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inbound/outbound and travel days confusion

  • August 5, 2025
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Hi everyone,

 

Hope to find some answers here! At the moment I am Interrailing. I started my journey 23-07 and my pass is valid till 23-08.  I used 5/7 travel days and used 1/3 inbound/outbound. My current plan is:

  • traveling from Lienz to Vienna on august 9th. I'll leave in the morning and arrive somewhere afternoon;
  • take the night train from Vienna to the Netherlands. It departs around 8PM and arrives the 10th of august in the morning.

Taking above info in considering: do I spent all my days with this plan? Or do I still have a day left since my night train in an inbound journey? I am asking this because I am thinking about leaving Lienz earlier and stay for another night in Salzburg, and from Salzburg traveling to Vienna and then take the Night train (since my reservation for the night train is already booked).

thank you in advance! 

Best answer by AnnaB

In- and outbound days are not additional days, but travel days that you can use in your home country. Since you only have two travel days left, your initial plan uses them all. You can consider not using a travel day by getting a regular ticket between Lienz and Salzburg (check oebb.at). 

 

I don't agree. As I understand you will in your original plan board both trains on the same day, thus using 1 travel day. This makes it possible for you to make an extra stop in Salzburg and use your spare travel day for the travel to Salzburg. 

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Schelte
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  • Schelte
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  • August 5, 2025

In- and outbound days are not additional days, but travel days that you can use in your home country. Since you only have two travel days left, your initial plan uses them all. You can consider not using a travel day by getting a regular ticket between Lienz and Salzburg (check oebb.at). 

 

Interrailing seems difficult at first sight, but it's pretty amazing.
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  • AnnaB
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  • August 6, 2025

In- and outbound days are not additional days, but travel days that you can use in your home country. Since you only have two travel days left, your initial plan uses them all. You can consider not using a travel day by getting a regular ticket between Lienz and Salzburg (check oebb.at). 

 

I don't agree. As I understand you will in your original plan board both trains on the same day, thus using 1 travel day. This makes it possible for you to make an extra stop in Salzburg and use your spare travel day for the travel to Salzburg. 

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  • ralderton
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  • August 6, 2025

A small correction: if your pass started on 23 July, it will end on 22 August. You must complete all travel by 2359.

Schelte
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  • Schelte
  • Full steam ahead
  • August 6, 2025

In- and outbound days are not additional days, but travel days that you can use in your home country. Since you only have two travel days left, your initial plan uses them all. You can consider not using a travel day by getting a regular ticket between Lienz and Salzburg (check oebb.at). 

 

I don't agree. As I understand you will in your original plan board both trains on the same day, thus using 1 travel day. This makes it possible for you to make an extra stop in Salzburg and use your spare travel day for the travel to Salzburg. 

Indeed, I was confused - sorry!! If you have two travel days left, you can use one for the Lienz-Salzburg journey and the other for the Salzburg-Vienna-Arnhem/Utrecht/Amsterdam journey. You won't need a travel day for the 10th except if you're continuing to somewhere else in The Netherlands after leaving the Nightjet. If you do, check what is cheaper (either a ticket from Lienz to Salzburg or a ticket from your Nightjet stop in The Netherlands to your final destination - likely the latter).

 

Interrailing seems difficult at first sight, but it's pretty amazing.
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