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Hi, I have made seats reservation on raileurope and received the tickets, but upon entering the reference number on SNCF site, they directed me to SNCF Voyageurs site, and told me that “Your ticket could not be imported. Please check the travel information provided.” What can I do now to verify the tickets? Is my reservation valid?

Morning i booked seat reservations for my wife and I using DB app.  I have an invoice but I have not been issued with a QR code. Is this normal?  What do I need to show the conductor? Trip is between Vienna- Breclav and Breclav - Praha on 2 June.  I have seat reservation numbers for both legs. just know Barcode received and no email pass received. We have a 3 mth global pass. thanks jon

Interrail Passholder Eurostar fares to Rotterdam are more than 35 Euros (via RailEurope), is this due to split journey, change at Brussels? And how can I get the published 35 Euros Passholder fare please?NB For July 2nd 13.00 Rott booking (testing showed the usual Brussels 30 Euros Passholder fare was available).Many thanks.

Good morning,I have just purchased 2 x 15 day Eurail passes.  I have added them to my phone, but not activated them.  When I checked my first journey, there was not tick box or slide to add the journey to the pass. Will this become available Once I have activated the pass? And secondly, I not due to travel for a month, can I activate my pass to test, then deactivate it?Thanks. Adam  

Dear travelers,  After a good experience last year me and my family will be travelling by train (interrail) again this year. We plan to travel from Utrecht to Wien by Nightjet 40421 on the 7th of juli. I want to book a couchette for 4 persons in the Nightjet, but somehow I also have to pay 39,60 euro for Sparscheine Komfort. If I remember correctly I didn't have to pay that last year, just the reservation for the couchette and the extra amount for 4 persons. Does anyone here know why that is? Because of the Euro 2024? Thanks in advance for information!

HelloI’m traveling from Milan - TiranoTirano - Chur (The Famous Train Ride)Chur - FussenFussen - InssbruckInssbruck - SalzburgSalzburg - Munich All these places in a maximu of 10 days time with my wife. From 16-24 of MAY I don’t understand much how your eurail pass work. Can you explain If getting the eurail will allow me to go to all of these places and save money? Thank you.

HI my family will be traveling to Europe this summer July 23-Aug 13th.  We would love to hit all three countries France, Italy and Switzerland and do it all by train.  Has anyone experienced a three week trip all by train with the family.  Where should we start and end?  How do we pick and choose what destinations in each country?  We definitely want to explore some of the beautiful places in nature and mountains as well.  I am grateful for any feedback or layout you suggest.  

Hi Team,Am from India staying in Zurich,Switzerland, and have Resident permit.Planning to travel to Italy by train - To Milan, Bologna, Venice and Florence on March 30th and 31st.1. Should I take Euro rail pass or Inter rail? 2. Will the trains be operational on those two days, as its Easter eve?3. Should I take one country pass or Global pass?    3.1 If I take Global pass, i need not take separate ticket in-bound and out-bound from Italy?4. Is reservations required?5. Can I board any train at anytime with the rail pass?Also Please share an app/website to check the price to travel within Italy, like SBB.Is there any day pass which could be utilised for a zone/town visit via other means of transport like bus or tram/ ferry.Thank you.  

Hi, just wanted to check if anyone here has used the Eurail pass to travel from Edinburgh - Frankfurt/Mannheim I am considering between 3 optionsOption 1:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 24min transfer & check in)1104 - 1405 London - Brussels1425 - 1740 Brussels - Frankfurt Option 2:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 51min transfer & check in)1131 - 1453 London - Paris1555 - 1826 Paris to Karlsruhe1826 - 1958 Karlsruhe to Frankfurt Option 3:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 51min transfer & check in)1131 - 1453 London - Paris1709 - 2059 Paris - Frankfurt There will be extra seat reservations if I travel via Paris. I am keen to travel via Brussels, but am afraid of the “short’ transfer time given that I am travelling out of UK (security and customs check). I’m also quite afraid that the ICE train at Brussels would be delayed/cancelled as it seems quite common upon checking the train history. What do you think? Which option would you choose? Let me know!   

I am planning my summer holiday. A part of the journey goes from SW Germany to Paris.  This could be one of these trains:Mannheim Hbf 13:42 to Paris Est 16:52 (TGV 9552)OrKarlsruhe Hbf 15:32 to Paris Est 18:16 (ICE 9572)OrKarlsruhe Hbf 18:05 to Paris Est 20:43 (TGV 9560)Since these trains runs in France, I will need seat reservations.If I buy reservations at Rail Europe.com, they will cost 18€. Here I can choose what kind seat I will get (window/aisle and upper/lower deck). But it looks like it is not possible to choose the actual carriage and seat number.​​But if I book at bahn.de I can get the same reservations for just 4,9€. But here the seat are automatically assigned.Does anyone know if it somehow is possible to get reservations at the cheap DB price AND be able to choose my seat? Maybe DB will be able to assign a specific seat manually, if I contact them.A side node: According to bahn.de all 3 trains is operated by DB Fernverkehr. That makes sense with the ICE train, but it looks

Any intrepid travellers done this section to get From Slovakia to Poland “Not In Network” why is this short stretch not valid on the pass Thanks From Skalite to Zwardon

Hi there! I’m from Argentina. I just got a pass for 5 days in may. I’m starting from Switzerland and need to travel to Ghent Belgium afterwards. I tried googling and searching but couldn’t find out what is the best way to get there. Is Google Maps public transport mode reliable? Because it tells me to do like 5 combinations, is there no direct way from one country to another?Besides this case, how can I know, for each city, which trains and destinations are available?Also, if I understand well, the pass doesn’t guarantee any seats, right? So if I don’t reserve seats and the train is full I lose it or travel standing up?Sorry I am really lost, if anyone could point me to some useful articles I would be really grateful. 

Hi Community, Im Vijay from India, planning a trip with my spouse in April - its our first trip to Europe. Wanted to get feedback/input from you all on my travel schedule, especially on train tips. Does Euro global pass for 10days works better or buying individual tickets makes sense?12 Apr- Rome airport to hotel and local sight seeing13 Apr - FB8606 to Pisa and later RV4046-FR9428 to Venice same day14 Apr - Plan to take EC42-EC334 to Zurich (do i need reservation in advance for any of the above trains, even after buying Euro pass?)15-18 Apr - wanted to rent a car and roam around18 Apr - Initially i planned to take Zurich-Amsterdam flight, but would love to explore the overnight train 'Nightjet - 402', but unable to book the sleeper. Have they stopped sleeper in this leg? And with Euro pass can i get to book sleeper?19 Apr- Amsterdam to Lille in morning19-21 Apr- Keeping Lille as base, wanted to explore Brussels and around (not decided yet)21 Apr- evening from Lille to Paris 23 Apr- Ba

Hi again - my wife and I (first time travellers to Europe) are hoping to get from Lauterbrunnen Switzerland (am)to Barcelona Spain (pm) on Friday 19th July.  Is this possible in one day?  If so can you recommend the best way (carrier) to achieve this?thanks againjon     

Hi.I have never travelled on a Eurail pass before.When I am in the process of changing trains and following my itinerary, (e.g. I only have 20 minutes between alighting the first train and then boarding the second train), where I am changing trains at a large railway station with lots of platforms. How will I know which platform to board my second train? Will the platform number be mentioned on my itinerary? Are the platform numbers of soon departing trains mentioned on all of the platforms where people are alighting? It is very important for me to know, especially if I have a seat booking on the second or third train.Please give me some ideas.

Hi.wife and I hoping to travel from Florence to Lauterbrunnen.  We have 3 mth global pass.  Just wondering- can we make this journey in one day?hoping to travel 16 July in the AM arriving Lauterbrunnen in the pm on the same date. can this be done? thanks in advancejon

Hi. I’m new to trains. I purchased a 15 day pass and booked a train on Eurostar from France to Rotterdam. My email is telling me to bring a reduction card. I don’t have one and can’t get one where I’m living (Central America). I thought I could just use the app but not sure what to do. I have the barcode for the Eurostar but not sure how to get it onto my Eurail app. I am traveling to Europe in May.Thank you for any help in this matter. •  2 x Adult with fare RailPass Standard+ Eurail 1st classPlease make sure you have your reduction card with you during your journey.

Hello everyone,I am currently travelling, trying to make my way down from zagreb to split. i have my eurail pass already, so im looking to only book the seat reservation. when i attempt to do so online, eurail website states my only way is though a paper ticket. since i’m not home, it’s impossible for me to receive a paper ticket, so an eticket is my only option. the same issue also arises when attempting to get from gyoer to zagreb. is there a way around this? thanks!

I want yo make s reservation for the Eurostar Brussels to London. Going through the process I suddenly get charged €4 extra for a mobile ticket which I don't want. Is there a trick around this. I can't find how it comes to this. I thought i would get an email with the bar code to copy and use. Anybody got a suggestion?Many thanks Jetmum

Hi :) The railway map on the Interrail website only has a few routes from different cities- is this map showing the only routes or is it more of a base for other journeys? Could I for example take the train from Bath to Bristol using the Interrail Pass? 

Hello everyoneI plan to travel from Bern to London via Paris on June 9th. I’ve already made the booking for the 15.12 Eurostar service from Paris to London.Now I found this interesting connection from Bern but I’m a bit worried about the transfer time of only 9 minutes:RE 18122 Bern 06.23 → Frasne 08.06TGV 9264 Frasne 08.15 → Paris G.d.Lyon 11.08Has anyone any experience with this connection? Is the connection guaranteed? My alternative would be travelling via Basel and Strassbourg as trains are more frequent on that route. But the transfer time in Strassbourg is also not too long.Which route would you prefer? I only want to catch the Eurostar in Paris.Thanks in advance for your help. 

Hi , Myself and family are trying to book seat reservations from Basel to Zurich early April.Our train is midweek at lunchtime, an IC service. The SBB website states that reservations are not possible.Given the journey is just under 1 hour, I presume given this is such a frequent service that reservations are not required.Thx in advance.

I am trying to figure out how to get the best use os my pass on the last inbound part of my travel.I haven’t decided exactly which train I will take, but it might look something like this: Hamburg (DE) 20:43 to Flensburg (DE) 22:40 (Last station before the border)Flensburg (DE) 22:50 to Fredericia (DK) 00:14Fredericia (DK) 00:20 to Horsens (DK) 00:59 The last part is short, but in case I have a travel day to spare, I can just as well use it for that.I have read this guide: https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/interrail-mobile-pass/mobile-pass-faq/how-can-i-travel-back-home-by-night-trainI tells how to split an inbound journey, so that the inbound is applied to the second day. But that assumes that the border is crossed after midnight. In my case I will cross the border before midnight and change to another train after midnight.I know this will require 2 travel days, but is there any way to apply the inbound journey to the last day?There is no trains from Flensburg after midnigh

Hey,I bought a ticket from Vienna to Berlin with DB before purchasing the interrail pass. I would like to use it as part of my interrail. Is there a way to get a refund from that?  Thanks!

I’ve begun booking some trips for the summer and have booked Amsterdam to Brussels and Brussels to London. The Amsterdam to Brussels portion has a ticket QR code on the Eurail app, but the Brussels to London segment (on Eurostar) does not. I did, however, have to add additional passport information on the Eurostar website to get my seat reservation for the Brussels-London portion of the trip and I printed out this ticket with a QR code directly from Eurostar. Can I assume that this ticket from Eurostar is the only one I need, and that there isn’t a separate QR code required on the Eurail app?