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Travel from Zermatt to Florence with bus transfer for one segment

  • May 19, 2024
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Ali Hoopmann

We are travelling from Zermatt to Florence on 1 August and trying to make seat reservations. (Hopefully the screen shot of trip is visible below). We have 2 questions:

  1. The first segments: Zermatt to Brig and then Brig to Domodossola have a green “ready to board” message. Does this mean we don’t need to book a seat, but can just board with our eurail global pass?
  2. In Domodossola it looks like we need to catch a bus to Milan (due to rail works?), how do we do this please? From Milan to Florence I’ve booked and paid for seats, but I don’t know how to book the bus to enure we get to Milan on time to catch the train again to Florence.

 

Best answer by thibcabe

Yes you can't book seats on Zermatt - Brig - Domodossola. Simply hop on and sit wherever you want.

There are works on Domodossola - Milan from 9th June to 8th September. Trains are replaced by buses. Passholder reservations seem to be unavailable, except only at the station (maybe).

Seats won't be numbered but I guess it's to make sure nobody stands for the 2h20 journey. For peace of mind I might get a 13€ regular ticket for this leg.

For future bookings please avoid the Eurail website (it adds extra fees). Have a look at https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm

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  • thibcabe
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  • May 19, 2024

Yes you can't book seats on Zermatt - Brig - Domodossola. Simply hop on and sit wherever you want.

There are works on Domodossola - Milan from 9th June to 8th September. Trains are replaced by buses. Passholder reservations seem to be unavailable, except only at the station (maybe).

Seats won't be numbered but I guess it's to make sure nobody stands for the 2h20 journey. For peace of mind I might get a 13€ regular ticket for this leg.

For future bookings please avoid the Eurail website (it adds extra fees). Have a look at https://www.seat61.com/interrail-and-eurail-reservations.htm

Ali Hoopmann
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  • rvdborgt
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  • June 4, 2024

Just book a reservation for the bus as soon as you get to Switzerland, Should be €3.

You can already book the train Milan-Florence, best on raileurope.com (desktop website) or ÖBB to avoid extra fees.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
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