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yippyyipNew aboard

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OBB Nightjet Italy Strike 1/12

I have a train booking from Munich - Venice via OBB nightjet 1 December 11pm. We were only notified recently that Italy will be having strikes on 1 December 9pm - 2 December 9pm. Will this affect our train? Have called up OBB but they do not have any further details on this. Should we still go ahead with boarding the train? Can't imagine getting stuck on the train for 15 hours till the strike ends at 9pm...

1 year ago

AlexCazRight on track

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Leaving the UK to Europe

Hello!I am planning an interrail trip for next summer, but I am struggling to understand the inbound and outbound days. I am from Edinburgh, in Scotland, and in order to reach Amsterdam where I want to start the trip[ I need to reach London and get the Eurostar. I want to get the Caledonian Sleeper train down from Edinburgh to London and get the Eurostar but will the pass cover both or just one of the journeys?

1 year ago

Reginaldo CordeiroRail rookie

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aplicativo

Baixei o aplicativo eural planner, mas preciso em portugues, como faço pra traduzir?

1 year ago

lesbRail rookie

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Adding as Journey but do not know what time train

I have reserved several train seats as I know that that is the train I want to take however there are several days I want to travel to places and NOT reserve seats as some do not allow for seat reservations. I am not sure of the exact train I will be taking and have several times to choose from. When I load the trip into Eurail I have to put a date and time but do I have to be on that time train or can it be any time train that day?

1 year ago

YorkieFull steam ahead

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What to do if you find yourself stranded after a delayed train

Does anybody have a link to any sort of guide for IR/Eurail travellers on what to do if you miss the last train of the day because of a cancelled or delayed train? I know it is supposedly the responsibility of the operator of the delayed train, but if the train has many passengers in the same situation and only one member of staff on duty (or even zero staff) what do you do?What can you claim for and from who?Do you have to stay calm and wait for them to attend to you or can you go and get a taxi or book a hotel? What food will they cover? I know IR/Eurail do give some return for delayed and cancelled trains but, when they say no claims for payments of less than 4 euro will be paid, that clearly shows the payment will be a pittance. It is simply a proportion of your pass cost, not reflecting the retail ticket price, and that they will forward any other costs to the carrier.https://www.interrail.eu/en/support/delay-compensationhttps://www.interrail.eu/content/dam/delay-compensation-doc

1 year ago

Linda01531Right on track

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Croatia seat reservations

We travelled from UK to Croatia. For the journey through France, Germany, Austria and Slovenia the interrail app allowed us to find trains for which we did not need to buy seat reservations. However, all the Croatian trains said we needed reservations. The information on the Interrail site leads you to believe that you can buy these through the OBB Austrian train reservation site. This isn’t true. I wasted many hours trying to find some way of getting the reservations, sometime getting as far as the payment page, only to be thrown out with an “error” at the final point of booking. At Salzburg and Ljubljana stations we asked if we could buy the seat reservations there and were told “only in Croatia”. We were due to change trains in Zagreb with 4 hours between trains so decided to try there. It was quite worrying as on the return journey we wanted a sleeper on the Zagreb to Munich overnight train, which would then connect to Frankfurt and the Eurostar. So any problems would have

1 year ago

Evangelia papastergiouNew aboard

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Night trains Milano - Paris or Paris - Amsterdam

We cannot find night trains to any destination. e.g. from Milano to Paris, from Paris to Amsterdam Has anyone traveled generally by night trains? If yes, which was your destination?

1 year ago

matidalmaNew aboard

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Traveling alone during holidays

hello everyone! I’m Matilde, I’d like to try for the first time the interrail experience during the Winter holidays (from 26th December to 10/12 of January). I’d travel alone to Prague, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris and Lyon. The idea is to be in Berlin for new year eve. considering that I’m a 22 year old woman would you recommend it? I have some doubts due to the cold temperatures and the fact that maybe is not the most popular moment for interrail so i Won’t meet anyone? To be honest I don’t know what to expect!

1 year ago

manond2896Right on track

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HELP - IPHONE STOLEN

Hey, My phone got stolen this thursday which had my TWO mobile pass activated on it. I’m set to travel but I’m unable to activate my TWO pass on a new device. I have used two methods of contact on the website but the bot doesn’t understand my questions !! . I’m worried that I won’t get a reply and sort out my pass before my travel start. Please can anyone provide any help or advice on how to get back my pass ? For information, I got 2 pass for my friend and me on the same email address and there are paid with the samed credit card. I have the billing confirmation. We had already booked our trip to Vienna ! HELP PLEASE

1 year ago

AngeloRailmaster

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Timetable 2023 of ÖBB published

ÖBB have today published their new Timetable from 11 December 2022 to 09 December 2023.For the moment I found this new things:Nightjet services Vienna/Munich to Milan will go till Genova. Nightjet Munich-Venice and Euronight Munich-Budapest will start in Stuttgart. Same for EN to Zagreb and Rijeka.Euronight Zürich-Prague one train like this year via Salzburg and Linz and the other new service via Leipzig and Dresden.Nightjet Zürich-Hamburg/Berlin run not more together, but at different times.

1 year ago

MALISRight on track

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Füssen luggage storage

Hello. Does anyone know if there is a luggage storage system at the Füssen train station? Thank you very much.

1 year ago

Keekiat ChuaRail rookie

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Train timetable Sweden

Hi, I am planning a trip from Copenhagen to Abisko, sweden and then on to Oslo from 17 December 2022. But the timetable is only available up to 10 December. When will it be updated? Does the train schedule stays the same from week to week?

1 year ago

IsoldeRail rookie

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Global pass for first timers

Hi! We’re a family of 4 South Africans planning to travel through Europe in December 2022. We have an itinerary planned, but have never been to these countries, or even used the trains. (We currently live in Brunei where we don’t even have trains). Our itinerary looks like this: Barcelona 5 Dec, Marseille 8 Dec, Milan 9 Dec, Rome 12 Dec, Venice 15 Dec, Munich 16 Dec, Prague 18 Dec, Berlin 21 Dec, Copenhagen 23 Dec.My son is in year 13 doing his IB, and will, of course be writing his mocks in the second week of January, which means it will not be all fun and games for him, he’ll have to use the train rides to study a bit as well. I want to buy the global passes - my husband is 60, my daughter is 11 and my son is 17, and from what I have seen so far, the 10 day global pass will make it more affordable. My questions are:1. Should I go for first class or second class? 2. Am I correct to think that I buy the passes now, then book and pay for the trains that I want for the 8 days of travell

1 year ago

Anja BNew aboard

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Roj RojerNew aboard

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zurich to paris

How can I go to paris from Zurich and paris to Zurich by speed train in the same day?

1 year ago

Sh TanKeeps calm and carries on

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Trains in Germany

hi, the germany trains from say munich to stuttgart and stuttgart to frankfurt runs very often (like many trains per hour). Will the prices increase nearer to travel dates? or they will remain largely the same? can i wait till the day of travel or jus before travel to buy these tickets?thank u

1 year ago

AndrewJanineRail rookie

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Boarding a train without reservation being required

Hi just wondering if you have a trip on one day with multiple train changes and only some sections of that trip require a seat reservation my question is - do you just hope that there are seats on the trains for the other sections that don’t require seat reservations? Thanks for your help.

1 year ago

Rommel ReisNew aboard

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Phone stolen with Active Global Pass, need travel today😕.

I had my iPhone stolen unfortunately with EURAIL GLOBAL PASS active on it. I'm on a trip today and I need to activate it on a new device. Somebody help! 😥

1 year ago

jjboysRight on track

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Austria Trains - where are the first class cabins located?

Hi, Will be visiting Austria end of the year and we will be purchasing the Eurail pass. Would like to know where the first class cabins are located in the train. Are they at the front or end of the trains? If we are to wait at the platform for the train to arrive, how do we tell which part of the platform we should be standing to wait for the train? We are travelling with some senior citizens and we hope we can know where the 1st class cabins are located so that we would not have to run and rush when the train arrives and realising that we are actually waiting at the wrong end of the train. By the way are we able to walk through the train carriages?

1 year ago

bcsvacation

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Using Benelux within the Netherlands

Hello and thank you for allowing me to join this group 🙂I have a question about using the Benelux card and if this specific topic has already been discussed, I apologize, and ask for the link to be sent to me, please!My question: I know I can use the Benelux card to go from Amsterdam to say Brussels but I just need to understand if I can use it to travel WITHIN the Netherlands, e.g. from Amsterdam to Rotterdam. Please advise, thank you so much!

1 year ago

Åke JohanssonNew aboard

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Wrong passport number

WE HAVE PUT IN WRONG PASSPORT ID WE USE PASS CODEIT HAVE RUN OK FOR 5,5 DAY BUT IN DANMART WE GET 750DKR FOR THATTTHE NEXT DAY IS THE LAST SO WE ARE GOING HOMEBUT IF WE HAVE WRONG PASS ID IT CAN COST OSS MORESO WE NEED TO HAVE IT CHANGED BRAke Johansson

1 year ago

Bob GreenRail rookie

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Pensioners ticket prices

As a pensioner do Inter rail do discounts for booking in advance , I am coming from England as my first visit to Germany for 7 days

1 year ago

Sue ClarkRight on track

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OBB Nightjet facilities

HelloIf I book an OBB Nightjet with a 2nd hand pass can you still have access to washing facilities or do you need a 1st class pass for this? I intend to spend most nights on the train and would need to wash myself and it would be nice to have breakfast as well.Many thanksSue

1 year ago

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