjet print tickets or no need

Hi there, My family and I are travelling on the OBB Nightjet from Brussels to Vienna tomorrow (24th). We have the OBB app showing our seat reservations and I’m assuming I don’t need to print the ticket as well; in the details it states you can just show your phone with the reservation and photo ID,  but I wanted to check if sometimes they need you to have a printed version of the ticket? Just a last minute thought/worry before we set off! Many thanks. 

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Kakei Hyoma
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Planning trip ''conditions apply''

I bought a Eurail Global Pass and I want to ride [7/10 07:42 Koeln hbf →9:35 Brunelleschi-mid]train. It is displayed as conditions apply. I do not know what’s means.This is my first trip with a Eurail pass. Can anyone tell me? Thank you  

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How to make seat reservation ln Sweden and Denmark

Hi everyone,We are planning soon our return trip to Belgium from Sweden. We start from Uddevalla in Sweden  leaving on the 25th August 2022. The app says that it is advised to make seat reservation between Goteborg C and Copenhagen C (train 1) and between Copenhagen C and Kolding St in Denmark (train 2). However, i can t find the website to make these seats reservations (for train 1 and train 2). On the way from Belgium to Sweden, these trains were really full and since we travel with 2 children we really would like to make seats reservation. Seat reservation in Germany are done and it was easy. I would like to do the same for these 2 trains. Thanks a million for your help.We have a interail pass of 4 days for 4 persons. Cecile  Herve and the kids

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How to get Seat Reservations in Italy with OBB

How do I get seat reservations with Trenitalia?I read this post, but it only shows how to get reservations with Oebb website, the Oebb website also doesnt work as it only shows “Tickets not avilable”. What should I do? 

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Karl Zeiner
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missed train due to delay, can I use Thalys as next train

Last year we got the NightJet from Innsbruck to Cologne to then get the ICE to Brussels (both prebooked and reserved)We missed our connection by less than 10 minutes and got the next available ICE 2 hours later.There would have been a Thalys an hour earlier. Could we have got this one as the next train at no extra cost? The staff at the Deutsche Bahn Info desk didn’t seem to think so but then he was Deutsche Bahn. This suggests I could have if I understand it right: https://faq.trainline.eu/article/449-miss-train#:~:text=You%20can%20speak%20to%20the,the%20delay%20is%20not%20significant.I am asking because we are doing the same trip again this year and trying to decide if I book the later ICE or if I book the earlier one with the risk of ending up on the later one anyway or if we could end up on the Thalys with the earlier booking if delayed again.Thoughts appreciated. The NightJet is with Interrail ticket this time but the ICE connection will be booked without IR. 

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Do I need to activate my pass in order to make seat reservation?

Hi there,This is the 1st time I am posting query in this community and so please bear with me.  I will be travelling with my family to a few destinations in late Apr/early May, with global pass.  We are planning to travel between Paris > London > Brussel and I understand I have to make seat reservation in advance for taking the Eurostar.  My question is do I have to activate my pass (I have added passenger details into the app but have not activate) in order for me to make the reservation online?  As I have never try online seat reservation, plus I understand that there will be a fee incurred if there is a need to rescheulde my train timing after making seat reservation, hence I need to understand in depth instead of doing something silly.Appreicate your guideline in this matter.Thank you.   

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Paper ticket won't arrive in time, can we pick up in station?

We’re trying to travel from newcastle  uk to figures vilafante spain, and need to make seat reservations. We have successfully done so for eurostar, but the french connection requires sending paper tickets and there is insufficient time. We can’t have our tickets sent to a hotel in France as we’re doing the trip in one day and not staying at a hotel.Does anyone know how we can make a seat reservation and pick up from a ticket machine or station?I know we could risk it and try and make a seat reservation when we arrive at the station in France, but I want to book it in advance, and pick up the paper ticket for the reservation when we arrive.Also, we’ve tried calling SNCF and they weren’t helpful or clear about how to proceed.

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Aisling Irwin
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Seat reservation Brussels - Amsterdam

I’d like to book a reservation from Brussels to Amsterdam but I can’t get an option to buy a ticket for the time I’d like to go. I’d like to take the 9:52 from Brussels MIDI to Amsterdam centraal At 11:44 but as you can see I can’t buy a ticket  I will attach photos to explain further. For the options I can buy reservations for; I can’t find those times on the Interrail app to add them to it anyone know something that could help?    

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Most trains say ''prices unavailable'' when booking seat reservations. Would it be possible to board without?

Me and my 3 friends are going interrailing for the month of a July. I went online there to reserve our train tickets but mostly all of the trains say “prices unavailable” as it is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. If a train requires a seat reservation will we still be able to board without paying for the reservation, will our interrailing ticket cover us? We are aware we would possibly be left with no seat but this does not bother us as we just want to ensure we get onto the train. It says on the websight to try booking a train reservation ticket at the train station but being honest we don’t want to rely on that as we are 4 young girls and we do not want to wait until the day to find out if we will be able to board the train or not as it could be sold out on the day as we are going at peak time and we do not want to be stuck in a foreign country we don’t know our surroundings in. So since it won’t allow me to reserve tickets as it’s saying prices unavailable will we s

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Eurostar Problem with seat reservations

Hi community, I bought a mobile global Interail pass a few days ago and since then I have to say my experience with Interail website and customer service has been completely awful. I was first able (after experiencing many problems with Interrail website though) to book my first trip: Colmar (France) - London. Unfortunately after that it has been impossible for me to buy my second trip on the website: London - Bern on the 31st of July 2022 or even only London - Paris via Eurostar.The website says ‘prices unavailable. Check back in a few hours to see prices and book this seat reservations’. I have been checking now for many many hours and days and it is still the same.I have to add that before I bought my pass I was able to check the prices of these trips and all on their webiste, so I really don’t understand what is going on now.  Then I wrote Interail customer service several times from last Friday and still got no answer from them. I have been looking on forums and websites for hours

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1 year ago
Ajeremica
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Reserving sleeper cars: Is there anyway to ensure that we are booked in a sleeper car on these overnight trains, and not just in regular seats?

I have purchased global rail passes for myself and my family for a Europe trip In July/august. I have run into a question about reservations. There are several nights that we would like to use the sleeper trains. I can see that we can reserve these through yours website service. I also know from making my other reservation that seats will be selected for me, but Is there anyway to ensure that we are booked in a sleeper car on these overnight trains, and not just in regular seats. It appears that both seating types are available on this train.

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2 years ago
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BartoliniNew aboard
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Seat reservation more expensive than train ticket

I’m looking for trains Paris Lyon - Milano Porta Garibaldi and Paris Gare du Nord - Brussels Midi. Price of ticket for first route in august is 29€ on SNCF page, while seat reservation for my interrail pass costs 31€. Same situation for second route. On Thalys page ticket for this train costs 29€, while seat reservation in app costs 25€. Is there any way to bypass such big fees?

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Hamburg - Copenhagen showed as not mandatory while reservations are mandatory

Hey guys.  I have an interrail trip starting tomorrow, from UK to Norway. I had all the sections planned out etc a month ago, and checked every so often, but this morning I read someone on reddit say that they had problems on the German sections especially Hamburg to Copenhagen regarding reservations absolutely required when the interrail info says you don’t need a reservation. Many others commented the same.I WAS going to travel from Brussels to Koln, then to Hamburg, then Copenhagen, on the 13th July. Seemed easy and was looking forward to it. Now I’m just really annoyed and confused that the information was wrong. Good job I saw the reddit post!   So the Interrail app and planner states no reservation required, but apparently it is? Now I cannot reserve the train/time that I require, as it is not possible. This interrail is kind of ridiculous. The app and the website don’t seem very good, and the seemingly low cost of the interrail pass now seems expensive as all the reservations ad

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Is the train from Serbia to Kosovo still running?

Hello!Can anyone help me to find out if this train is still running or not:Train from Kraljevo to Kosovska Mitrovica Sever (06:50 - 10:22 and 14:50 - 18:22). If I search this train on the official Website of the serbian railway company, I find the train http://www.srbvoz.rs/en/timetable/:But if I search this train in the official European Rail Timetable - Book, it shows me only a train from Kraljevo to Raska, and on the official Timetable of the serbian railway company it shows me only a train to Rudnica: https://www.srbvoz.rs/en/timetable-kurir/Anyone here to explain me that problem? :) 

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EUROSTAR

Dear Sir, May I use my 1st class EUROPASS to onboard Business Premier on EuroStar train ? Do I need to pay additional charge except seat reservation fee ?Thank you for your further guidance. Phil Lu

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TGV seat reservation available on SNCF site but not on Interrail

Hi everyone!I have a question concerning seat reservation on tgv. I want to take the train shown in the screenshot, but interrail tells me that it is not possible to make a seat reservation on that train. However I checked sncf site and there it is possible to book a train ticket for the same train, meaning that IT IS NOT SOLD OUT, but on sncf it is not possible to make a seat reservation with the option “interrail”. How can I solve this situation?  Thank you very much,Roberto 

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How to travel from Trondheim (NO) to Ostersund (SE)?

Hi, I am aware that there are no trains between Norway and Sweden, but is there any option to travel from Trondheim to Ostersund? Are there busconnections?I will be traveling in September.Thanks a lot,F.

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Felipe.iturrieta
2 years ago
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ChristinaNew aboard
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Seat reservation from Zagreb (Croatia) to Split (Croatia) not working

Hi,I have the 3 months global pass and want to book a seat reservation from Croatia Zagreb to Split Croatia for the AM train in mid June. It says “prices unavailable” however when I put in multiple different dates over the next 2 months, it still says the same thing. I don’t think the next 2 months all the trains are booked out, how can I book the reservation without this error?Thank you

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Reservation not availabel Thalys & TGV

We are trying to make a reservation for the train from BRUXELLES-MIDI (Belgium) to PARIS NORD (France) THA 9340 - THALYSand PARIS MONTPARNASSE 1 ET 2 (France) to BORDEAUX ST JEAN (France) TGV 8590 - TGV INOUIin both trains is a reservation neededbut both trains give the option not availableHow come? What can we do te make a reservation? 

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Ventimiglia Station Layover

Hi,On Sunday Sept 18 I have booked a train from Nice to Rome. It’s a TER from 5:36 am from Nice to Ventimiglia. However, my train from Ventimiglia to Rome is 8 hours direct. I only have 10 minutes to transfer from the TER or IC train. I’m wondering if anyones knows how big the Ventimiglia station is? I don’t want to miss the train and I have bought seat reservations and it’s the only direct one that day. Thank you in advance!! 

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Is first class pass worth it if I have to reserve seats?

My friend and I are thinking about getting a first class interrail pass for our trip. However, it seems like the majority of the train connections we will go on require a seat reservation where we can choose between first and second class. If that is the case for us, does it even make a difference whether we have a first or a second class interrail pass?

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How long does it take for paper ticket to get shipped?

Hi! I want to travel to Barcelona from the Netherlands in a few weeks, and for the last train I need a paper ticket. I can buy it through the interrail website, but I wonder how much time it will take to arrive? Does anyone have experience with ordering paper tickets through interrail?

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Discount for SNCF trains for EURAIL pass holder?

Hello, I have recently purchased two EURAIL global passes for my holiday to Europe in May/June - however, I am having trouble booking seat reservations through EURAIL for Italy and Spain so I am trying to book them through their respective rail websites.I found the train from Barcelona > Marseille on sncf-connect.com, but the two seat reservation is approximately 220 Euros. It is a first-class seat and I have a first-class EURAIL global pass.My question is: am I able to get a discount on my seat reservations with my EURAIL pass if I am booking the trip directly through the train service website?If not, what is the purpose of the pass if I am travelling Spain>France and France>Italy if I cannot book these tickets through EURAIL website, and am instead booking directly with the train service?Thanks so much for any assistance.

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How to book the night train from Budapest to cluj napoca

Hi everyone. I want to reserve a train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest but I’m unable to even add it to the cart because it says:“Prices unavailableNo price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please try searching for another connection or check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation. If no pass holder seats are available anymore you need to buy a separate full fare ticket to board.”Is this really fully booked? I get the feeling that it is due to that Interrail doesnt have access to the reservation system of Hungary. However, when I go to the site of the Hungarian reservation system ( https://jegy.mav.hu/jegy/szolgaltatas-valasztas?step=3 ) it is expensive and I don’t know how to enter that I have an interrail pass. How should I fix this? Or is it not doable? On the interrail site (https://www.interrail.eu/nl/plan-your-trip/reservations/how-do-i-book-my-reservations#instructions ) it states that there

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1st class pass, 2nd class reservation

Friends, I purchased a 1st class pass. When I go to book a reservation because it’s required, I’m only allowed to purchase a 2nd class reservation. Two questions:  Does that mean 1st class is sold out?  If so, then how do I request a refund for my pass since I can’t really use 1st class if it’s not available?Many, many thanks!

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