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J’ai eu la chance de voyager en train en itinérance en Allemagne mais j’aimerais avoir l’avis sur votre meilleur expérience d’itinéraire en train ! merci d’avance  

Euro trip planned for 2026, from Paris to Switzerland and ItalyHope to experience a range of culture, geography, food and adventure 

The train lane frome Fort William To Mallaig Return. 

Bonjour! Je planifie un voyage de Noces d’Or pour mes parents, et je voudrais réserver le train de nuit EN40459 entre Bâle et Prague le 21/06 à 21h16. Je suis allé sur le site d’OBB mais il est indiqué billets indisponibles, est-ce que ça veux dire qu’il n’y a plus de places du tout? Comment trouver une date avec des places dispo? Merci d’avance!

Is the interrail pass valid on the narrow gorge rail track that runs from Bilbao to Ferrol via Santander and Oviedo?

Hi I haven’t bought the Eurail passes yet. We are coming early May and doing London & Paris. We have a family of 7. Can anyone look and see if there's 7 tickets on the Eurostar on May 5 going from London to Paris. I don’t want to buy the pass if there's not enough of the Eurail tickets available. I just learned about this as an option for traveling. 

Hello, can someone tell what it means when looking at going from one city to another and you need to change trains, it comes up as a flag “Not bookable separately”-ie Zermatt to Milan

I was planning on going with a few friends during august 2026 and i got to activate my pass with the validity period being that month. Some things came up and we ended up deciding that a later date would be betted. Can i change the validity dates of my pass, since the period has not started yet?

Hi all!In the beginning of June i'm planning to travel from Sofia to Craiova. However, i am a bit worried about switching trains in between. The whole trip will look like this:7:15 Sofia Sever → 8:47 Mezdra18 min transfer time9:05 mezdra → 12:20 Vidin40 min transfer time13:00 vidin → 16:13 Craiovai am a bit concerned that the time in between trains will be too short. I have no experience with Bulgarian trains so no idea about their punctuality. Is this something to be worried about or should i be fine? Also, how exactly does it work with making reservations? From what i read i should make train reservations at a ticket office. So for example, could i go to the ticket office in Sofia the day before the trip and make a reservation for all 3 trains? Or do i have to do this at the departing station? Thanks in advance for your help! 

Hi!Quick question about my Interrail pass.I have a 5-day Global Pass and only 1 travel day left. I’m trying to get from Budapest to Paris (and after Tours, France) on August 15th with a night train.The route I found is:Budapest → Ulm Hbf (on August 16th : night train) → ParisBut Interrail says I need 2 travel days for this, which I don’t have.Is there a way to make this work with only 1 travel day?Or should I book part of the trip separately?Thanks a lot!

2 nights in We are doing 2 nights in only 3 cities, 1 in the rest, bar Amsterdam. As you can see in the top left it says 10 travel days yet im not sure if it adds up to this? Can anyone help or reccomend, ta.

Hidoes anyone know how you can view the train stations without activating the pass? 

I am loading my train possibilities from Stockholm Ctrl to Oslo S.  I'm looking to go Sept 17, 2026.  I understand I need the SJ website and have found all that,  but how can I load this into my rail planner.  I have other trains schedules uploaded for other parts of my trip, but SJ won't upload and I can't seem to add it manually in rail planner.  What an I doing wrong.   I'm just trying to get all my train options in my rail planner and will toggle when I'm ready to use the one I need.

Hi everyone,  My boyfriend and I are planning to Interrail using the one country pass, around Norway in May. We’ve booked accommodation and will be very soon buying our pass- it’s our first time Interrailing, I’m not sure if we’ve done it in the wrong order?!  I think I just about understand that seat reservations can be booked in advance, but not to activate your pass until you are ready to use it for a travel day. Can we activate the day before our first travel day?  My main concern at the minute is that lots of the trains are being replaced by rail replacement buses during our journey through Norway. However, I can’t see an option to reserve a seat on the bus. On a train, there's more room and would just stand if there wasn’t an option to reserve a seat, however I feel this isn’t really an option on a bus? Does anybody know how we’d go about making sure we are able to get a seat on the bus, if reservations aren’t available?  Thank you in advance, any help would be really appreciated

Greetings: It’s my first time booking inter-country trains and regional trains. I’m booking from Stockholm to Copenhagen and Eurail will take me from Stockholm Central to Malmo. I have that ticket paid for. Although the Malmo to Copenhagen leg appears, I cannot book It. How do I book the 2nd leg of my journey? Do I book it as I board or at the station? If so, on what website? Or do I have to book through a regional train-line on a different website? Please assume I know nothing when you answer. I won’t take it personally...LOL Too many words and a detailed explanation will be very useful for this firstt-timer.

So basically I was already booking the required seat reservations and I was able to book all of them, but not my Innsbruck Hbf - Wien Hbf train. It is the NJ 19947 Nightjet, from OBB. It is weird, because I have already booked other seats with this company and there’s no issue at all. Dates are all around the same week, so I don’t really understand why wouldn’t I be able to book these seats. I don’t see any support email in their website to ask… Thank you.

Hello, I going around Europe for the first time and I will be taking three trains between countries. Two of them recommended to purchase seats, so I did just to be safe. But one of them doesn’t have the option to. If I miss the train it will mess up the entire trip because we are going between different Airbnb's. How do I know that I will get a seat on the train if my spot isn’t reserved? Another question, for the reserved seats it says I may need to print the tickets. Is this true and likely? Or will I be safe with just having the ticket on my phone? Thanks!

Do larger train stations, in particular Santiago de Compostela have  Eurail help desks or counters?Especially the very first day of my Pass travels.I am terrified I won't be able to activate my pass and/or toggle my journeys to the day pass.

Hei, we have seniot interrail tickets. We fly to Palermo first. We cannot get seating places to train from Palermo to Salerno 1.5, time 10.15. How we can pay them and get our tickets to phone?

Hello, my goal is to travel from Stockholm to Narvik on July 18th. The only available route requires me to change trains at Boden. However, it seems to me that the night- train arriving at Boden splits into two, with one section continuing on to Narvik.So I have two questions:Will new direct trains be offered?If it’s not the case do I have to use two travel days for this journey?Thanks for your answer ! 

I’m wondering if there is any way to select specific seats using a Eurail pass on Trenitalia.  From everything I read online here, it’s not possible on Trenitalia’s website, Trenitalia Kiosks, Eurail, or even OBB.   My travel companion for an upcoming trip has never been to Europe before and I was really hoping I could select seats, rather than have them preassigned.  I’m wondering if we go to a Trenitalia agent at a station if they have flexibility of accommodating requests.   I’d prefer the one seat arrangements facing each other, but as long as we’re sitting together, that would be fine.  What I’m really hoping to prevent is being assigned in different cars or even in the same car not together.  Is there a way to see the assigned seats before finalizing a booking?  I’m fine with us sitting side-by-side, across from each other, window or aisle, etc.  Just don’t want us separated.   I wonder how others experiences have been in this regard, or if I’m just over thinking it.  

Bonjour, Je fais un voyage de 3 semaines en scandinavie depuis la FranceDans mon projet de voyage il y a pas mal de trains avec réservations de places obligatoires ou recommandéesD'après vos expériences, faut il reserver, en général, longtemps a l'avance (exemple traversée de l'Allemagne, trajet Oslo Trondheim...) ce qui entraîne un manque de souplesse ou faire face à un imprévuL'objectif étant de ne pas se retrouver avec des train déjà complet.... MerciBonne journéePierre 

Does anyone have any insight into what routes will be offered this summer, and when booking might open?I am trying to book for early July from Narvik (if it runs) or Boden to Stockholm. The website just shows track maintenance being planned, and no tickets yet. Although I note there are tickets for a few days later in the month. Is there any certainty there will be trains, even if a different route / schedule etc? 

Hello, I would like to ask if there is a possibility to book train cabin before starting the journey. How much does it cost for 5 people?

Hello! Bought a paper pass for reduced price already in the winter, planned to travel in spring. Now plans changed, planning to travel in the autumn.But, the site says i have to BUY a new pass, wait for refundng of the original passa + pay 25 euros for the exchange.SO, if I do not get the new pass for the same reduced price, why would I exchange it and pay the extra 25 euros? And why do I have to buy the pass and get the refund later, can you not transfer the money/price of the original pass for the purchase of a new one?