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Good morning. I can’t find any connections from Venice to Rome from the second week of August onwards. Is it because it’s too early, or are there any planned works or changes to the route? Thank you

Hi All,New to rail travel!Earlier in the month i arranged a trip. London > France > Italy > Switzerland > London (Via France).It’s for 4 people and includes several reserved seats over a two week period.On the day i “sorted” the trip i added all the details to the app and all the journeys were there.This included a trip from Basel (12:34) > Paris Gare De Lyon (15:38) on the 7th June ahead of getting the Eurostar at at 6pm.I am now trying to add the journeys to the other travelers apps. but we can not find this journey. There are also no other options (except for ones that require multiple changes). Does this journey still exist? this was also a journey that required a reservation and was relatively expensive. Last thing we want is to rely on this train, to find out it doesn’t exist and then we miss our Eurostar journey!Any help much appreciated.

I’ve seen on the SBB website that there’s a direct train from Lugano to Venice Santa Lucia. However, the train doesn’t appear on the Interrail app; it’s only listed up until June. Could it be that it’s still too early? I’m travelling at the end of July. I’ve seen in other forum replies that they closed a tunnel for a while last year… I hope that’s not the case. Thanks!

Help please.Travelling last week of March 2026 from Lyon to Milan.Saw somewhere that the above train, which is not currently in the pass network, was due to ‘join’ the pass network soon.Any information on the progress & timing of the ‘joining’ appreciated.Alternative is to fly London to Milan! 😗Thanks  Graeme

Hello, I purchased a Eurail Pass through  KKday, but I’m unable to add the pass to the Eurail app.When I enter my pass number and last name, I receive a message saying that I need to update the app. However, both my iPhone iOS and the Eurail app are already updated to the latest version, so I cannot update them any further. I also contacted KKday, and they advised me to contact Eurail directly regarding app-related issues. In addition, I have already tried reinstalling the app several times and restarting my iPhone, but the issue still has not been resolved. Could you please help me solve this problem? Thank you.

I’m planning on taking an Amsterdam-Berlin train tomorrow, however every train for the day is sold out of seat reservations. The website said that they were optional so I didn’t think anything of it.  My question is this: will I still be able to board the train, and if there truly are no seats available, will I be allowed to just stand or sit on the floor somewhere that doesn’t obstruct anything?

We're a family of 5 looking to book the overnight sleeper from Berlin to Stockholm. Couchettes sleep 6 and we'd like a private sleeper cabin. Booking for 5 (each with Railcard), it's 2,075 SEK, in a shared cabin while the private cabin comes in at an eye watering 11,410 SEK!!!Adding a 'phantom child' ticket (without a Railcard) to ensure we don't share, comes in at a reasonable 3,192SEK.Has anyone had experience of booking for a non travelling child?! Are there any risks of doing this? Penalty fares?! 😬

As part of my upcoming trip, I booked a reservation on a Eurocity train between Zurich HB and Milano through the Eurail website. Listed under “conditions of use” on the ticket it says “This ticket is valid only when printed with a laserjet or inkjet printer on a white A4 sheet of paper, blank on both sides, in portrait format (vertical) and in the original, unchanged font size. Under no circumstances may it be presented on other media (electronic, screen, etc.).” I live in the United States and do not have easy access to A4 paper. Can I get away with 8.5”x11” paper as is commonly found here, since they are very similar? Can they print it for me at the Zurich train station? Is there a way to add this to my apple wallet with every other reservation I have instead? Thanks in advance.

Hi there - I live in the UK but am coming back from a holiday in Italy in June with family, but plan to go:Day 1: Rome-ZurichDay 2: Zurich-London….and then a couple of weeks later:Day 3: London-ParisDay 4: Paris-London….using the “4 days in one month” of an Interrail pass. Is this thing allowable? I was reading about how you can only use one entrance/exit in into a “home country” - but I’m not starting off from my home country, so I’m a bit confused if this will work...Any help appreciated with this technicality !

So I’m planning to travel from Switzerland to Malgrat de Mar in Spain and have managed to add the journey up to Girona and make the necessary reservations. It seems that Malgrat de Mar is not in the Interrail Schedule but it is covered in the pass. What’s the correct way of manually adding the journey from Girona up to Malgrat de Mar?I have found out that it is possible to add the journey by entering Girona as the starting station and then just any other station in Spain as the destination. Then I can scroll down, add the journey manually and then change the destination station to Malgrat de Mar (and add the other info). While this does seem to work, it also feels like this really isn’t the intended way to do this and I am scared that the resulting ticket may seem suspicious to a ticket inspector. I have, however, not found any other way of adding a journey where the destination station is not in the schedule.

Dear Community I’m attempting to book seats on the IC 306 Hamburg to Malmo (Stockholm) 9:51-15:35 on Tuesday 26 May. Unfortunately, I’ve been unable to find a site or app where I can reserve seats. I’ve tried Eurail/Interail, DB, Snalltaget, DSB, ÖBB, etc. without success.Can anyone enlighten me on how I can make a reservation as it says seat reservations are required.Thanks in anticipation Steve Passey

I go on a trip in two weeks and wanted to start booking trains ahead of time. I haven’t activated my pass yet because I figured I should wait until like a day or two before leaving. If I want to start booking trains in advance, how can I choose when I’ll use travel days and when I don’t want to? And should I activate my pass to start booking?

Hello everyone,I have won the DiscoverEU pass and with it comes 4 free seat reservations. I have used 3 of them but would like to keep the last one for a different journey. When trying to book a seat reservation it only allows me to use the free credit. How can i pay for it instead of using the seat reservation?any help would be appreciated!kind regards, Oscar

Newbie here!  I have a trip with some journeys listed. I haven't activated my pass yet as I dont leave until September. On my trip list of journeys I dont see the yellow toggle on/off to add or remove to my pass.  Do I only get that after I activate my pass?

Hey,We are going from Nizza to Barcelona today. We would have changed the train three times, however the second train from Marseilles I am in right now is heavily delayed and we won't get the next one.Thing is there are no reservations to be made for these following ones so we didn't pay money for it but all the trains we can now take instead are about 30€ for reservations (+like two hours more to wait).Is there any way to avoid having to pay for this train that we didn't plan on taking? Thanks in advanceStella

I need an earlier Eurostar from St Pancras international, London, same day to make a connection TGV in Paris. I have been unable both through Eurostar and Eurrail site to find a space to exchange Eurostar to an earlier time of day. I see there is only 50 minutes between supposed arrival (if on time!) to make 14 subways stops on a Friday in  Paris, not to mention the distance between above ground platforms to the subway/metro. Will I lose the $60+ booking fee I already paid on the Eurrail site? Meanwhile, each day booking and rates are increasing. My Eurostar/Eurrail bookings both made on the Eurrail site with my 1st class Eurrail pass for May 29 (14 days. It is the last TGV of the day (only 2 daily go to Les Sables d’Olonne, my destination. I have 2 case files waiting for answers from each of Eurostar and Eurrail customer service. This is time consuming. Help - Au secours! Un grand merci - thanks for your anticipated advice and you tube links to practical info.

I would like to travel from Chartres to Pontorson Mont St Michel (France) at 15:12 on 24 June.  I am getting an error message, “Not Included in Pass.” I would like to purchase the ticket but don’t see a button for the transaction.  What do I do? 

Hello,I bought a 4‑day Interrail pass. I planned to do: Day 1: Lyon–Zurich Day 2: night train Zurich–Prague Day 3: Prague–Berlin Day 4: night train Berlin–Paris (18h31-10h42 europeen sleeper), then Paris–Lyon two hours later. Does this work, or do I need a 5‑day Interrail pass?

Hi everyone,I'm planning a 2-week Interrail trip departing from Paris (France, my country of residence) and I have a question about the number of travel days I need and whether a specific train is covered.Here's my itinerary:- Paris → Lecco (via Zurich)- Lecco → Padua- Padua → Bologna- Bologna → Genoa- Genoa → Nice (where we'll spend 3 nights)- Nice → ParisI understand that with the Global Pass, I get 2 journeys in my country of residence: one to leave France (Paris → Lecco) and one to return (Nice → Paris), and that these don't count as travel days.My question is about the Nice → Paris leg specifically. Since we're stopping in Nice for 3 nights before taking that train, it will be used on a completely separate day from the Genoa → Nice leg. Does it still count as the included "return journey" in my country of residence, or does it need to be on a travel day?And just to confirm: does the app correctly calculate 5 travel days for this itinerary, or should it be 4?Thanks in advance!

We will travel to Spain next week, starting from Germany and using the Deutschlandticket to Kehl and a train ticket Kehl-Strasbourg, so our first travel day will be a normal international travel day. Will we be able to use the saved outbound journey day for another trip later on? We have 10 travel days in 2 months passes.

Is it possible for my assistant to download and set up my trip on her device and activate my passes, and then I log in on my device and all the trips and passes are there?

Hi,I was thinking of doing a long travel day, and my last train switch would be at 23:59 (still same travel day). I was wondering, if my train has delays and only comes at 00:20… is this a new travel day then?Thank you in advance!

Ich möchte im Oktober nach England und im Eurostar sind angeblich keine Sitzplätze mehr buchbar, obwohl für den Zug noch Tickets zu kaufen sind. Kann mir da jemand helfen? 

Apologies to anyone who was already aware of this, but I’ve just come across SBB’s luggage forwarding service, and it seems like really good value.The canny use case here is if you have a few days travelling through Switzerland, and don’t need your bag. The basic service is very reasonably priced: 12 CHF for ‘Station to Station’ delivery. It’s relatively slow (drop your bag off on Day 1, pick it up on Day 3), but I think that can work to your advantage when you think of it as luggage storage and transport together.They will also store the bag at the destination station for free for 4 days.https://www.sbb.ch/en/tickets-offers/reservation-luggage/checking-taking-luggage.htmlThere are also more expensive door to door and Express options, but the basic service is the one I could see myself using.

Me and my girlfriend bought two global passes. She added me to her trip, but in my mobile app nothing changed and i cant ser the reservations that She made. There is something we can do? Are we doing something wrong? Thank you Im advance