Train connections & reservations

Hi! I’m going to be travelling with my interrail pass, together with 2 of my parents (Eurail pass holders) and now we are on the stage of trying to book all the necessary reservation seat. I have several questions:So after learning how to work with the app, is it true that in the interrail app itself, we only need to save the trip routes in our app, then slide and activate the yellow QR code on the day of travel (this is to show the ticketing staff that we have the ticket for the train). Whereas for the reservation seat, we just need to purchase separately from the official website (e.g. SBB, DB, RailEurope, TrenItalia, etc). So later on we have an e-ticket of the number of the seat as well from these websites. Is this correct? I’m trying to book our first seat reservation (for the train of Paris Est -> Strasbourg on 23rd July at 06.52 A.M just like the one stated on the rail planner app). However, the I’m not sure if it’s possible to

HallöchenWir fahren am 17.08. Mit dem Interrail Globe Pass von Madrid (Spanien) nach Porto (Portugal). Ich habe auf mehreren portugiesischen Webseiten wie dieser hier gelesen, dass man in Portugal je nach Zug Sitzplatzreservierungen vornehmen muss, diese aber nur in Portugal am Bahnhof möglich sind. Unten Ausschnitte von der Webseite (auf Deutsch) und der Link dazu.  https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/lisbon-to-porto-by-train.htm#Porto-LisbonNun reise ich von Madrid das erste Mal nach Portugal, so kann ich für diese Strecke noch keine Sit

Hallo Ich habe bereits in anderen Fragen darüber gelesen, dass es schwierig ist, eine Optimale Verbindung von Bordeaux (Frankreich) nach Madrid (Spanien zu finden). Dort habe ich gelesen, dass man von Bordeaux nach Hendaye (Frankreich) fahren soll, dann dort mit Euskotren (habe ich herausgefunden, diese fahren ja alle 30min) nach Irun und dann von Irun nach Madrid. Dies ist nun mein Problem. Von Irun nach Madrid gibt es nur Züge um 07:00 Uhr am morgen oder dann erst um 15:00 Uhr am Nachmittag. Diese Züge am Nachmittag kommen erst gegen 23:00 Uhr in Madrid an, was recht spät ist. Zudem muss man auf dieser Zugstrecke mehrmals umsteigen.  Ich habe bereits andere Verbindungen von San Sebastian oder Bilbao nach Madrid gesucht, aber diese fahren alle erst am Nachmittag wie dieser von Irun, und man muss auch viel umsteigen.Habt ihr Tipps?  Herzlichen Dank fürs teilen eurer Erfahrungen!   

We bought a couple of Global Passes yesterday (7 days in a month - 1st Class) which we secured just before the 20% discount ran out. Only condition is I can’t book anything commencing before Sep 1st, and we don’t leave Australia until Sep 8th, and won’t start the ticket use until late Sep.Made our first booking today (London to Zurich) - no problem.Up to the second booking now (Florence to Rome) and have noticed an anomaly.reservation fees start from EUR30 (1st & 2nd - 2 reservations) as soon as I select a specific service, the price jumps to EUR56 - no matter which service if I try my next booking (London to Milan) same thing occursIf I log out, all bookings on these routes revert to EUR30.Is there something strange occurring in Italy with reservations atm, or is this just the railway company gouging extra for the component of the ticket price they didn’t get? If it’s the latter, I’m feeling very ripped off!

Hallo.Ich möchte am 1. August mit dem Mobil / Global Pass von Hamburg nach Härnösand (Schweden) fahren. Ich habe mir eine Verbindung herausgesucht, bei der ich in Kopenhagen und in Stockholm mehrstündige Aufenthalte habe, weil ich wegen der Grenzkontrollen mit langen Verspätungen rechne. Nun kann ich diese Verbindungen aber gar nicht als durchgehende Reise eintragen, weil nur Verbindungen mit bis zu einer Stunde Umsteigezeit automatisch erkannt werden. Ich müsste also drei Teil-Fahrten für die Reise eintragen. Werden die als drei Reisen gezählt? (Sitzplatzreservierungen habe ich bei der Deutschen und der Schwedischen Bahn separat gebucht.) Gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit? Viele Grüße Stefan

Evening all! I was planning to travel from Laufenberg to Friedrichshafen on sunday the 25th August, They just got a notification about a timetable change and now it can’t find an alternative connection. Should I wait a few days and see if it fixes itself or is it better to pursue other routes? Or is it due to engineering works? fbanks!

Wondering if there is a train the runs from Geneva Airport to Chamonix? How can I find the schedule? Thanks so much in advance. 

Hello, mijn naan ik Liset en ik ben mijn eerste interrail reis aan het plannen/reserveren voor begin Augustus. Nu ga ik o.a. van Madrid naar Lyon via Narbonne. Nu kan ik voor moet ik voor beide stukken een stoel reserveren en bij het eerste gedeelte krijg ik de melding dat het niet via interrail.eu gereserveerd kan worden. Bij de ‘other ways to book this seat reservation’ staat: ‘Book in person at a main station in Europe’ of ‘Reseervations only locally at train station in Spain’. Mijn vraag is of ik dus gewoon in NL op Den Haag Centraal een reservering kan doen of dus alleen wanneer ik op Madrid op het station ben en of dit dan het desbetreffende station moet zijn waar ik van vertrek? Bedankt

A couple of weeks ago it looked like raileurope.com had introduced a €7,45 booking fee for reservations-only. A few days later the fee disappeared again. See the last part of this topic (it got a bit off-topic from the original question): A few days ago, I had a e-mail conversation with Raileurope about another subject. But I also asked them what this temporary booking fee was about. Was it just a bug or was it their intention to putting fee on reservations only. I got an answer back, that they had no intention to put a fee on reservation.They also said that if I had been charged for a booking fee, I should contact them. That was not the case for me (I was just worried about future reservations). But if anyone else has been charged for a booking fee from raileurope.com, I would encourage them to contact Raileurope. Maybe you can get a refund (

Another French region will try to manage their inability to provide enough capacity by making reservations mandatory:2 TER lines in Grand Est will have mandatory reservations from 1 July:https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/economie-social/a-partir-de-cet-ete-la-reservation-sera-obligatoire-dans-les-ter-vallee-de-la-marne-6533098Paris - Troyes - Belfort - Mulhouse Paris - Épernay - St. Dizier/Bar-le-Duc (possibly all the way from/to Strasbourg for the few trains that do that)The reservations are supposed to be free of charge and available from 1 March. No idea however, how or where they can then be booked.

As I have noticed, the Rail Planner app is not the best choice to track the platforms and changes in time of trains as it is not really updated. Then, is there an app that I can search all of my trains and can see the live tracker of time of arrival/delays, and which platforms I need to get on and off?  I know it is possible to see the screen on the station, but my trip consists of multiple big trip with 3-4 transits and I need to hop and and off very quickly in some of them. It would be very nice to be able to live track my train when I am in it, then see which platform it will arrive on, and see which platform I need to be for my next train. So I already have an idea in mind before getting of the train. Most app like trainline, DB app (please tell me if i’m wrong), offer the live updates thing, but I think I can only plan my trip if I purchase the tickets on their app itself. But if we have interaill pass, we don’t really “book” any of

Hi there,I am planning to travel from Utrecht to Düsseldorf. The rail planner shows Supplement required.Does anyone know how much would cost for the supplement and can I pay it on board? Any other way to pay will be cheaper? I have 1st class Global Pass.Thank you for the help.Xufang 

I’ve tried booking seat reservations for vienna to zurich (for 19th September) both using the eurail website and the OBB website but I’m having no success. On the OBB website it shows seats are only available for part of the journey but when I check ticket availability there appears to be plenty. When I use the eurail website my reservation comes back saying theres a problem with one section of the journey. Help!!

I had my app set up for a trip in September with all the planned trains entered onto the ‘My Trip’ which was linked to the pass, although I had not yet activated the pass.I also bought a second pass for a trip in December which I loaded onto the app and created a new trip which I linked to this second pass.I’m not sure what went wrong then.  Clearly I did something wrong as  all the information that I had entered onto ‘My trip’ for September disappeared.    I tried to sort things out and got into a bit of a mess.  (At one point I managed to create a ‘Duplicate Trip’ which I deleted.)  I, then, decided that it would be wise just to delete the pass and the associated Trip for December holiday and only put these onto the app once the holiday in September was over.I, then re-entered all the journeys that had disappeared from the September trip.This morning I look again at my app and what I see is:(a) the pass that I will be using in September (g

Hello,I want to travel from Holland to Spain start 26 July, I was thinking  to travel the first day to Bordoeaux but don't want to travel via Paris ,I know there is fast train from lille to Bordoeaux but don't know where I can book it with my intertrail pass.Can someone help?  Thanks Tsafi

I would like to book the night train on August 24th but that is not possible. It always just says that the train is temporarily available. Even if I look in June I get the same information. what's going on? Have somebody any Information here?

Hi there We need to book a seat reservation from Split to Zagreb on the 10th of August.  Reading the information on here I understood that this could be done via the OBB website but I can’t find it on there. According to Seat61 there are 2 trains a day from Split to Zagreb and on the Croatian railways website I can see both of them at 0823 and 1404. But when it comes to a seat reservation on the OBB website I can only see the 0823 one and it is the 1404 I need.Will it, therefore, be a case of having to book the seat reservation when we get to Split at the train station there?  Just seems weird one train is showing on OBB but not the other.

Travelling from Salzburg to Ljubljana on a Friday in August. From what I understand we are ready to board with our passes and don’t need to reserve seats, but can if we wish to. Would you advise booking or do you think we will be ok without reservations? Would like to save money where possible, but equally am happy to pay if it’s worth it.  Thank you :-) 

Good day!   I'm about halfway through a 2-month, 15-day stint on Interrail.  Now attempting the UK, and the ACPrail site is giving me an error that is not user-friendly enough to help me correct the error.  Trying to book from Harwich to London using https://www.acprail.com/seat-reservations/.  I have confirmed that tickets are available on this train on the Greater Anglia there: and I can happily buy them at full price; however ACPrail is preventing me from getting a reservation only, on any train.Have been to many countries, and was able to book Eurostar, even the Stena Line, without a problem.Pre booking error: Reservation on this train is currently impossible or the fare selected is not available anymore.Please advise.  Thanks in advance !

I know there are similar threads, but if someone could help give me peace of mind I would appreciate it. I got the reservation for the 457 Nightjet departing Prague at 22:03 and getting to Hungary at 8:29 on 08/19. I got the 4 person couchette reserved and want to clarify that I do not need anything else apart from activating my eurail pass on that travel day. In addition, would you advise booking more train reservations for routes im taking. My route is Prague->Budapest->Ljubljana->Venice->Florence->Cinque Terre->Naples->Amalfi Coast->Milan->Nice->Barcelona->Valencia->Madrid->Sevilla. It will span mainly throughout September and October using the 2 month 15 travel day pass. I’d like the flexibility, but if you think any of those may be highly advisable to reserve in advance please let me know. Thank you!

Needing to travel between Switzerland and Amsterdam during the line closure. Usually it seems quite an easy route; either direct from basel or a change in frankfurt from bern. However, looking on the DB website the amount of transfers, which includes busses, seems like a nightmare. The other option is night train, which I do not want to pay for.What route could be recommended to avoid 2+ transfers this summer? I'm open to travelling slightly out of the way to avoid this but as long as the journey could be completely within a day I could try it. Ideally I do not want to uses buses or change train more than once.

Travelling Milan to Tirano to board Bernina - I understand buses run from Colico to Tirano (due to maintenance works).Does that mean I can use Eurail pass on the bus as well and I do not have to purchase tickets for the bus? Do buses allow luggage? We have 2 big suitcases which we have to carry all the way to Lucerne :)

Hi everyone,Trying to look for options to travel from Chur (around 6.30 PM) to Lucerne.We will be getting off the Bernina Express (from Tirano) at Chur, and have to reach Lucerne for 3 night stay.Is there a direct train option or they all go via Zurich?Since no reservation required, is it easy to travel with luggage and kids?Thanks :)

Hi, my partner and I are interrailing for the first time next week through Italy and Switzerland. We chose interrail rather than advance tickets because we wanted to have some flexibility with the timing of our train journeys (we’ve booked our  accommodation but wanted to be able to spend a bit more time in one city and catch a later train if we wanted to). However, we’re now a bit confused with the seat reservation system, particularly in Italy! Is it still possible to turn up and book onto the next train or do should we make seat reservations now? Is there any way of finding out how many seats are left on a train??Our itinerary is:Pompei to FlorenceFlorence to BavenoBaveno to ZermattZermatt to Lausanne (for onward travel back to London later that day)

I want to travel from austria to germany today, but it isn't possible since 2 weeks to make a reservation.So my plan is to cross the border without any reservation. Do you think that will work?