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Hi Me and my wife are planning to  travel  from Denmark to Sicily next May . We would like to go via Switzerland and take some of the nice trips there , regular trains.I would like if i can get some advice about  nigthtrains from Hamburg to Basel , trips to take in Switzerland and suggestions how to get from there to Sicily , ferry etc. And off course nice places to visit we have time enough. 

I bought a rail pass on October 21st 2026 to start planning the euro trip for July 2027. When are train times available to reserve? 

Hi, I just bought a 3 day German pass. i live in Switzerland. i’m trying to book a train from Bern to Berlin for the 21st October but I am getting the PASS NOT VALID message? I’m lost! Please help.

Has anyone noticed that Hungarian stations are missing at the moment Try Gyoer to Szolnok produces just one train.  also so smaller stations missing.

Are you eligible to buy a senior ticket and would you rather sleep in a bed than in a tent? Do you have time outside the school holidays and are you interested in sharing parts of your travel adventure? Then you’ve come to the right place, and I look forward to hearing your stories. Perhaps a special group of senior citizens will form here.My Story: 1st Trip in 1979, then 1980, 1981, 1983, long time for business, kids and family, still beloved and married but interrail single, last trips 2024 and 2025. Now I’m planning a one-month trip (313€ yeah) for 2027, but I’m not yet sure exactly when or where I’ll be heading.

Hello, my name is Nolan. I am currently living in the UK and have the official proof of temporary residence but I’m not a permanent resident. Should I choose the Eurail Pass or Interrail Pass？Thanks a lot！

I bought four Eurail Global Passes (around €1,193) for a trip with my parents, who flew in from India to visit me. It was meant to be a relaxed European holiday for them. It became the worst travel experience I’ve had in years of living in Europe — and I say that as someone who works in customer success for a living.The pass is sold as a simple, flexible way to travel. In reality it failed us at almost every step. At Munich we were refused boarding on a full train and waited three hours with my elderly parents. On the Paris–Brussels Eurostar there were no pass-holder seats, so we were forced to buy full-price tickets on top of the pass we’d already paid for — paying twice for the same journey. We were hit with repeated mandatory reservation fees on other legs, spent around six hours reaching Brussels, arrived at 10pm, and lost a full day of pre-booked activities. Several travel days we paid for were simply wasted.When I complained, it got worse. Over two weeks my case was passed betwee

I bought four Eurail Global Passes (around €1,193) for a trip with my parents, who flew in from India to visit me. It was meant to be a relaxed European holiday for them. It became the worst travel experience I’ve had in years of living in Europe — and I say that as someone who works in customer success for a living.The pass is sold as a simple, flexible way to travel. In reality it failed us at almost every step. At Munich we were refused boarding on a full train and waited three hours with my elderly parents. On the Paris–Brussels Eurostar there were no pass-holder seats, so we were forced to buy full-price tickets on top of the pass we’d already paid for — paying twice for the same journey. We were hit with repeated mandatory reservation fees on other legs, spent around six hours reaching Brussels, arrived at 10pm, and lost a full day of pre-booked activities. Several travel days we paid for were simply wasted.When I complained, it got worse. Over two weeks my case was passed betwee

Hi everybody, we’re about to start our trip on Saturday and I started activating the passes (7-day global), realizing I need an ID document to activate the passes. My children aged 8 and 5 don’t have any ID yet. Do I need to activate the children’s passes at all for they’re not paying anyway? Thank you for your help and advice 

Hello, I want to apply for https://www.jugendherberge.de/en/membership/eurail/ German Youth Hostel Membership - but there is a “Please submit a copy of your Eurail invoice as a “PDF file”.” And I did not pay for my pass - it was granted to me as a part of a programme. How do I get an invoice or some other document that they will maybe accept?

Hello,I have won a 7-day Polish-German Friendship Pass, and I have a question about how it works.In the tutorial video, I noticed that it might be possible to pause the pass. Does this mean that, during my trip, I can stay in Berlin for three days, pause the pass during my stay, and then reactivate it afterwards, so that I still have six days of train travel remaining?Or, once I activate the pass, do the seven days run consecutively, meaning that the pass continues to expire even if I stop travelling and stay in one place for a few days?

Hi everyone, Hope you are all good.I have a specific interrailing question that I would like to be answered, and I will need a reply soon because today is the last day I can refund my pass, as I purchased it a week ago  as part of the 50% discount. This was on a bit of a whim, not really sure if I was going to use it or not. It is now getting towards the deadline (this is today) by which the pass can be refunded and I will need some more information, quickly as to if it is worth progressing with.It is a months long continuous interrail pass and I will be starting in London, UK.Due to work commitments I will (realistically) only be able to take up to 13 potentially 14 days off holiday (this is Monday to Friday so two and a half weeks working days) to go interrailing. This could be extended to 18 days if I include the two weekends . So this means S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W, T, F, S, S, M, T, W. Realistically however I can’t see myself taking the additional half week off so will p

Bonjour,J'ai pris 2 pass pour moi et mon fils, ajouté mes réservations place assises et ensuite j’ai compris qu'il fallait activer le pass. Mais là je ne saisis pas pourquoi sur le pass de mon fils, il est indiqué 2/5  utilisés et non, sur le mien, ai-je fait une bêtise??

I am planning my trip, but most trains do not yet have schedules for my desired dates. How can I add the journeys and modify them once bookings open?

How to activate my bookings daily which are already booked a d paid for

I used Interrail a month ago to travel between Switzerland and London. The only people I could find that knew how to work the app worked at ticket offices non of the ticket inspectors could help me. Is there a seamless way to use the pass. Also is there a pass that can be used over 3 or 6 months?many thanksAfam

Hello,can I risk booking my eurostar before interrail has released its timetables?Specifically, I need to book a eurostar from London on 17 December and then again back to London on 03 January but Interrail doesn’t have timetables for my journey, yet (am going to Italy and back via France - Paris and/or Lille).And can I book seat reservations directly with Eurostar (since I can’t add journeys to my pass yet), if so where/how?Thank you!Julia

Hello. My partner and I have selected 1st class Interrail passes for our December holiday to France. I’ve waited until 30 September (as advised) to book, however still cannot find any trains to book along our proposed journey. Paris - Reims - Strasbourg - Colmar - X - Toulouse - Bordeaux - Paris

We travelling from Amsterdam to Salerno for the Christmas holidays, and while we were able to book the reservation for the night train until Zurich, we are not able to get the timetable for 20 december from Milan to Salerno.I see that on TrenItalia trains are already available, so I'm afraid we won't find much availability. Do you know what could be the issue here and any solution?Thank you in advance for anyone's help!

planning a trip from London in NOvember. I want ti go as far as Munich in Germany, but would like to see other places as well.Looking for ideas and planning advice please