I am planning my trip to Europe after 14th December 2025 (the second Sunday). I need to reserve seats on some trains, but I can’t find any trains after that date. When will the new timetable be updated, and when will I be able to make reservations?
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Train Timetable and Seat Reservation Availability After 14th December 2025 (the second Sunday)
Best answer by BrendanDB
Usually from October on those timetables will be slowly released, but there’s no clear line in it.
Spain, Italy and France are ex. more on the late side, making it only a couple of weeks before the new timetable. France will open reservation for Christmas period on October 1st, everything later only from half November
Switzerland, Germany, Austria are usually quite on time and should be avaible soon.
In which countries do you plan to travel?
If you need timetables to plan, just pick a random date e.g. next week, to get an indication of travel times and frequencies. The timetables usually don’t change that much. Usually only a couple of minutes few or less.
In Austria you can expect major changes though, because of a new major railway line opening between Graz and Klagenfurt.
It is impossible to answer this question. Every country may have different dates. Search the timetables on the railway sites (e.g. sbb.ch, bahn.de), not in the Rail Planner app which is less accurate.
You can find a reservations guide here:
https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm
+8Usually from October on those timetables will be slowly released, but there’s no clear line in it.
Spain, Italy and France are ex. more on the late side, making it only a couple of weeks before the new timetable. France will open reservation for Christmas period on October 1st, everything later only from half November
Switzerland, Germany, Austria are usually quite on time and should be avaible soon.
In which countries do you plan to travel?
If you need timetables to plan, just pick a random date e.g. next week, to get an indication of travel times and frequencies. The timetables usually don’t change that much. Usually only a couple of minutes few or less.
In Austria you can expect major changes though, because of a new major railway line opening between Graz and Klagenfurt.
Usually from October on those timetables will be slowly released, but there’s no clear line in it.
Spain, Italy and France are ex. more on the late side, making it only a couple of weeks before the new timetable. France will open reservation for Christmas period on October 1st, everything later only from half November
Switzerland, Germany, Austria are usually quite on time and should be avaible soon.
In which countries do you plan to travel?
If you need timetables to plan, just pick a random date e.g. next week, to get an indication of travel times and frequencies. The timetables usually don’t change that much. Usually only a couple of minutes few or less.
In Austria you can expect major changes though, because of a new major railway line opening between Graz and Klagenfurt.
I am planning to visit Italy, Switzerland, France, and the Netherlands, and I have purchased a Eurail Pass. I only want to make seat reservations on the trains where it is mandatory (for example, Eurostar from Paris to Amsterdam or Trenitalia from Rome to Milan).
My question is: Can I reserve seats for these trains directly through the train operators’ websites using my Eurail Pass and then add those journeys manually to the Eurail Planner app? Will this be a valid option, or should I wait until these trains become available for seat reservations on the Eurail website itself?
Yes, you can. Look at the link I provided in my previous post to find the best way to make a reservation, train operators don’t always sell Eurail reservations.. You must always add your journeys in the Rail Planner app to obtain a valid ticket, no matter where you reserve seats.
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