Travelling by train

Hi everyone,My boyfriend and me are going to do interrail from Norway to Budapest in September and we want to know if the 1st class is worth in north-europe trains. Our trip will have the following stops:Bergen - Oslo - Stockholm - Gothenburg - Copenhagen - Berlin - Budapest Kind regards.

Any issues because of CrowdStrike while travelling by train in the EU? News outlets are mostly yabbing about problems at airports but those do not interest me for one bit.

Hi there,I tried to organise a trip from Antwerp (Belgium) to Amersfoort (Netherlands). It shows on the last part of the trip as 'BUS34230‘. But next to it shows ‘Train’.Does anyone know this is BUS or TRAIN?Thanks for the help!Xufang 

Hi all,I was trying to make a seat reservation on the train from Cph Lufthavn to Göteborg Central leaving at 18:44 on the 14th of July. However I cannot find any way to make this seat reservation (I've tried swedish railways, DB and OBB). Can anyone help me? Kind regards,Fleur

Hi my dear fellow Interrailers, I have a question:I already planned and activated my journey from Hamburg to France and back. I wanted to go from Paris to Mannheim with the ICE and researved seats, but now I’d rather go one stop further to Frankfurt. Do you think I have to delete my journey plan and activate the new ticket or is it possible just to keep sitting this one stop in the ICE, even if I have to stand for the one station? Since I’m travelling with my kids and have several trains on the day before Paris I’m not so keen on deleting an re-activating everything.Thanks for your comments :)Nadia  

Hello, Is Italy’s trans-siberian railway included with the pass? I cannot find, say, Abruzzo on the rail planner app, although Sulmona is on there. Thanks!

I still have a few travel days left and have already returned home. So I no longer have entry and exit dates. Can I still use the remaining travel days abroad? Arie de B. 

I have noticed a new type of remark in the interrail planner (both app and web) for trains crossing the border to France, saying “Allow extra time for bording”. And if I click it, it says “Allow 20 minutes for border and bag checks”. For security measures, boarding is possible until 5 minutes before departure, so arrive at the station early.”What has changed?I know that France has introduced passport-check during the Olympics, but this message comes for all scheduled trips (until December) in and out of France (in both directions).I am fine with a passport-check, but what do they mean by “bag check”? Is it X-ray machines like at the airport? I am bringing a backpack with camping equipment (for hiking in the Pyrenees), that may or may not look suspicious in an X-ray machine.I can’t find anything about any extra border check anywhere else than the interrail planner. If I look at SNCFs planner, is says that I can board the train up to 2 minutes before departure - just like normal.Maybe th

Hello, I am trying to do a trip starting fron Athens crossing some countries to Poland.But it is being difficult to me to find trains information in Greece in the rail planner app.Even if I know there are trains available, how can I know if they are included in the Interrail pass?For example i want to do, Athens-Kalambaka. I know there is a connection but don't know if it is included in the pass. Because the connection has a change to a bus in middle of the way. So that bus will be included?

Hi everyone!In your experience, are Nighjets on time? I have to book a train to get back to my city after doing Amsterdam-Zurich on the NJ, and I’m wondering how much spare time I have to consider ;-)Thanks!

Wer hat Erfahrung ?mein global pass gilt ja im Ausland (ein- und ausreise sind wie gesagt schon verbraucht ) Das wäre also ab Belgien  oder könnte ich ab Aachen fahren ? Das liegt ja haarscharf an der Grenze .ich freue mich sehr auf einen tippdanke im voraus und grüße herzlich Martin das 49 € Ticket habe ich   

hello! what could be the best possible route so the travel time is much shorter? was hoping for longer train rides for lesser stops and transfers.

I tried to book the sleeper train on Polrail from Budapest to Krakow but they are only giving me a mail or pick up in Poland option for the tickets.  I cannot do either.  I am looking to book a ticket in 2.5 weeks.  I am looking to book one double couchette and one triple for myself and my kids. I tried trainline and that didnt offer me the option of plugging in my Eurail pass for priceresuction; I tried OBB and that didn’t offer me the option of booking a couchette; and I tried MAV and that too didn’t offer me the option of booking a couchette.  HELP! 

Moin ich bin Matthias, bin 23 Jahre alt und komme aus Deutschland.Ich überlege am kommenden Sonntag oder Montag los zufahren und meine Idee wäre es über Paris nach Spanien und dann nach Portugal und anschließend natürlich irgendwie zurück. Das alles in gut zwei wochenAber ich bin komplett offen für alles.Wenn du Lust hast mit zukommen würde ich mich freuen.Ich habe Instagram aber leider keine Bilder drin. Wenn dich das nicht stört schreib mir doch einfach matthias_2k  Liebe Grüße Matthias

I am dreaming that we got a global pass and were able to see Portugal, Lisbon, Rome, Naples, Scotland, Ireland, and London within 20 days. Is the dream real?

hello! does the vienna-rome obb nightjet train operate from december to january?  

Hello, I would like to book a train ticket from Vienna to Munich on August 14, 2024 at 7 o'clock.I can't find a ticket for a direct train on this date.In addition, I am interested in a travel ticket from Munich to Zurich on August 15, 2024Is there a discount card that could be relevant for me? We are 2 adults arriving from outside Europe,I would appreciate your help.

Hello, I have some troubles finding easily night trains with Rail Planner app. When I check for only night trains it doesn’t show the ones that exist. From exemple you have one from Hamburg to Copenhagen.Is there a quick way around it? I want to explore my possibilities not knowing where my next stop is.Thanks a lot!Augustin

Hi I have been looking for the direct train from Spiez to Milan for late July date. Was looking at train availability for a few weeks and noticed direct trains (2h38min) are only available up to Jun 8 and it seems that no direct trains are added after that date despite daily checking. Any change such that there’s no more direct trains ? 

Hi, I’m travelling St Pancras to Bruxelles Friday 23.6.24 at 7.04. How much time should I leave before arriving?  Does check in take a long time with the interrail pass? I have a standard premier 1st class ticket. Many thanks, Barbara

Hello community,I am travelling with my family (wife and two kids aged 11 and 8) to London in September. We are also planning a trip to Paris and Interlaken (Switzerland). The likely itinerary will be:Day 1: Leave from London to Paris; Spend the day/night in ParisDay 2: Spend the day in Paris and in late night leave for InterlakenDay 3: Arrive in Lausanne or Interlaken;Day 3-5: Go around places like Lausanne, Interlaken, Montreux, Zweisimmen, JungfrauDay 6: Leave from Switzerland to London. Can you please help with figuring out whether it will be better (and cheaper) for us to hire a car or take trains?Which train was would be ideal for this journey (including Eurostar from london)? A 4 or 7 day Eurail or a combination of 4 days Eurail Global pass and a swiss travel pass? And what should be the ideal combination?

Hi, I’m completely new to travelling via rail in Europe and have a query that I am hoping somebody might be able to answer.  I am still trying to get my head around how the rail service in Germany fits together.I know there has been severe flooding in Bavaria and many services are affected. Munich - Nuremberg - Erfurt - BerlinKarlsruhe - Stuttgart - Ulm - Augsburg - MunichStuttgart - Mannheim - Frankfurt(M)Munich - Lindau - Bregenz - ZurichKarlsruhe - Stuttgart - Crailsheim - NurembergAugsburg - Kempten(Allgäu) - OberstdorfI’m struggling to figure out if a couple of trips I have booked will be affected by this though.e.g. I am travelling from Cologne to Munich on 16th June, then Munich to Paris on 19th June; if I search for a trains on either of these journeys on those dates, they are all there, you can still book seats - seems to be no mention of any being cancelled or changes made to them.   I am reading that correctly? 

Hi! We’re traveling trough Spain and have to back at the 11th of may. Now we just heard that the train from Barcelona to Lyon isn’t going that weekend. Our Seats are already booked from Lyon to home (Utrecht) at the 11th and we can’t delay our trip to the 12th. Already had contact with Renfe, NS International and Interrail but so far no help yet…. Anyone any ideas? Thanks!

Not strictly an Interrail question, but since the DB community does not exist anymore, I’ll try it here. Some time ago, I booked the following connection for tomorrow evening (June 4th) on international-bahn.de:Frankfurt Hbf 19:49 (ICE 693)Augsburg Hbf 22:40Augsburg Hbf 23:02 (NJ 237)Venezia Santa Lucia  08:34Now it turns out that ICE 693 from Frankfurt to Augsburg is canceled already. I could probably take a different train to Stuttgart instead and board the Nightjet there. However, for today (June 3rd), it is indicated that the Nightjet will only start in Salzburg. For tomorrow, there is no information yet, but of course, I wonder if it could still be the case then.So I have 2 questions:- Is there any reliable information on the status of NJ 237 tomorrow?- If it turns out that the NJ is canceled (at least in Germany - I probably can't get to Salzburg), do I have the right to take another connection to Venice with my ticket the following day (June 5th)? For instance, the following one

I have my first travel day tomorrow  .. June 2 ... with two Journeys, pass activated and ticket visable. Do I have to do anything at the start of the day or between trains or does the ticket/screen remain unchanged during the journeys?