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Hi I'm new here and travelling to Europe for 3 months very soon. I would like to know more about Eurail pass I'm thinking of getting a 3 month one and travelling around Europe at my own pace. But not sure how eurail pass work any advice would be appreciated please. 

Hi Is it relatively easy to book the Eurostar (Paris to London) using the pass or are there a limited number of seats available to pass holders?  Before I buy the pass I’m trying to figure out if these tickets for August could be included as that will be the deal breaker for us.  We’re a family of 4 so would need 4 seats together. Thanks 

I have a Eurail 1st class pass and want to catch this train from Venice to Pordenone. Is this the right web site to book it? Is the 26EUD booking fee right? 

Hi there,Thanks to many friends on this site who gave me the tips for seat reservation last year.I used OBB site to make seat reservation. It was free for 1st class globe pass holder. I used my ‘2x months in a row Globe pass’ on daily basis for 61 days. That was great! It made my journey much more enjoyable. Thank you so much! I am going there again this year.I am not sure if any of you realized that OBB no longer gives free seat reservation for 1st Class holder any more. They charge 3 Euros now. (It is still cheaper than many other sites though.) I believe that this just happened (a few weeks ago).Or maybe, I didn’t find the right trick? 😀Any ideas or tips to share will be much appreciated!Thank you!

Hello lovely people,I am planning to travel in the following countries for about 18-20 days in end of May: Germany (i start here) - Switzerland - Italy - France - Belgium - End in Germany. I am planning to buy 4 global passes as i feel it is convenient to have a flexibility with the trains to be boarded. However, i have some questions that i wish to be clarified before buying these passes. Question 1: How does the boarding a train work? Can i simply board any train from one place to other (regional or high speed train)? or is it required to book the tickets on some specific website or any app to avail the pass? (of course i understand a seat reservation has to be made separately otherwise, seat is not guaranteed ). The question is about boarding the train and what to do if ticket controller appears and asks for ticket. Can i simply show the pass on my mobile?Question 2: Does this train include the city metro or trams also? If it does, the same question for boardingQuestion 3: If i buy

Hello!My husband and I have a month in France beginning mid April. We have an 8 day Eurail pass and have plotted our trip. Today I began to make the reservations where needed. But….I can’t figure out one segment, so I am looking for advice. We want to travel Caens to Paris early May. The schedule shows trains and requires reservations but I can’t figure out how to do this. Can someone explain?Much appreciated,Leanne & JohnVancouver BC Canada

Hi, I have already reserved a seat on the 11:04 eurostar from London to Brussels on the 2nd July a few weeks ago and today my friend tried to reserve a seat on the same train. When you try to reserve it now it doesnt come up at all on raileurope and says “Not Available” on the eurostar website. My ticket seems to still be valid though and when I look at the seats the vast majority are still available, looking at other trains that day it seems all the trains that continue to Amsterdam are “Not Available”. Is this a timetable issue or are we going to need to change to the next available train?Thank you for any help.

On Eurail web site, trying to book 2 reserved seats on Frecciarossad train between Bologna and Firenze.  Looks like I can do this but I see no step to reserve specific seats or have them assigned.   Do I select seats when I board?   Would like to sort this out before I actually pay for them.Is this normal or did I miss a step?

Are subways and buses included in "CONTINUOUS Eurail passes" for transit only within urban centers? In other words, would the passes also work for subways and buses in urban centers?

Hello, I’m planning to go interrailing later on in the year and am planning on using two of my journeys for inbound and outbound travel from the UK (my home country) and just want to check if it is alright!I live in Leeds, so am planning on taking a train from Leeds to Kings Cross and then changing to get the Eurostar from St Pancras to Brussels. Then I’m planning on returning by flying into Luton Airport and taking the train back up to Leeds. My plan is to get a train from Luton Airport to St Pancras and then travel with LNER back up to Leeds. Is all of this ok and does it count as one outbound and one inbound journey? Are all of the trains I have listed included with an interrail pass?Thanks!!

Hi everybody, Going for a trip through Eastern Europe with end destination Istanbul this summer. Including 2 kids. Should it be more safe choosing the paper option? Regarding the countries as Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey. If the conductor doesn’t accept mobile tickets or app we have nothing to show, no?  Or are we wrong? When I visit the interrail website i feel a strong push towards mobile passes, but also for Eastern Europe? Anyone with experience, please some advice, Grts

I’ve stored my wife’s pass onto my device but I can’t add her to my planned literary. I tried to make duplicate but it doesn’t work. Do I need to type the whole itinerary again?

If I buy a 6 days in one month Scandinavian pass and my last day of travel is used on travel from Copenhagen to Hirtshals, do I loose the discount on ferry travel to Bergen the next day even though my month of pass validity is not over yet but I used last day of 6 days travel?

Hi guys, We are planning to go from Lucerne to Como (11th July). Last week we checked the itinerary for this date and it said that there was multiple trains from Lucerne-Lugano-Como - no reservation needed. But today we checked again and it said there are no trains available for our dates. One alternative option we found is to get the 8:18 train from Lucerne to Lugano, get there at 10:48 and then wait until 13:00 and get a direct Flixbus to Como for 14 EUR - arriving at 13:45. Is there a reason for this (not updated, closed lines, etc.)? Is there a better way to get to Como quicker from Lucerne? Thanks so much!

Is there any way to check whether I can book Eurostar or the TGV for this trip over the Easter weekend? We are coming back midweek so I am sure there will be capacity on those trains. We want to travel on the 30th and due to engineering works there are no trains into Euston so we can’t get to London before 14:30 - is the only way to check to buy the passes? 15% cancellation fee does seem a bit heavy to be able to check and rule this in or out? Thanks 

Hi Guys,  Can anyone give me the low down, or share your experiences of the sleeper trains.  We are a family of four. No set destinations yet but it must include sleeper trains, according to my son.  What are the differences?  Best sleeper trains you have used?  Any Pros and Cons?  Pictures would also be amazing!  Thanks guys!!! 

Thank you for the many who have posted on usage of Eurail Global Pass. I just purchased passes for my family to travel next February. Read that it is better to book on OBB webitse. I bought a “10 days within 2 months” Eurail Global Card. Can I ask that if I book and reserve seats on the OBB website, do I still need to create my trips on the eurail.com Trip Planner please?Of not, how will my Eurail usage be recorded. Would greatly appreciate advice from experience users. Thank you so much in advance. regards, Pauline from Singapore

Hi,We are planning to travel from Geneva to Milan on Sun 21 July 2024 and we can’t find any sensible options.  We had planned to travel over the border between Brig and Domodossola but this appears to be shut for the summer, does anyone know when a rail replacement timetable will be in place and how much of the line will be closed.  I’m concerned about how long it might add to our journey as we’re travelling with two small children.Are any other options recommended? We’ve been looking at Zurich - Milan via Lugano but again can’t find any trains for the Swiss / Italian border crossing.Any advice would be great, every option we look at seems to fail!Cheers,Claire

Hi everyone,I’m trying to make a seat reservation from Valence (France) to Barcelona, but it doesn’t allow me, as it shows in the image below. Can anyone tell me what can I do? Should I go to any Spanish train station and buy it from there? Does the Interrail pass applies, or do I have to pay the whole ticket independently from the Interrail pass?Thank you very much,Lúa 

HelloI try to organize our trip in Norway, Sweden and Germany this summer. But I can’t manage to book our night train back from Berlin to Basel around the 18 august. I have the impression that there is work going on and that the night train will no longer operate from August 9. Do you have any tip about this trip ? I also try by the line Berlin-Paris but on the OBB web site there is written that no seats or aything available… Thanks for your help and have a nice evening,Karine

I’ve been on the site multiple times trying to get info on trains/prices/bookings from Zurich to Milan in July.  Is it not possible to get this info 4 months in advance?  Every time I put in a date and time I get the message that there are no trains. If I’m too far in advance of the date, when should I come back to book?

I am Ronja , 18 years old, from Germany/ Bavaria and would like to travel from 1.7. - approx. 21.7.I would like to travel to the following cities:Amsterdam- Copenhagen- Göteborg- Stockholm- Oslo Who would like to come along - I would be happy if someone would join me

Morning,Does anyone know when the TGV from Lille Europe to Marseile St Charles departing 14.01 on 25 May 2024 will go on sale. It’s just outside of the dates currently open for booking. Many thanks,Emma 

Hello all,(For the purposes of full disclosure, I am not new here, but since I was last online a year or so ago the Facebook login authentication I was using seems to have stopped working permanently, so I’ve had to create a new account.)I’m taking the Chopin sleeper from Vienna to Warsaw East (Wschodnia) in a couple of months’ time, but to my shame I wasn’t careful enough when booking and have only reserved as far as Warsaw Gdanska. I don’t really want to cancel and rebook if I can help it, firstly because it seems like overkill, and secondly because Nightjet partner trains now have dynamic pricing, so I might lose money.I am guessing the most important thing is that the Interrail app ticket and the sleeper berth reservation QR code match up, so I have entered Gdanska rather than Wschodnia into my journey planner, and I’m pretty sure the train attendants won’t care in the slightest if I stay on one more stop. Obviously I can’t just add Gdanska to Wschodnia as a separate trip after the

Hi All, I need help with the Italy Night Trains! I’m finding myself going in circles with multiple companies customer support. We have a global pass, 2 of us my partner and i, and are trying to plan to take the INC #1955 from Rome to Palermo. We want a 2 person cabin. We are looking into October, HOWEVER we’ve been exploring many many dates prior to get an idea of pricing and how to book and it is just not working. Heres an overviewContacted Eurail Support as “Prices Unavailable” comes up on most dates on the eurail seat res website. Also only shows couchettes. They said to book through a partner, namely Italiarail Contacted Italiarail, all looked good except it was charging full price, not seat res and also split the train with a “transfer” that doesnt exist. They said, please don’t book with us, use eurrail. Raileurope shows no trains available Trenitalia doesn’t let us add Eurail pass.I am so confused because people say you can book these seatres for these trains, but i feel like i’