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Planning a trip for summer 2027 - when can I start planning?

  • September 9, 2025
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I am trying to plan a family rail trip across Europe for the summer of 2027 but can’t access the train schedules yet (understandably). When do you think they will be ready?

Thanks

Best answer by AnnaB

@NigelReeve My Swiss grandmother had a saying "Vorfreude ist die beste Freude", meaning that the joy you feel before something happens is the best happiness. So if you start planning now, you can be happy for your trip for almost 2 years.  You will most certainly change you plan several times, but enjoy the planning. 

I usually use Excel for keeping track of my plans. DB, the Germany Railways, is a good place to find timetables for many countries. 

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  • Railmaster
  • September 9, 2025

October/November 2026.


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  • Railly clever
  • September 9, 2025

You are way too early!

It's enough to start plannings by the end of next year, if you want to use a Eurail pass, you could even decide later what to do.


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  • Railly clever
  • September 9, 2025

You can start planning now if you like. Even if the train schedules won't be fixed for another year, you can make a rough plan based on the timetable for this year. 


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  • Railly clever
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  • September 10, 2025

@NigelReeve My Swiss grandmother had a saying "Vorfreude ist die beste Freude", meaning that the joy you feel before something happens is the best happiness. So if you start planning now, you can be happy for your trip for almost 2 years.  You will most certainly change you plan several times, but enjoy the planning. 

I usually use Excel for keeping track of my plans. DB, the Germany Railways, is a good place to find timetables for many countries. 


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Keeps calm and carries on
  • Keeps calm and carries on
  • September 10, 2025

It’s never too early to start planning.

I too use a spreadsheet for planning. You can start by downloading a copy of the Interrail map and determining where you’d like to visit. Current timetables will at least give you an idea of how long the journeys will take.

And then you get be excited. :-)