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Hi, eight of us have 1st class global pass for 5 days in a month. I couldn’t find train from Paris to Zermatt for 30 May 2023 12pm so I reserved Paris Lyon to Mulhouse. Now how do I get from Mulhouse to Zermatt? When it says “no reservation required” do I still need to buy a ticket to board the next train or just board with the eurail mobile pass? I have children with me, will we be separated if I don’t reserve seats? Appreciate the help. Tq. 

Hi allWe were due to travel today with reserved seats first class but we can't travel due to my partner doing her back in. We are getting some drugs and staying in bari another night. Hopefully she can travel tomorrow. I have looked for us to catch a train tomorrow to  Rome but seems no seats available to book. What can we do? Ideally we want to get to rome by tomorrow evening to pick up the night train to Munich we have booked at 8pm.  Any advice appreciated, thanks  

HiAre these trains (either Berlin or Hamburg) running in early October 2023?I know it’s early in terms of booking but I see on weeks earlier timetables that the SJ346 has potential line closures around the dates I want to book although the snalltaget 300 train doesn’t appear to be so affected?Any ideas on when the timetable for these trains for the 1st week in October 2023 should appear?Appreciate any thoughts / advice.

Hello!I am a first time Eurail user and finding it a bit confusing to understand. My partner and I have Eurail global passes. We are needing to travel from San Sebastian/Donastia to Madrid on 4 June 2023. I am still confused about what trains are included in the pass.Eurail says it includes Alvia trains. I understand that Eurail does not have the most accurate schedules on the website/app. Rail Europe shows a train on this day departing San Sebastián/Donostia at 8:50am and arriving to Madrid-Chamartin at 1:56pm. This train does not show on the Eurail planning app or website. Can someone please confirm:Will we be able to take this train using our Eurail pass?Is it correct that we cannot make our seat reservation until we are in Spain and do so in person at the ticket desk? Thank you in advance!  

We have a 2 month first class pass and are heading to Norway today. I have booked reservations for long distance trains. It's a faff to book reservations on Norwegian trains because you can't just do it online.On seat 61 it says that reservations are needed on "long distance trains" which implies they are not needed on all trains.  My question is, is there an easy way to know if we need a reservation for a particular train? Is the interrail app accurate in this respect? I've just added a journey from Oslo Airport to the main station and there is no flag on the app saying that a reservation is needed but I'm not sure whether to trust that or not. And another related question - can we book "SJ NORD premium" seats with our 1st class pass? Are they included?  Many thanks!

We bought a eurail 7-day pass for a group of 7 travellers. We need to book the following trains. Unable to do so. Can someone help?Train number start time end time Starting Station Ending Station Date of Travel TGV 9213 12:20 16:26 PARIS GARE DE LYON ZUERICH HB 8-Jun-2023 EC 313 11:33 14:50 ZUERICH HB MILANO CENTRALE 11-Jun-2023 FR 9645 16:00 19:10 MILANO CENTRALE ROMA TERMINI 11-Jun-2023 FR 9416 10:35 14:35 ROMA TERMINI VENEZIA S. LUCIA 13-Jun-2023 NJ 40236 21:05 8:00 VENEZIA S. LUCIA WIEN HBF 14-Jun-2023 NJ 490 19:35 8:30 WIEN HBF HAMBURG HBF 16-Jun-2023 ICE731 7:40 11:15 HAMBURG HBF DUISBERG HBF 18-Jun-2023 ICE 128 11:26 13:20 DUISBERG HBF AMSTERDAM CENTRAAL 18-Jun-2023

How can I book seat reservations on a train from Barcelona to Malaga from overseas ? Is it possible on the Renfe website ? Or is it only possible at a desk in a Spanish station ? 

Hi Fellow travellers, I am struggling a bit with the APP and as with other users concerned about my planned travel.I successfully activated my account and created my 1st trip. I managed to link that to my pass a few days ago - we take our 1st trip tomorrow.I have since created several other journeys but cannot link them to my Pass.THERE IS NO TOGGLE BUTTON TO ACTIVATE. So while it may be prudent to not link until ready to travel but to have no toggle button suggests that I will not be able to link when ready.Thanks in advance

Hey, important information for all travellers in Italy on 14 April there will be a strike from 9:01 to 16:59. Trains of Trenitalia, Trenitalia TPER and Trenord can be affected. Some long distance trains and Frecciarossa high speed trains are guaranteed, the others can get cancelled. Trenitalia has stoped to sell tickets for Frecciarossa trains that are not guaranteed. Trains can be affected from the strike before and after this.More informations on trenitalia.com cc @Mukhammad @Camilo. 

Hi, I am asking for a friend who is US American based in Germany for years, who wants to purchase the Eurail Pass. He intends going between Germany and Austria several times back and forth. 1.) He also has a German residency and can purchase an Interrail pass. But adding Germany as resident country makes it impossible going several times back and forth between Germany and Austria, right?2.) If he is purchasing the Eurail Pass, is there the same restriction? Thx upfront!

Hola a todos ya tengo mi itinerario Madrid - Barcelona Barcelona - Paris Paris - Londres Londres - Amsterdam Y demás a lo que voy como me aseguro que ya tengo mi asiento reservado. Tengo que ingresar a la página de cada tren de cada país y reservar? Necesito ayuda desde ya muchas gracias  Adjunto imágenes  

Hi,We are from Amsterdam and want to catch a nighttrain (we already booked) that leaves at 17:09 from Munchen at the 23rd of april. Interrail says it is not required but recommended to book seat reservations on the trajectory from Amsterdam to Munchen. When try to book this trajectory, it shows that it cannot be booked anymore.  Based on the other articles in this community, I tried to book via the OBB website. But when I try to pay, it also says: (I tried to book from Amsterdam to Frankfurt here, but when I try to book from Amsterdam to Munchen it shows the same).  Do you know if there is a big chance we can still enter this train by just showing up or do you have any other recommendations? Unfortunately, there are no earlier trains available and this is the last option to be able to catch the nighttrain.

Hey Guys! When I Put my Pass into my Phone 2 month ago, I probably accidentally activated it already, without wanting to do so. Now, when I wanted to start my Journey, it's invalid 😞. Is there any Chance to reset it or so? I haven't used any of the travel days yet of course. I'm Happy to hear from you! Best regards! Paul and Lennart 

Hi,I try to activate my Interrail Pass with the code received by mail but it doesn’t work, the code is not recognized.Could you help me ?Thanks a lot,Cathy.

Hi, I made 2 seat reservations before actually activating my interrail pass. So far I haven't had any email or bank billing confirmations of these reservations. Is it possible  ? Or has the bank payment not gone through ? Do I need to tie in the pass to the reservations but where are they ? Thanks 

Hallo zusammen Könnt ihr mir helfen? Ich habe einen Interrail Global Pass gekauft für 4 Reisetage mit Wohnsitzland Zürich/Schweiz.Reise von Zürich nach Paris und zurück hat geklappt. Das sind ja dann 2 Reisetage von 4.Jetzt möchte ich von Zürich nach München und danach wieder zurück nach Zürich, was wiederum 2 Reisetage sind. Jedoch klappt die Reise von Zürich nach München nicht. Es heisst "keine verbleibende Reisen ins Ausland/Wohnsitzland", aber was genau heisst das? Merci euch! :)

Due to a potential change in circumstances, one of us may need to book and cancel (or not cancel, hopefully) a sleeper from Stockholm to Narvik in June.I can’t find the terms and conditions online, but it looks like the Interrail fares are refundable.I had to cancel and rebook an SJ fare from Copenhagen to Stockholm a few weeks back and out of an original charge of SEK286 I got SEK133 back, so I know there should be some refund.  I just don’t know quite how much can be expected.Does anyone know what the calculation basis is for the refund?  133/286 isn’t a ratio I recognise - it’s about 46.5%.I will try to contact them tomorrow to find out, but if anyone knows it would help.Thanks,David 

We’re from Australia and looking to travel through UK, France, Switzerland and Italy from mid October to late November. At this stage, we have 5 days planned of first-class Eurail travel over just under a month. We’ve never travelled on trains in Europe before.At this stage we intend to travel as follows (all daytime travel):Manchester Airport-London London-Avignon Paris-Geneva Geneva-Rome Rome-VeniceLogic says we need 2 x 5 day/1 month passes, and we would ideally like to have access to the passes electronically.Having had a look at the schedule, some of the services we’d be after seem to be available now, while others are yet to appear. I have had a look through a number of the conditions around reservations and pass purchasing, and some aspects aren’t completely clear.I have the following questions:How far in advance of travel should I purchase the passes? Do I have to activate the passes before I make my first reservation? Should reservations be made on the Eurail website, or shoul

Hi! I booked my train from Zurich to Zagreb today with a stop in Schwarzach and the officer in the train told me the second part of travel is not possible due to a tunnel maintenance starting today. Can you confirm and is there another option? 🥺 thanks a lot!

Hi there, Apologies for asking a question that I’m sure has been answered somewhere already (couldn’t really find a definitive answer elsewhere so that’s why I’m asking) but planning to travel through France, England and Scandinavia in June/July, does the Eurail work on public trains within cities? In particular in Paris and London being such large cities, thanks. Josh

Hello, I purchased a Pass for 4 days. However, when making the reservation for each day, one of the segments I need does not exist on Eurail. Therefore, I would like to refund or cancel only 1 day, making it a 3-day Pass.

Helllppp!! Trying to book tickets in 2nd class between Munich and Rome in July, I get to revising my order and it keeps telling me one of my legs is no longer available. Everthing looks fine but keeps locking me out when its time to pay. I have tried to book varying train times but keeps coming up with same issue. Would very much appprreciate some advice.

Hello all! My current itinerary includes a train from Montpellier to Barcelona, with a stop in Perpignan, France. The transfer time is listed as ‘short’ and we only have 6 minutes to transfer trains. Making this short transfer would save us $40, so we are hopeful that we can make it. Traveling with a group of 4 young women and just want to ask for reviews about the Perpignan station. Please let us know, thank you so much in advance!

Hello All,I made a mistake when I booked my reservations. Somehow, I did check the reservation date that I am booking. It turns out I booked my return trip and depart trip on the same day. And the worst part is, it does not seem I could make any changes to the website.Could I board the train on next day? Or should I rebook it (Is that possible to get any refund)?  

I'm currently trying to book the night train from Zagreb to Split for the end of May (very last minute I know, didn't think we'd be going that way!), it says there's no availability but when I checked from Bratislava to Split (same train) there was plenty seats and couchettes available?