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I'm trying to book a direct train from Rome to Milan on the 15th of august, and yet it says that there is no direct service for that day. yet when I change the date to the week before or the week after the 15th the direct train is available. I'm wondering is the train down for that week, or is timetable not out yet, or if there is something I'm missing so that I can book the direct train. Thank you

Hi,We have seat reservations on a train from Odense to Copenhagen.This trip will be part of a travel day that will end in Stockholm. Now we have changed our travel plan and will stay in Malmö a few days before continuing to Stockholm. We will therefore not use our interrail pass for the short trip between Odense and Malmö. My question is: Could we still use our seat reservations on the Odense - Copenhagen leg? Or are the seat reservations only valid during a travel day in combination with the interrail pass?

Hi allAfter some advice. I purchased my eurail pass back in December. I read that they needed to activate it at the time of purchase (this wasn’t an option as my partner did not have his new passport yet), or at the station before our first journey.My mobile pass is prompting me to ‘activate pass’, so I am a little confused with what it says re activation on the website.I have added two journeys to our trip, but have not received a QR code as yet for our journeys. Is this because our passes have not been activated? I am so confused the more I read. I’d love some help.Kind regards Danielle

I have a eurail global pass Could anyone kindly advise me is there another way to book this train (Zürich HB to LESCE Bled or Ljubljana on 15 July 2022) without making international calls? I live in Hong Kong and it can be quite expensive to call a number in Switzerland   

I am traveling to cappadocia this summer with my girlfriendI wonder if anyone has experience with the route Ankara Kayseri, is it worth traveling by train or is the bus a better alternative, since the bus is 2 times fasterIn our case, we wanted to take the train that leaves Ankara at 11:20 and arrives in Kayseri at 19:01

Hello, I see this topic has been debated before, but reading through the forum I don’t find a definitive answer.So here is the question: can I use two inbound trips or two outbound trips from my country of residence, or does it have to necessarily be one inbound and one outbound?The Interrail website/rules state that it should be one inbound and one outbound.The Eurail app doesn’t really seem to care, as long as no more than two days are used. But I never tried.The answers to previous similar questions on this forum all say that it “should” be ok to do two inbounds or two outbounds, but I don’t find a solid it “IS” ok to do so.Does anyone know for sure? I don’t want to be in the position of having the app reject my travel plan when I’m about to board a train.Thank you in advance for your input.

We are set to come down into Tirano on the Bernina Express (from Chur) in August, but need to get to Milan from there.  I know there is a regional train, and that we can’t buy our tickets ahead of time.  Is there a place to find the Summer 2023 schedule for this train line?  

I am retired and not good at online reservation I have bought the 7 day ticket I have booked my wife from Amsterdam to Berlin 4/6/23 ahe has a seat and a reservation  I can’t book myself in  ….I am stressing out  is there a number I can ring to solve this   

Hello, My name is Lucie, I am passionate about travelling and I am going to Grece by train with an interail pass. I will take a ferry to Patras that arrive on the 15 of June, from which I would like to go to Kalavryta as the road look amazing. I saw we can book the ticket from Diakopto to Kalavryta but I don't see where we can make only the seat reservation. I just see 'Eurail" in the reduction but it is only 3 euro less than the full price (and more expensive than a youth ticket) so I guess it should not be that as it is quite expensive for an interail pass. Does anyone know more about it?Later on the afternoon, I would like to take a train from Diakopto to Athens. I saw there is one (with one correspondence) at 20H20. I guess it is there eventhough it is not on the interail app? On the website, I saw we can not make seat reservation, is my interail pass therefore enough to get in the train?  Thank you in advance for your attention to my question,  Lucie  

Hi, the 8th of August I'm going to start my trip from Barcelona to Lyon (16:10), and when I'm trying to reserve my seats, there is an error, and I don't know how can I reserve those seats.If someone knows how to do it I will appreciate it. Thanks

Hi,I am trying to make reservations (and have been trying to for weeks) for connections from Istanbul → Sofia, Podgorica → Belgrade and Split → Zagreb, but whenever I click on anything it just says that seat reservations are not available.Seems like a lot of other people have had issues with pre-booking these reservations. Are reservations for all of these supposed to be made at the train station? Are you able to make reservations for the Istanbul → Sofia train at the Sirkeci station in Istanbul, even if the train to Sofia leaves from Halkali station?Any insight would be really appreciated! Thanks so much!

Hi, from 11 June 2023 will DB - Deutsche Bahn increase the cost of a seat reservation. 2nd class from 4,50 € to 4,90 € per journey 1st class still 5,90 € per journey, but customers with Super Sparpreis and Sparpreis fare will not get the reservation for free anymore. Should be less reserved in 1st class in Germany  Family reservation from 9 € to 9,80 € per journeyYou can pay less using ÖBB or CD reservation service for 3 EUR/train or 72 CKZ/trainBut keep in mind that the price is still for a journey and not per train, so often it cost less than two reservations from ÖBB or CD.Via Interrail.eu or Eurail.com the cost is 6 EUR + 2 EUR fee per train. Avoid this service for trains with optional reservation in middle Europe and German speaking countries. 

Hello.My friend and I are planning to interail around in Eastern Europe and hopefully some of the baltic countries, however it seems that the railways to and from those countries are complicated. Does the global pass cover busses to and from other countries? If not, what would be the best ways to visit countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro, where train rides seem limited? 

Hi, Where can I buy seat reservations for this trains ?  

Hi, I would like to take this connection up to Warszawa from Sofia. Starting from Sofia for Craiova - Arad (IR 349) there is RQ for seat reservation.On IR page it shows that it’s not available cos only paper option from station is possible. But for this connection I did not found on cfrcalatori.ro option only for seat reservation > they requesting me to pay whole ticket. But I have a ticket with IR pass. On their page there is a lot of seat available - but not via interrail page. The info presented is:“No longer availableThis seat reservation is only available as paper ticket and can't bedelivered to you in time. Try booking in person at the station.” OK, so hopefully when I arrive at the staion it will still be possible to get a place. The next connection shown in IR app is: Arad - Warszawa splitted for 2 connections Arad - Wien > Wien - Warszawa Arad - Wien HbfStarting as train named (NT 346) here starting in RO again I have no other option on the web page (international trains

How many days in 1month - if I start first day of travel 5 July is the last day 5 August??

Hi I have been trying to book the EC57 Berlin to Krakow train on 23/6/23 for several weeks. I believe a reservation is required but every time  I try I get reservation cannot be made message.initially I thought this was due to the timetable change 11/6 but this does not to seem to be the case I have tried DB CD and OEBB. Can this train only be booked at a station. Is it likely to sell out ? . I will not be in Europe until 19/6/2023 and this is the only train I have had an issue with so it’s starting to stress me haha 😂 

I have 2 questions about the app, I searched but couldn't find an answer.Why isn't there a normal calendar when searching for a train? I'm planning a trip more than 2 months from now, and my finger is getting very tired of clicking over 60 times the right arrow to go to the next date. And if there is a real clickable calendar, can you please tell me where to find it?Is there a bug in the app? After I added a train to my itinerary I can't open it, the little downward arrow is dead, meaning I can't see all the stations where a train stops, I can't see the facilities on a train, and most important: I don't see the link to reservation options. I don't want to delete the app and install it again, as I'm afraid I'll lose all trains I already added to my itinerary. Please tell me what to do to repair this.

We’re trying to book train reservations for travel in Poland.  The planner states reservations are compulsory, but there seems no way of booking them.  We’ve looked at both the DB and  PKP websites, but neither gives the possibility of buying reservations.   Which leaves us wondering what to do. We’re planning to travel from Berlin to Warsaw, having traveled from Brussels earlier in the day. No reservation is necessary for the leg between Berlin and Frankfurt Oder, however  reservations are necessary once we enter Poland.  We could buy train tickets, but that’s silly already having an Interrail ticket.  Can anyone offer advice about what we do? Thanks for your help

Hi hoping to get some help please with travelling from Rome to Como on 17 July. Is it possible to do this without reservations? Also, is there a railway station near Biboli Park in Florence and lockers so that we could have a wander around and then get back one of the next trains as we will be using a eurail travel day? Is this allowed? We haven't used our eurail pass yet. Thanks for any advice that you can give to make the most out of this proposed travel day.

I am looking to book a route from Locarno to Munich on 14/07/2023 and I want to take a scenic train directly through the alps. For this reason I was thinking I would book from Locarno → Innsbruck and then Innsbruck → Munich. However the options from Locarno → Innsbruck have a 6 minute transfer in Bellinzona and then a 13 minute transfer in Zurich. I am wondering if these transfers are really doable? Lastly, wondering if I need to buy the optional seat reservations from Bellinzona to Zurich and Zurich to Innsbruck?  Also open to other scenic routes to Munich if any experts have advice! 

Bonjour Je suis en train d’organisé mon voyage interrail pour le mois de septembre mais je n’arrive pas bien à comprendre comment les trains de nuit fonctionne. -Est-ce qu’ils sont compris dans les pass interrail ? -S’ils ne sont pas compris est-ce qu’il est possible de les rajouter au pass? Combien ça coute ?-Est-ce que dans les trains de nuit il y a des couchettes? -J’ai vu sur le site interrail les trajets des trains de nuit mais je ne trouve pas de directe ou même avec des arrêts pour deux de mes long voyages notamment Amsterdam - Copenhague. Comment ça se passe quand il n’y a pas de directe ou pas de ligne ?  Merci beaucoup pour votre renseignement  

Hi,  is anyone travelling with kids? I am planning to do one European country each year with my three kids age 7, 9 and 12 now. I wonder if it would be too much for them? Any tips on how to plan a trip with kids are very much appreciated. Thank you.

We travel next week. I bought my rail pass with the intention of going from brussels to london and then london to paris. But I can’t make a reservation now! There is none available. HELP I have spent month planning this trip and now I can’t even get from place to place. 

Hello thereWe are in Liverpool now, We have an Eurail pass so on May 31 we need to go to Warwick and on June 1st to London! Anyone knows how this rail strike is gonna affected us? If yes what are our transportation alternatives, we are from the US and need help please!Thanks