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I just got an email saying my train on friday is affected due to train strike in italy. But I am not sure I understand the email correctly. Is it all trains in italy affected or just some? My train is RJ 83The email: Strike notice ItalyIn Italy, a strike is planned from 10.04.2025, 21:00 until 11.04.2025, 20:59.DB-ÖBB EuroCity trains and RJ trains in the section München Hbf ? Innsbruck Hbf ? Verona/Bologna/Venedig, in each case via Brennero/Brenner, as well as the trains RJ 185 and RJ 184 in the section Innsbruck Hbf ? Bolzano/Bozen are affected.The trains RJ 83 / RJ 82 in the section München Hbf ? Innsbruck Hbf ? Bologna are guaranteed.In case of a strike train cancellations and delays are to be expected in the passenger train traffic during this period.For further information please visit the websites www.trenord.it and www.trenitalia.com.We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. I am going from Munich to Bologna Regards Karina 

Hi, I’m going inter railing for 3 weeks for the first time in June. I am travelling through Spain, south of France and Italy. I’m undecided on whether to take a suitcase or buy a backpack. Everywhere I am staying is close to all the train stations so I won't be walking around with luggage for long. just wondering whether to save the cost of buying a backpack and taking a suitcase that Ive already got. Thankyou!

On the 17th of May we (my wife and I) from Venice to Napoli. By mistake I made seat reservations in the silent wagon. However it is nice to talk a bit to each other on such a long trip.Tried to correct this with Trenitalia customer service, tomnromal 1st claas, but found out that this is not easy.Questiion is double.Is silent very silent or is soft conversation allowed. In Holland itis a deathsin to make any noise. Can imagine that in Italy one is more easy.Or does someone know a fastlane for changing a seat booking? Thanks Haeije Manders

I want to use my Global Pass to travel from Paddington to Bristol Parkway. On the Eurail website I get “Not available from Eurail.com……Book online at www.acprail.com” When I go to ACPRail, i can’t use my pass, I have to purchase a ticket. Am I doing something wrong?   

I am planning a 16 day trip this month to travel from Switzerland to Italy. Arriving in Zurich airport and going to Lucerne immediately. Will then travel to Grindewald for a few days before going to Zermatt. However, my next stop from Zermatt to Venice seems to be very more than 9 hours (based on the train schedule from SBB). I am planning to go to Rome after Venice before my final destination at Milan which is where I will fly back home.My questions are :(a) Should I buy Swiss Travel pass to travel within Switzerland? What pass should I buy since there are 2 countries i am travelling (b) Is there a faster train ride to travel from Zermatt to Venice? Based on what SBB provides, it is a very long ride with the need to make 5 train changes so I am hoping to find a shorter train ride. (c) Could I obtain advice which route requires seat reservations and should I purchase 1st or 2nd class seats? Thanking in advance. 

I am aiming to go interrailing next year in 2026, however am very prepared and like to have a look at various route options, and to accustom myself to the process I will have to go through when eventually booking my trip. I looked up the routes I want to go on during my trip with my partner, and also had a look at some of the seat reservation options for 2025 in May (which is when we want to travel next year). I see that you can book seats up to 90 days in advance, but found EVERY date within 90 days in the future completely booked up! 90 days from today is specifically the 7th of July 2025, and even those tickets were completely sold out. How do I avoid this or ensure that I can reserve a space on the more popular routes? I did check at 11am, should I be checking at midnight or early hours of the morning? The route I am talking about specifically is Avignon to Barcelona. 

Hello is this a good plan Need to get travel London to Split. Any advice greatly appreciatedLondon → Amsterdam (26th June) Amsterdam → Freiburg (27th/28th June) Freiburg → Vienna (29th/30th June) Vienna → Zagreb (2nd July) Zagreb → Split (4th/5th July) 

Do I have a Chance to aktivate a pass with an iPhone 6??? Thanks for help! 

Hello!I’m trying to book seat reservations on trains between Maribor and Chioggia on 12 July, but am wondering if they’re not yet available? Can anyone please confirm?Also, a while back (actually quite a few years ago) I took a train from Ljubljana to Venice, but I’m not sure such a train is still running? The suggested routes seem to be to head north to Austria before heading down to Venice and then Chioggia. Is it no longer possible to take the train from Ljubljana to Venice via Trieste?Thanks for your help in advance - it’s hugely appreciated!Mel 

Sorry if this is a silly question but I’m new to this and finding it harder than I thought!I want to book my trip but trains don’t appear when I try to add the journey for example trains from Helsinki to Kemi  and Narvik to Stockholm at the start of July.Why is that? and what should i do?Thanks for any help

Hey,on April 17th, I need to go from Prague to Berlin.i tried to reserve a seat, but it looks like there aren’t any available .according to Eurail , seats are recommended , not required .is it still possible to get on the train?or should I find an alternative ?

Hi, we’ve got 4 nights in Florence early July 2025 and looking at taking a day-trip over to Pisa one day and possibly across to Venice on another day. Can we use our Eurail pass on these trains please?I’ve checked the timetable and it seems like there’s plenty of trains departing Florence to Pisa, looking at the 08.28am train. Seems I’m unable to make seat reservations however. Do we simply board the train and show our Global Pass or I assume we need to validate a ticket somewhere? 

Hello folks,I’m wondering if I book a reservation for GWR in UK (return trip from London to Oxford), would that use one day of my Global Eurail Pass (Flexi pass)? I have already planned out all travel days for my pass and I won’t be able to use the pass if GWR requires one. Thanks.

Hey! I’m Rene from Estonia. I'm 18, and I’ll be using my DiscoverEU pass to travel around Europe this summer—starting in Paris (June 6–10) and making my way through France, Spain, Portugal, Monaco, and Italy before heading home in early July.I’m up for anything—exploring cities, chilling on a beach, trying weird local food, last-minute plan changes, doing sports, partying, or just going with the flow. It would be awesome to find someone to travel with for part of or even the whole trip!If you’re on a similar route and wanna team up or have ideas, hit me up!I speak English, a little Russian, and a tiny bit of French.IG: rene_reineberg

I have traveled with Eurail for five summers but always individually. This coming summer I will be traveling with a friend. We would like to make our reservations so that we can be seated together. I have had a long email dialogue with Eurail Customer Support be I still don’t see exactly how it works when using the app. At the website we can join both of our passes to one trip. In the app it creates a Copy Trip. It doesn’t seem like the original Trip (my pass) and the Copy Trip (my friend’s pass) are linked in any way that making reservations will assign us adjoining seats. Can someone give me a better explanation than Eurail Support?Do we need to always make reservations through the website? If we are linked in the same Trip on the website does it effect our passes in the app?

I’m planning to travel by the from Munich to Vienna (see picture ).should I reserve a seat in advance for this route ? 

Hello, I’m wanting to travel via night train from Prague to Zurich and back, but my home country is Germany which the train travels through. I understand that this would be impossible as each journey would count as both an inbound and outbound day due it passing through Germany. However, could I work around the issue by purchasing point to point tickets for the journey from Prague to the German border and the same in reverse and then adding the journey to the app simply from the first stop over the border (Bad Schandau - DE) so that the way out would count as my outbound journey and the return my inbound?The other issue that could complicate matters is that I would need to make a couchette reservation and this would be for the full journey at the Interrail pass rate. Would this be a problem if the journey was split this way?Thanks for any advice!  

Hola, He comprado 5 pases de siete días para este verano, 2 de adulto y 3 de niños, al añadirlos a la aplicación me hace crear una carpeta para cada pase,la duda es:como puedo reservar los trenes de los 5pases a la vez ya que todos viajamos juntos?Muchas gracias 

Is there a way to determine if my eurail pass covers gong from Venice to Ljubljana? I do the Reservations part and enter in those two destinations and it comes up empty. It seems odd me when looking at other online sources. Not sure if there is a hidden trick that shows how I can get to to Slovenia from Italy. 

We are having trouble booking the Nightjet from Amsterdam to Basel on July 31 2025.  For that date it says, “Currently not reservable”.  (Also for Aug 1 & 2) But dates before and after seem to be fine. Any suggestions? 

I purchased to your Eurail passes today & didn’t get my email. How do I contact them with questions, specifically where is my email?

Estoy comparando el precio entre comprar el interrail con la reserva de asientos, y la opción de coger un viaje  de ida y vuelta, y sale mucho más caro está segunda opción..como puede ser? Tengo miedo estar haciendo mal !Gracias!

We were advised to book seat reservations as soon as they became available, as they can be limited on some routes.We have planned our itenary and book the relevant trains / seats.There is still a while to go but I have been sorting the paperwork and adding information to our running sheets.On checking our journey from Salzburg to Strasbourg on the 3rd May the first 2 legs starting at 10:00 from Salzburg to Munich and then 13:02 from Munich to Mannheim have both dissappeared.How do I get on about changing the seat reservations to an alternative?Obviously the seat reservations will not be valid on an alternative timetabled journey, despite the route being the same.

Hi all, I finally brought two eurail 10 day passes as we are two australians travelling around europe.I managed to download the eurail app and add my pass but i have not activated it in fear that will mean i have to use it within two months when we dont start until june 15.I went to add my partners pass and couldnt see an option to do this ??Maybe it is only one pass per app but how would this work if you had family members without phones ?? Much thanks Marty

I’m frustrated to see there’s a great Eurostar sale on today when I bought a sale Interrail pass the other day in order to do a short trip from the UK to mainland Europe in May. With the great Eurostar sale today I could have booked it cheaper with individual tickets rather then the Interrail ticket I bought the other day…