Train connections & reservations

Hi all!I am 49 days out from my trip to Vienna where I and a group of friends will be taking the Eurail from Vienna to Munich, then returning from that trip to then go from Vienna to Budapest. We purchased the four-day rail pass which as I understand doesn’t preclude us from purchasing seat reservations. When browsing the train station timetables to purchase these seat reservations however, we are constantly encountering situations where the first half of the connection is unavailable but the second half is for purchasing and/or we are being required to purchase a separate ticket altogether for that section of the train. From my understanding, the Eurail pass was supposed to act as our ticket/pass that we then purchase seat reservations in addition to.Here are the train pathways we are required to have seat reservations for:(Returning) Oct 3 - 20:09 - 21:52 - NJ295 Munich to Salzburg HBF(Departing) Oct 6 - 6:40 - 9:19 - RE4637 Wien to Budapest-Kelenfoeld

Stiamo cercando un treno notturno  da Bruxelles a Berlino e non riusciamo a trovare con lapp. Puoi darci? 

Dear Sir/Madam,I hope this email finds you well. I recently purchased a train ticket from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Villach HBF for €6.00. I received a payment confirmation email on July 30th. In that email, it was mentioned that my reservation for this train would be sent by mail. However, I have not received any email regarding my reservation yet.Could you please provide me with an update on the status of my reservation? I would greatly appreciate your assistance in resolving this matter.Thank you for your attention and I look forward to your prompt response.Kind regards,Nienke

I have booked tickets by going from the rail app to the tgv site and paid for the reservations by pay pal. Now I can’t find the tickets. Help. 

I bought a ticket from brussels midi to London st Páncreas International, which required a seat reaervation.Do I need to activate a day of my Interrail Global Pass (10 days in 2 months) during that journey or is it enough with the train ticket and showing that I have an Int Global Pass? 

Before starting my question, let me tell you that I’m from Korea, and this is my first time to use Eurail pass, so there could be some problems with my English and informations of Eurail pass. I am planning a trip to Wool from West Ealing at October 21 with my Eurail pass,and the train from Waterloo to Wool shows like this.  “You're ready to boardYou can buy a seat reservation if you like but it's not required.Not available from Eurail.comThis seat reservation can’t be booked on our website. Check 'More information' for other ways to book.” Does that mean I can take a train to Wool from Waterloo without any problem using my pass?It’s just that I can’t reserve a seat with it, right?And if I can take the train with my pass, Can I just sit at any vacant seat?

Trying to book the direct train (1hr 56min)  from Brig to Milano Centrale on Oct 15th - i see thats available the day after and before that but not on Oct 14th and 15th.  Can anyone tell me why its not available on that date, thanks.

Hey! :) I will be travelling to Finland in september but I was wondering if the Interrail App shows the departure time of trains there in MEZ or in MEZ +1 (finnish local time). I couldn‘t find anything about it on the internet so maybe someone here knows?It is important for my journey because I have another train in sweden which i have to catch (but that wouldn‘t work depending on the time if it would not be in MEZ).I appreciate your help!

Hello!Has anyone travelled from Athens to Igoumenitsa (ferry station)? Apparently there are no trains available for that route, so what would be the most logical option? I would assume some sort of train + bus combo, but where should I take the train to from Athens? I’ve been searching and checking and found some options, but just wondering if there is a “standard” route many take. :)Thank you!

Hallo, liebes Eurail-team! Ich hoffe, ihr könnt uns weiterhelfen! Unsere Tochter fährt morgen früh mit ihrer Freundin von Neapel über Mailand nach Zürich, um von dort weiter nach Leer, Ostfr. zu fahren. Die Reise ist gebucht mit allen notwendigen Reservierungen. Jetzt haben wir die Info, dass es Probleme auf der Strecke sowohl über den Brenner als auch dzrch den Gotthard-Tunnel gibt. Was könnt ihr uns raten?Viele Grüße 

Hi,We will be flying into Milano arriving at 11:00 AM. My hope is that we can take a train to Tirano in time to Get on the Berina Express to St. Moritz.  Is this possible?  Some sites show the last train out at 15:54, others show a 17:40 available.  Our travel date is October 6th.So confusing for an American to understand train travel… I wish we had a better train network in the United States! 

Hello! I am planning to use Eurail but i am travelling with my girlfriend and we both have 20kg luggage. We would like to know if we can travel with those luggage inside the train or do we need to pay some extra fees on this ?Thanks for the help! 

Hello.I want to travel from East Anglia to Central Europe via the Eurostar. To get to the Eurostar, I have to use 2 standard trains and get the tube (not covered by Interrail) to St Pancras Station for the Eurostar.Would the 2 connecting train trips, with a gap in the middle, and a trip on the Eurostar all count as one outbound trip, or would I have to buy the first section separately and then only use my outbound day for the Eurostar?The trip is all planned for the same day, and I do need to return home afterwards ( thought that will all count as one journey as all trains are connected that time) Thank you(the tube is annoying) 

Hi hoping for your help again!  We have been unable to book a reservation from Barcelona through to marseille tomorrow. We tried at a station in Spain and on the Eurail app. We are happy to take the non reservation route but just need advice re Cerbere  the tenge doesn’t show it stops  there but the Eurail app says change there but have to use public transport. So a little confused. Any advice for the journey Barcelona to Marseille tomorrow would be very appreciated. ( we have to go to marseille as our train to Paris is booked from there) thanks 😊 

Hi folksI will start with to teenagers in Monday.  Made a reservation and was not informed I cannot change it.  From Switzerland to Italy.  Have you experience of in practice the ticket control will accept it when we are in the earlier train?

We will travel to (Sweden and) Norway at the beginning of September. We are not yet 100% sure how long we want to stay in the Lofoten, so we are thinking about being spontaneous and reserving night train seats from Bodo to Oslo only a few days in advance.Considering September is not the main holiday season anymore, is it realistic to make the reservation that late and ideally also get sleeper places? Or do we need to make the reservations much more in advance? Any experience values?

I want to go beteende St Margrethen and Buchs, and find that there is a train replacement bus. According to the rail planner app, the bus is not included in the interrail pass, but that feels weird. Does anyone know if the bus is included or not?

Hi all,I have a question on the validity on the pass on border stations, especially between Germany, Switzerland and Austria. I have a global pass with residency in Germany and made the following experience with the app:I’ve used the pass on several occasions travelling from Konstanz (DE) to Zurich (CH), in this case the Railplanner app shows Konstanz as Konstanz (Germany), however it does not deduct an inbound or outbound travel day, as the station is literally a few meters after the border and since Konstanz station is part of the SBB train network. So no issues here.   In a similar case, I travelled with a separate ticket (Deutschlandticket) to Lindau-Reutin and then wanted to continue by Interrail towards Bregenz in Austria. Lindau-Reutin is again shown as Lindau-Reutin (Germany) on the app, however in this case the app wants to deduct an inbound or outbound travel day.I wonder whether behaviour of the app is correct in this instanc

Bonjour, je souhaite réserver un train de nuit de basel (suisse) à prague (tchéquie) pour le 17/08 mais lors de la réservation sur le site interrail ce message s’affiche : “Votre commande comporte un ou plusieurs billets papier. Malheureusement, cette réservation ne peut pas être livrée à temps à cette adresse. Renseignez une autre adresse ou réservez directement en gare.” Comment puis-je faire ? Si je souhaite réserver en gare le jour même il risque de ne plus y avoir de places :/ Merci pour votre aide ! Thelma

How can I book the train from Paris to Liege? It starts in France and end up in Belgium, which web site I can reserve the Thalys ?Thanks tsafi

Hi All,I’m travelling with an Interrail pass and I’m currently on the route Brussels —> Paris —> Barcelona. Original Plan Thalys BRU-PAR, reserved through Interrail reservation service ICN (night train) PAR-Latour de Carrol, reserved with Interrail reservation service Thalys got more than 2 hours delayed due to multiple issues, so I missed my connection last night for the ICN.I want to continue my journey to Barcelona today and got a “Titre de rupture de correspondence” at the Paris train station to allow me travelling onwards on the next connection to Barcelona. I’m now on this train (TGV), however they ask me to pay 54 euros for the seat reservation (even though I’ve to stand as there’s not even any seats left). What are my rights here for compensation/refund? As the cost is increasing rapidly when you’ve to make multiple expansive reservations.   

Hello, I am preparing for my first Interrail trip and I have troubles with reservations… I need to make a reservation for a train that goes from Barcelona to Seville, but I can't do it online. I called at Refe and they told me that I can make the reservation 3 days before, but I have to be at the desk in Barcelona 24 hrs before the embarking and pay my reservation… Unfortunately that is impossible because I want to arrive and leave in the same day (I want to reach Portugal).Moreover, they told me I can use my pass in Spain only One time. And this is not cool because I need to also get back through Spain…Did somebody have this experience of going through Spain? Is it true what Renfe told me?Is there any possibility of making and paying my reservation- from another country maybe?  

Hello everyone,I'm planning a trip and I'll be using a global pass for my train travels. I've heard that it's possible to book tickets directly at train stations without having to pay for individual tickets, but rather using the pass. Can anyone share their experience with this process? How does it work, and are there any specific steps or tips I should know about when reserving tickets with a rail pass at the train stations?Thanks in advance for your help!

I am on the 11.20am EC 52 from Milan to Frankfurt today I did not make a seat reservation and sat in a seat that stated it was available The train conductor ( who was very rude) has just charged me €23 euros saying I had to pay this or else I would be thrown off the train at the next station!I am a 54 year old interailer ( teacher ) in first class and I think this is just a money making exercise by TrentaliaFirst class on this train is also very poor compared to other countries trains.Is this correct that this payment is mandatory?In my opinion the cost of seat reservations spoils the whole Interail experience as it increases the cost massively    

hello everybody! i have a 2nd class youth interrail pass, but the woman at renfe (spain train organization) sold me a seat reservation for first class for a train from spain to france bc the rest was sold out (even though she knew that i had a 2nd class pass). on the seat reservation are 2 qr codes and it says ticket+reservation. now i am confused if i am allowed to go on this train or not, can you help me?