Train connections & reservations

Our Eurail passes were bought by our travel agent.  Once we got our pass number we followed the instructions to download the app, add all our passes, create a trip etc.  This all seemed to work and the app does seem to show our “tickets”. What we now need to do is reserve our seats.  All online advice/direction points you to several options including in person at train stations, by phone direct to train company etc. We would like to book our online (Eurail website) which we understand is completely separate from the app - we login to Eurail, go to book reservations, added a trip name, and got stuck at adding travellers to the trip - it will not allow us to - it says “Details don’t match” when we add Last Name and our Pass #….we KNOW they are correct, because the App let us set up our tickets with no issue.I have seen several posts on this issue but the only real resolution I saw was that Eurail had to do something to fix this on the backend!!  Can someone help?

Hello,while travelling from Munich to Bologna I was asked to pay 10 euros extra for using the Brenner-Pass. I wasn't expecting this, because i used the Reservation tool and thought I had done everything correctly... Did I make a mistake there? And how can I be sure, that I have paid every necessary reservation and fee.Thank you for your advice :)

Hi there!Just have a question before a buy the global pass.We are a couple and we don’t know if I want to buy first or second class global pass. That depends on the price I have to pay to reserve a private bed for night trains.For example, if I have a first class global pass, is cheaper to reserve a private single sleeper in night trains or is the same price if I have second class global pass? For example, this 146€ private single sleep price is the same or different for 1rst or 2nd class holders? Or maybe 2nd class could not be able to reserve private single sleeper?  Thank you very much in advance!

Hi! I’m thinking about traveling with these trains because of the fact that other trains that I originally wanted to go on are sold out. If anyone has experience or an idea if there is enough time between these trains, please let me know! 

Hello! Our group has four travelers with paper Eurail France (Flexi) Passes good for 4 days of travel. How do I reserve seats before our passes have been activated? The website doesn’t recognize our pass cover numbers.

HiI hope someone can help me and that I have not totally messed up! I am travelling with my children through The Netherlands, Belgium and France for the next 10 days and the best routes without the need for reservations seem to be from (1) Amsterdam to Ypres via Antwerp and then (2) Ypres to Lille where I have managed to get a reservation to Paris. I have left it too late for the trains that need reservations! I have a global pass. My questions are-— can I use these trains to cross the borders at Hazeldonk (into Belgium from The Netherlands on the IC9252) and at Tourcoing (into France from Belgium on the IC19722 )- what happens at these borders to passengers with UK passports? - if anyone has been though these borders on intercity trains can you give me an idea of what happens? Many thanksTJF Sent from Y

Hey there, We are two travelers from France and I personally wanted to share our experience with Renfe in regards of booking a journey from Barcelona to Madrid.I know, I’ve read a lot here about how Renfe is not conciliatory about booking trains from abroad. But come one, with tried every single option listed in the Interrail page for reservations (we even contacted Deutch Bahn but they never responded) and everything lead to nowhere. The lady at the phone from Renfe (who was very kind with us) told us that it was impossible for us to book this train in advance since we can’t withdrow our tickets more than 24h in advance. She couldn’t believe herself that there is such a lack of solutions for travelers like us.And here we are, 24h in advance, uncertain about whether we will make it or not in time to Madrid. Not to mention the cost of hostels and AirBnB in Barcelona…Is there anyway we can collectively notify Renfe that their service is not at all con

Hi guys, does anyone know if this train really requires a reservation? In the app it says so, but I haver read on some sites that It isn't. thanks!  

Hi therehow to reserve kosice to Sibiu (leaving 0601 on 16/7) please? I’ve tried DB, national rail of sk/Hu/ro, as well as Interrail reservation site, but nothing seems to work.cheers

Hello All,I recently had a particularly unpleasant experience when asking someone politely to move from my reserved seat on a compulsory reservation train in the Czech Republic (IC 500). We ended up having to get the trains conductor and it got extremely aggressive. Are there any suggestions or helpful advice you can provide going forward? Thanks in advance,Ben :)

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 expen

Hello Community,  recently i have picked my journey from Venice (ITA) to Nice (FRA). I have checked it via  eurail webpage, and i have also booked requested reservation for trains in Italia (Frecciarossa 9728 (from Venice to Milano Centrale) and also for FrecciaBianca 909 from Milano Centrale to Ventimiglia).When i tried to add these journeys to my trip, i am not able to find second train in Italia (FrecciaBianca 909) So currently i have Ticket in railplanner app + reservation from Venice to Milan, Then i have Reservation from Milan to Ventimiglia, and then i have ticket in railplanner app  from Ventimiglia to Nice (reservation here is not required).Please can you help me how can i add a ticket to railplanner app for part of my journey from Milan to Ventimiglia? Or what should i do to have proper documents ready?It would be good if somebody can help me before Wednesday  21.7.Thanks in advance.Br,Pavol.

Hi!I’m travelling from Holland to Sweden soon and reserved seats quite some time ago for the direct train from Hamburg to Copenhagen. When I look for the itinerary in the app or online, I get very different results then I did when I reserved the tickets. On the DB and NS website, my planned itinerary is still available.Is this because the train I reserved is full? Can I still take this train even though the connection doesn’t show up on the website/app?Many thanks!  

I have booked my return trip from Amsterdam to London on Eurostar but now want to change the travel date to later by 2 days.   is the only way to do this by contacting Interail by email.  or is there another method?  

I'm planning on travelling from Barcelona tot Madrid next week, but you can't make online reservations for Spanish domestic trains. I've found the forum about making a reservation for Spanish domestic trains but I find all options quite complicated except booking on the spot at a Spanish ticket office. Is it too risky not to try to make the reservation in advance but booking it a day in advance when I get in Spain so I can go to a ticket office once I'm there?

Hello, I would like to know what "no reservation needed" means, because it sometimes shows the price to book a seat but says that I am ready to travel.Thanks in advance ;)

Hi I have a 1st class eurail pass, I have a travel Brussels to London at the 18th of July. All seats looks reserved, and "Reserve a seat is obligatory". What should I do? I can't travel?

Hello, I Want to take the RJX261 train from Wien to Budapest tonight, at 21:43. The interrail app says I need an obligatory seat reservation. However, I think according to Austrian trains official website this reservation is not obligatory. I'm not sure about It so, can anybody solve my doubt? Thank you

Hi, I’m going interrailing for the first time next week. One journey we are trying to find a way to book is Marseilles → Barcelona on August 10th, but we are struggling to do so because it seems like we can only book a paper ticket. We are leaving the country on Tuesday though and it says it will take 2 weeks to be delivered, which is obviously when we won’t be home. Can we just book a ticket when we arrive in Marseilles on July 6th, or will this be too late? Thanks.

Hello, I have booked seat reservations for my friend and myself for our first travel day. I have saved the journey in my rail planner app and activated it as a travel day. My friend, though, is unable to do the same as the journey is sold out and therefore does not appear in the app anymore. How is she then supposed to have a valid, activated ticket for the journey? As mentioned before, both of us have a valid interrail pass as well as booked seat reservations for the journey.We are looking forward to receiving help as soon as possible!Kind regards,Signe Marie Juul Nielsen

Could anyone help with some advice?! I am planning on going to Paris next week (20th July 2022) but I can’t seem to find any seat reservations available?  if anyone can give me any advice (I’m happy to take long routes and different changes if it means I can get to Paris with my interrail pass!)  thank you!!!

So I have planned a long trip home to Sweden. I will travel night jet from Zuerich to Hamburg, arrival 07:54 the 19th. And then I had saved a train that didn’t need reservations from Hamburg to Fredericia that departed 08:56 and arrived 12:14 in Fredericia. From there I would take a train to the Copenhagen airport and from there to Stockholm. The problem is that interrail has removed the train from Hamburg to Fredericia on the 19th? This really messes up my journey because with other trains I will not make it to my train to Stockholm. The thing is also that the train still exists, for example the Deutsche Bahn website still has it. Why would I not be able to travel on my interrail on that train? Or do you think I can take the train and then just show my pass without an actual qr-code, since I will not be able to add the journey to my trip. Please help me, I’m traveling soon!!!

Hi ….May I know how to get to Tromso. Thanks. 

Hello On the 18th of july we want to travel from Pula to Ljubljana (stay the night) and the next day within 24 hrs to Graz. If you type Pula - Graz via Ljubjana it doesnot give an option so I planned two trips. Will this be seen as one trip within 24 hrs (because i have two qr codes)? I am afraid it will count as two days. Or is it better to make a trip from Pula to Graz and then ignore the fact it is going via Maribor for example?

Hello, I wanted to book a reservation from Kil (Sweden) to Kongsvinger (Norway) today, because its required. But the reservation side doesnt list the train we want to travel with (19:55). Does anyone know if there is a reason for that or if that means that there are no seats left?Thank you guys alot for helping! Kind regardsEvita