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HiWife and I have taken this exciting plunge and purchased 1 month travel card. We are both retired and this is totally outside of our comfort zone.However we are also really excited on this venture.We really could do with some help from young experienced travelers from this community.We are based in the UK.we have purchased a flight to Oslo , therefore our starting point will be Oslo.We have got 1 month pass.Any guidance on where we should go from Oslo will be appreciated.Our plan is to make it back to the UK , via the Eurostar train , therefore we are totally open as to where and which countries.Our must is Switzerland and ViennaAlso has anybody have any experience with Travel Visa for British nationals, as we are now out of Europe, do we need to get Visa ? I had heard that from 2025 we may need visa ? Is this correct  Appreciate your help

Can I please check the detail of the ‘travel out’, ‘travel in’ facility of a Global Pass.  Does the Pass only cover for the actual train on which you leave your home country (UK) i.e. the Eurostar or can it include for trains needed to board the Eurostar.  For example, for somebody living in say Nottingham to get to St Pancras International they may be able to get a direct train but if not they would be required to take a train to Grantham or Long Eaton and then a train to St Pancras or Kings Cross respectively.  Would the Pass cover them for the trains to get to St Pancras (and in reverse on returning)?

We are planning our first trip to Europe. We bought a 2 month Global pass.Just a few questions 1. Is the eurail valid in Greece 2. can we use the monthly eurail global pass on the ferries between the Greek Islands3. Is the ferry from Greece to Italy included in the monthly global pass.4. Can we only book our ferry trips after activating our passThanksNadene

The train operator’s webpage does not require seat reservations, however eurail shows that it’s required. Why is this? Can I follow the rules from the train operator?For example, Rome-Florence, 27 january. In the page of trenitalia it is not mandatory to reserve a seat or in case you want to, you have to pay only 2€ while when I want to reserve that trip, eurail, says that is mandatory the seat reservation for that route 

Hi.Can we do our night train reservations  before we activate our Global pass?

I have bought 2 global passes for me and my partner - but do we both need an interrail account in order to book tickets 

When usint the interrail do you have to book the whole trip before you set off or can you make it up as you go along? Say we get to Prague and decide to stay an extra day and miss out our next planned stop and move on to somewhere else, is that possible? 

Myself and my wife are travelling to Switzerland in the month of May 2025. We have 4 day Global passes. Does the pass (2nd class) cover journeys on the Bernina express, Gotthard Panorama express, Glacier express and other sight seeing trains? Which ones arent?Generally need some help planning an itinerary so can anyone point us in the direction of an experienced Switzerland train holiday planner willing to share advice?Hugh 

I am planning to take the night train from Bratislava to Krakow Glowny in mid April 2025.  EN 476 Metropol departs Bratislava at 21:58pm and arrives Breclav at 23:04pm.  Continuing on to Krakow, the train number changes to 406 but you don’t changes trains.  It departs Breclav at 1:00am.  The info on the What Is A Travel Day page states … “When traveling on a night train that leaves on one day and arrives the next, without changing trains after midnight, you only have to spend 1 travel day”.  Just want to be sure I’m correct in thinking this trip counts as only 1 day.  Thanks.

 Hello, I live in France and I have a 7-day global pass to go to Greece. I will use one day of my Pass to leave France and one day to return to France. However, I have to take two trains in France to cross the Italian border from home. Is it possible to use my pass for these two trains (on the same day), or can I only use the pass for the train crossing the Border?Thanks in advance    Hello, I live in France and I have a 7-day global pass to go to Greece. I will use one day of my Pass to leave France and one day to return to France. However, I have to take two trains in France to cross the Italian border from home. Is it possible to use my pass for these two trains (on the same day), or can I only use the pass for the train crossing the Border?Thanks in advance

Hi! In the next days we are going to take the bernina express from tirano to Chur. Arriving at 19 in chur, we checked the hostels and hotel but they are too much expensive. Is there any other itinerary that goes from chur and arrives in a cheaper but nice city to sleep? Thank you a lot Samuele

I will be arriving in Bosnia from Croatia by train. Is there passport control at the train station or how do I get my passport stamped as I need it to show I have left the Schengen area. 

HelloIn April next year I will be travelling from Brussels to London on the Eurostar. I will be in Europe on my Australian passport but will travel to the UK on my British passport. I have entered in my UK passport to get my Eurostar seat reservation for the Brussels - London leg. On my return from London to Paris, I assume I put my Australian passport details in to get my Eurostar reservation, even though I arrived on my UK passport. For both leaving the EU  for UK, then returning, I assume I do EU immigration then UK at the start of both train trips.  Is this correct?Many thanksJon

Some trains are riding direct, but RailPlannerApp shows it like two trains. Praha-Warszawa f.i. is a direct-connection. If you put the connection with changment, EuRail counts it as 2 travel-days and you will loose a travelDay, while just one is needed (if traveller won’t travel further after disembarking from nighttrain, please improve it, thank you.So with IC 143/144 Hancza Kraków-Mockava, it drives to Mockava and not - like EUrail App dhows - just till Trakiszki.Everyone who travel trough the Baltic-states can’t show the km which have been made, nor the flags of those counrtries, it wouldn’t be correct what EURail company makes, would it?If companies like LTG-Link, LDZ and Elron don’t give the information, EURail should take a look in their Railplanners on Internet, or change the App so that Manual-inputs would be shown in the travel-diary.

Good morning, we hope you are doing well, i am goint to buy this pass for my 17 years old son.He will take one of 7 pass days. but he will stay in total 15 days in several destinations. Ámsterdam 28jun -1 julioBerlin Praga 03julioPrague 3 al 6 julioBudapest 6-9 julio Split 10-14 julio16 julio SPLIT HENDAIA My question is if this plan will be enought to stay all the days, perhaps, if he takes a train from hendaia to Amsterdam and here there are 3 conections with other trains, is it account like 1pass for each train he will take? total 3 pass?? please advice to me about it 

Hello all,We are traveling in April 2025 to Italy on Trenitalia regional and high-speed trains can someone please clarify the luggage policy for these trains?Thank you in advance,Kim

I can't find the exact page to buy the tickets and pay with a day of travel.  Thank you!

Me gustaría saber si más adelante salen nuevos viajes en ferry por las islas griegas. Ahora mismo entre varias islas no hay ferrys disponibles que pueda reservar von interrail.

Hello. I live in a small village in France close to the border with Switzerland. My village has no train station. My primary train station is Geneva. I want to buy an Interrail Global Pass for a trip to the UK, going from Geneva via Paris to London. So while my resident country is France, my in- and outbound trips are to and from Geneva, Switzerland. And to get to the UK I travel from Switzerland to France on my way to and from the UK. Can someone assure me that this is not a problem, or, if it is, since my home country where I live is not my home travel base, what do you recommend me to do? Thanks

Just bought x 2 global passes for the honeymoon next year, the 10 days within 2 months passes. Will be traveling from Doncaster in the UK to London for the Eurostar to Paris for 2 nights as doing Versailles.  Then we are off to Italy to spend the remaining 18 nights or so down and then up the boot. Would like to possibly get across to Sardinia and Sicily (depending on cost of ferry etc) Any hints and tips and recommendations to go in Italy would be recommended. We are in our late 40s not clubbing folk, do like a nice lively bar though and love to walk and see 'stuff' also love the countryside as much as a city.  I'm guessing I won't be able to book rail now for June next year, from your experience everyone, when do routes become available please? And thank you in advance.  Bazza. 

Sorry, but it's complicated, I'm going to write a newspaper.On November 20th I bought 2 Global Passes - 1 month successively in first class.On November 26th I still hadn't received the passes, but I received an advertisement from Interrail"Save 25% on all Global Passes until December 17th and embark on an adventure that will leave a lasting impression."I immediately sent an email asking because no one told me there would be a 25% discount offer!!!! and that I wanted the amount I had paid in excess of 400€ refunded.I was told that it wouldn't be possible, but that I could return them when I received the passes and my money would be refunded immediately (1610€) and I could buy two new passes with the discounted amounts.And that's what I did, I bought 2 new passes even though I hadn't received the others.2 days later I received the passes with the old values, this was on 28/11/24, I just changed the recipient and sent it back via DHL, even though there was a printout on the envelope that

Can anyone tell me please the stops on the Madrid – Albacete – Alicante route? 

Dear Interrail Community,  I’m reaching out for help regarding an issue with my Interrail Pass. It appears to have been linked to the wrong email address, which I no longer have access to.  I urgently need to have the pass sent to my current email address so I can use it for an upcoming trip. If anyone knows how to resolve this quickly or has experienced a similar situation, I’d be very grateful for your guidance.  Thank you so much for your support!  Best regards,  Luc  

Hey guys,I’m planning an Interrail travel next year in summer partly going to Marseille and I would like to go to Genova from there since I have seen a train connection in the Interrail map. I can see that the connection Marseille still exists from the SNCF and Trenitalia sites but the connection doesn’t show up in the App. Is this route not included in the Interrail Ticket? Do you have any idea why it is this way? GreetingsFabian

I’m after advice/information on a SNCF Connect option that I can see on their website.Their website only shows timetables within the next 30 days & I’m being very premature in looking for choices for a planned trip on 23 April 2025!However, one of the options on the Lyon Part-Dieu - Gare Routiere to Annecy is an “AUTOCAR - Car REGIONAURA 33625”.Is this a bus? The timetable makes this a good option for us.Does anyone have any advice/opinion on whether this is a feasible option?I have a 1st class Global 15 day 2 month Eurail pass. Can this Pass be used on this trip?Thanks