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Fried Frieling
Fried FrielingNew aboard
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One country pass France: Cologne-Paris included?

Hey there,I`d like to start my France trip in Cologne; the operating train service is french (TGV/Thalys), is the country pass valid from here? I found mixed info; the pass only makes sense for me if I know upfront of my trip whether it`s vaild. Seems to me that validation in border regions is very up to each country, so I`m very happy for the help of someone with experience with the french one country pass :) Thanks so much!

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Italian Trains 'Prices temporarily unavailable'

Hey!I am trying to book four trains in Italy but get the error ‘Prices temporarily unavailable’. I am going with my girlfriend and we both have first class InterRail tickets. There are other trains in Italy (and other parts of Europe) which we have successfully booked reservations for. Please can someone help us to find out what is causing this error message and/or where the next best place to book reservations are if we cannot do it directly via InterRail? We have looked into ItaliaRail but there does not seem to be a way to input an InterRail pass code for a reduced price. Hopefully we don’t have to pay even more for ‘normal’ tickets.Roma Termini - Palermo Centrale 08/July/22 @ 2300 (although we don’t mind taking the train before) Palermo Centrale - Roma Termini 17/July/22 @ 1848  Roma Centrale - Milano Centrale 20/July/22 @ 0920 Milano Centrale - Zeurich Hb 20/July/22 @ 1310Thank in advanced for your help!/Kevin  

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Nika Wuthrich
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is there trip bullet train from CDC airport to Lourdes France

I wanted to go to Lourdes straight from CDC airport. Is there bullet train passing from CDC airport? 

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Booking trains between Venice and Zagreb - no seats left. Any other options?

hi!We’ve been loooking for some seats reservations between Venice and Zagreb on the 25th of July. However, on the interrail app and OBB app they don’t seem to be any seats left. We’ve looked also other options such as Flixbus, but we were looking for sth more affordable. Are any other options to take into account? :)

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Reservation/Fees for regional train Verona - Milano?

I am planning to travel from Verona to Milano with my Interrail ticket on the 5th of July. As I want to avoid a reservation fee, I am planning to take a regional train, for which I believe no reservation is required. On the website of Trenitalia it gives a connection with Trenord 2624, departure 09:43 (see image), but I can't find this via the Interrail App. Is it possible to use this train and add it manually to the Interrail Planner App? And is it true that there is no reservation required? 

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Hektor
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Want to book Eurostar from London to Amsterdam but encountering difficulties

Hello everyone,I would like to get the Eurostar ticket with my friend from London to Amsterdam using the mobile Eurail Pass, but the direct train ticket sold out on Eurail websiteI tried to call SNCF hotline, but their staff said I can only make a seat reservation onlineand I tried using b-europe, but it requires a pass cover number, thus I cannot make a seat reservationBeside making an enquiry on Eurail website asking for the pass cover number, is there anything that I can do? I am afraid of the ticket solding out… and I really want to try on the Eurostar :( Thanks everyone

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Romain Guilbaud
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Reservation needed or not on German trip (Nightjet or IC)

Hello Interrail community,I am a bit confused on how to manage reservations for a Nantes-Copenhagen trip on the 08-09 July.The trip relies on a Offenburg (00:41) - Duisburg (06:40) section that is referenced as both a nightjet (NJ) or intercity train (IC).From https://tickets.oebb.at/, it seems the NJ is not available for 4 persons anymore : If I search for the whole trip on the planner (Nantes>Copenhagen), it indicates the Offenburg-Duisburg section requires reservation. (I think it considers the NJ reference, that is considered a night train that requires reservation)If I only search for the Offenburg-Duisburg section, the planner indicates no reservation is needed (it seem it considers the IC reference, that does not require a reservation) My question is then rather simple : is a reservation needed on the Offenburg-Duisburg night IC train ?If I choose not to book a reservation, do I have to enter manually the Offenburg-Duisburg section on my mobile Pass ? (as for now it only show

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seewulf
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Nika Wuthrich
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Cant book seat reservation in Italy

Hi everyone So I’ve paid for my eurail pass (global pass, mobile) created a trip and assigned travel day and tickets from city to city in Italy. Now it’s time to do the seat reservation and I’m having issues.It won’t let me reserve a seat, all I get is this screen: I don’t know if that means there are no seats left, it’s too early to reserve etc. I have tried all my different journeys (Venice- Rome etc etc) and all the times and I get the same response.if anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated!thank you  

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Sergio Noe Baquero
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Cannot reserve seats from Nimes to Paris

Hi,  I would like to book seat reservations for 1 train . Are all these trains fully booked for Eurail pass holders?  29th of August15.49 NIMESTGV 603418.48 PARIS GARE DE LYON Regards,Sergio baquero M. (baquerosergio@hotmail.com)  

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Why are payments for seat reservations charged in US $ when I live in the UK?

Why are payments for seat reservations charged inUS $ when I live in the UK?

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Jack RussellRail rookie
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Reservations or not - conflicting information

 I purchased the Mobile Eurail Global Pass. I will travel from Hallstatt to Varenna departure at 8:20 arrive 20:24  on June 14. according to Eurail planner i need a seat reservation for the Innsbruck and the Verona departures of the trip. according to DB and the Thomas Cook rail schedule - no reservations are needed. i have traveled Eurail for over 25 years it seems more and more trains require reservations. I have always purchased the paper Eurail pass and relied on the Thomas Cook rail book and the DB site. Can anyone answer this reservation question which site is correct? thanks  David

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SZJRail rookie
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Barcelona-Paris reservation not going through

Hi.My sister and I are planning on travelling by rail on our upcoming trip to Europe from Pakistan.We can't book reservations for Rome Termini to Florence SMN (7 June) as the prices aren't available.Also, we got the reservations for Barcelona-Paris (12 June), Paris-Amsterdam (14 June) and Amsterdam-Berlin (17 June) but I'm seeing a shipping method message about the paper tickets not being able to reach in time so when I give the details for my Spanish hotel in Barcslona (8-12 June) it isn't allowing me to proceed to Traveller details.Is there any solution? How much time does it take to dispatch the tickets as we're in Rome (4-7 June) and Florence (7-8 June) so I hope giving the Barcelona hotel address is sufficient.Will it be OK to arrive in Barcelona (8 June) and then book the reservation from the station? Regards,Zain

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margarida121New aboard
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Venice Mestre to Venice S.lucia included?

Hi! Does anyone know if the route Venice Mestre to Venice S.lucia is included in the global pass?

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Hektor
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2 years ago
Camila Queiroz
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Pass Cover Number

I need to buy a seat reservation from St Pierre de Corps from Champagne-Aderne. I bought the ticket using mobile option and when I try to buy in the website it requested me a Cover Pass Number but I don’t have this information. How can I proceed?

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Joana MartinsRail rookie
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Seat reservations only appear in my friends reservation overview, not in mine. Is that normal?

Hello!I’ll be interrailing with a friend this summer and she bought our interrail passes together through her account. Today we did our first seat reservation through her account too. It is normal for seat reservations not to appear in my interrail account, in reservations overview, even though they appear on hers? And since we've done everything through my friend's account, will I be able to activate the pass on my phone and have access to all the reservations?Thank you 

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Blythe Fuller
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What all does Eurail cover?

I am so confused on how to use the trains in Europe. We are going to small towns across Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany. Someone said to get a Eurail pass, but on their website it doesn’t show most of the towns I want to go to on the drop-down menu. Do I skip the Eurail pass and book each train ride individually before I leave the US (like from the DB website, etc.), or do I blindly purchase a Eurail pass and just hop on the trains over there without reserving? Totally lost right now 😦

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Yimbie
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Booking Paris to Barcelona for a Monday (May 16)

Hello everyone! It is my first time using the Eurail Global Pass, and I thought that I could book a train from Paris to Barcelona online as I saw it was available. It wasn’t until I activated my pass and tried to book to discover that it is paper pass only, which was not indicated anywhere on the Booking Reservations part of the site. I have read from some other topics that it is basically impossible to get a ticket from Barcelona to Paris the day before for pass holders (I am flying in to Paris on Sunday, May 15), and I am incredibly worried that I will not be able to get there by train. Would anyone be able to provide some advice on the best alternatives to get to Barcelona from Paris in what seems to be an extremely likely event that I will not be able to secure a seat on the high speed train? Thank you very much for your help! 

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Lyon-Girona - no time left to receive paper reservations. Suggestions

Hi everyone, I want to travel from Lyon to Girona on June the 6th. I already read throught the FAQ and see I’m not the only one having trouble making a reservation for a train that crosses the border.  I tried to make a reservation with the interrail-planner. It seemed possible at first, but at the checkout it said there was not enough time left to sent the paper tickets, although it is still 9 days in advance. I already booked my first train from Ostend (Belgium) to Lyon that day so it would be nice to be able to travel on. At an nmbs station I cannot make the reservation because apparently it’s not possible for them anymore to sell tickets that are crossing the Spanish border.I can try to purchase the tickets on the day itself, but that seems a bit tricky and exhausting to me as I only have half an hour to transbord…I saw some things about the DB and making reservations on the phone, but I don’t have a credit card. Does anyone have suggestions what to do next?I did look up the region

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jwentworth
jwentworthRail rookie
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Changing station on trip

I have already entered all the stations on my trip but realized that I chose the wrong station in Reims France. I want to leave from a different station in Reims abut cannot figure out how to do this. Can anyone offer a solution? Thank you

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Bregje Twn
Bregje TwnRail rookie
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Reservations in Spain, France, Belgium, Netherlands

Hi interrail! I would like to book seat reservations for 4 trains on my way back to the Netherlands. The planner app is not very helpful.. are all these trains fully booked for Interrailpass holders? Hope to hear from you soon!10th of June 13.18 Granada ARC 852514.10 Antequera-santa ana-14.57 Antequera-santa anaAVE 399120.22 Barcelona Sants11th of June 09.10 Barcelona santsTGV 978015.51 Paris de Lyon-17.25 Paris NordThalys THA 936921.29 Amsterdam C. Kind regards,Bregje Terwijn

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Manuel Acker
Manuel AckerRail rookie
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"prices temporarily unavailable" for Prague-Krakkow

Hi, i’ve never travelled in train before but i won an interrail pass.I wanted to book a ticket for the night train between Prague Hlvani and Krakow Glowny on wednesday 20th of July at 22:05 but it says “prices are temporarily unavailable”. And when i look at ÖBB website, it also says “ticket not available”. Finaly i looked on DB website and it told me “We are sorry, but we cannot sell your requested journey online”. Maybe the train is full, i just have no idea how this works.Thank you for your answers.

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Nando Orozco
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N/A in seat reservations. What does it mean?

Hi, I hope someone can help me whit this little doubt. I don't understand what does it mean “from N/A” in front of “seat reservations required” into the app, when you search some of routes.  

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Paige Kuchler Fronabarger
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Limited seats for passholders

My kids have the 2nd class flex pass and need to travel to Amsterdam from Mainz on May 26.  The Eurorail website says reservations are avaialble but not required on the 11:42 train tomorrow from Frankfurt to Amsterdamn.  They tried to get a reserved seat using the app but it said none are available. Does this mean passholders can no longer get on this train without reservations.  Or would they have to take a chance to find seats and if so, how likely is this to work. 

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Igor passerat
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Can I travel everywhere in turkey?

Does anyone know if I can travel everywhere in Turkey as the train stations do not show up in the app plan? 

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Dziegiel06New aboard
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Problem with seat reservation; Warszawa Centralna - Wien hbf and Berlin hbf - Warszawa Centralna ''prices unavailable''

Hi, I have problem to book seat reservaton in 2 trains. One of them is train going from Warszawa Centralna to Wien Hbf on july 4th and second one is going from Berlin Hbf to Warszawa Centralna on july 15th. In both of the them the reservation is required but inactive. The notification 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.’’This notification shows on every available train these days. Is there any solution to this problem or I have to buy full fare ticket?

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