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Dear fellow travelers,As a student from Stuttgart, I'm excited to be embarking on my first backpacking adventure using a Eurail Pass. However, I could use some help with a bit of confusion about the reservation process for the Bernina Express.I've added Chur to Tirano on my pass, and the Eurail website shows that I'm ready to board and can buy a seat reservation if I like, but it's not required. On the other hand, the Bernina Express website states that a seat reservation and public transport ticket are necessary for a fee, which can be purchased up to two months before the travel date. The tickets are not linked to the seat reservation and can be used independently.Now, here's where it gets tricky. Reservations for the day are completely booked, and I'm not sure whether to try and book a reservation or enjoy the journey without one. I've attached pictures of the Eurail and Bernina Express websites for your reference.As seasoned travelers, I'm hoping you can share your experiences and

I have purchased Eurail passes for our December trip, and we plan to take the Bernina Express from Tirano on December 4th.  I have checked on the Bernina Express website many times over the past 3 or so months, and I can’t find a way to make a reservation for a date past October 27.  Is there a schedule as to when I would be able to book a reservation, or am I doing something wrong?  I appreciate any guidance.

Hi all! Very specific question on a track some of you may have experience with: Bruxelles (Nord) to Köln Hbf. It says a supplement is required, but when I go to the supplement information page of Interrail, this trainroute is not listed as one which requires a supplement. Any advice? And for those who have been on this route: Is it possible to buy the supplement ticket on the train? Thanks in advance!

Holaa, me llamo Lucía, soy de España, tengo 18 años y ando en busca de compañeros de viaje con quienes crear un grupillo para disfrutar al máximo de la experiencia durante la última semana de agosto y la primera de septiembre (2026).Aún no tengo una ruta, pero estoy abierta a todo. Quiero aprovechar cada segundo, descubrir lugares nuevos, conocer gente increíble y disfrutar de cada momento.Escribirme sin problema ni compromiso!Ig: luciizq_

Booked a ticket online thru Eurail: Paris to Eijsden ticket only shows Paris to Liege. Do i need to buy a Liege to Eijsden ticket separately, even though i indicated the full route?same on the return to Lille. Only Brussels to Lille shows on the ticket

I’m planning a month-long trip around France and want to use the rail system. My current route looks like this:Paris → Strasbourg → Chamonix → Annecy → Lyon → Arles → Nice → Marseille → ParisThe part I’m confused about is the Strasbourg → Chamonix leg. When I use a trip planner, it shows that the train goes through Switzerland. I’d like to save some money and just get the France-only Eurail Pass, but since that route technically crosses into Switzerland, would I need to buy the Global Pass instead?

Hi all appreciate the help.So I have a 5 day global pass for my europe trip.The trip is Rome > Florence > Milan > Marseille > Bordeaux > Paris. Each location 2 night stays.So I also already bought the reserved seats for all inbetween cities, does that mean I have to show the eurail pass along side with the reserved ticket for the day of travel? And therefore the pass cant be used any other day except for the reserved train dates?

Olá estou tentando fazer uma reserva de assento de caen na França até Milano porém da errado e não consigo fazer reserva como proceder 

When The Eurail pass directs you to a Lner website, it asks for a reference number to reserve seats. What number do you put? 

There is no proposition of reservation except through Barcelona to go from San Sebastain/Donostia to Bordeaux

I have a 7 day/month mobile pass.  Once we booked the 1st day (QR code) we tried to add the next day’s trip but the App won’t let us.  We can input the journey but can’t get the QR code to reserve the trains.  Haven’t tried the 3rd day.  What’s the problem?  Need answer ASAP. Thanks, mgg

Hi all, I am looking into travelling to a few destinations around Europe with my family (potentially UK to Germany, Belgium and france and then back to UK) and visiting some of the cities Christmas markets, would getting the interail global pass over 7 days provide me with the passes we would need or would there be extra costs along the way? I have looked on the Eurostar website and the cost added quite quickly so am trying to work out the most efficient way to do this.

Hi My rail journey planner has stopped working when I am offline with no internet. It has always worked in the past.It does still wirk when online.Any thoughts please??

Hey, I’m new to the Interrail Pass and I’m a bit confused about night trains.If I’ve understood correctly, if a night train is direct, it only counts as one travel day — the day of departure. So I’ve been checking the night train maps to see which routes I could take overnight.For example, the Budapest–Prague EuroNight IC 575 shows up as a night train included in the pass. But when I check the timetable to make a reservation or just to look at it, it shows a route with several train changes.Is that because the timetable doesn’t show the direct train? How can I reserve it?Or is it because there actually aren’t any direct trains? Would that mean it uses up two Interrail travel days even though it’s listed as a single route?Thank you very much for your help,Vicky

Hello everyone!I need to go to Germany in the next day and I just found out my Germany pass could not be valid… I thought that would be the right one, since I’m going from home to Hamburg/Bremen… But looks like Trains from Slovenia are not valid for this pass?Do I have to buy another one? It is very urgent… THe departure is on Thursday! Please, someone help!Ilaria 

Genève-Cornavin to Interlaken Ost on Oct 29 with a 1st Class Eurail Pass. Is a seat reservation required on this route via Bern? Also wondering if there’s any advantage to reserving on SBB InterCity trains

Lyon → Geneva (Oct 28)Lyon Part-Dieu to Genève-Cornavin on Oct 28 with a 1st Class Eurail. Is it TGV Lyria that needs a reservation, or TER regional option with no reservation. Late morning or early afternoon travel. 

Dear All Community member,I have plan to visit Interlaken and Zermatt next December (exact date on December 24th, and December 25th) each trip take from Basel. I have seen the schedule on the eurail app, which state that seat reservation optional.I do not have experience to visit both places before during christmas holiday. May I ask your suggestion whether it is necessary to book seat reservation for both trip during christmas holiday? Thank you for your help.

Hi, We are getting a 15 day in 2 month pass for a family of 5, 48, 47, 18, 15 and 15. Just wondering peoples thoughts as to whether the 1st Class pass is worth it compared to the 2nd class pass (about 25% more expensive). Will be travelling through December and January

HOLA VIAJEROS AYUDENME A RESERVAR ASIENTOS, ESTOY TOTALMENTE PERDIDO RESPECTO A COMO HACER ESTO DEBIDO A QUE EN LA PAGINA EURAIL ME DICE QUE NO LO PUEDO RESERVAR POR AHI, ENTONCES NO SE SI LO ESTOY HACIENDO DEMASIADO PRONTO, VIAJO EN MAYO1 MAYO : MADRID - BARCELONA5 MAYO: BARCELONA - PARIS10 MAYO: PARIS- LONDRES15 MAYO: LONDRES - BRUSELAS28 MAYO: ROMA-FLORENCIAESO SON LOS VIAJES QUE ME PIDE RESERVA DE ASIENTO, HE INTENTADO EN HACERLO POR LAS PAGINAS DE LOS TRENES, PERO CADA VEZ QUE QUIERO RESERVAR ME ARROJA UN VALOR DE TICKET TOTAL

How far in advance can I book seats on TGV from Nice to Paris 

I’m trying to book Lyon Par Dieu to Torino Porta Susa on 3 September (having already paid/booked reservations from the UK to Lyon via Lille Europe since the whole journey from the UK to Turin was showing as bookable on the Interrail app) but there sees to be no way to reserve on the 17.20 Freccia Rossa (direction Milano)! I’ve found posts on here from 3 years ago saying Frecciaitalia trains to/from Paris are not part of the Interrail network and that many on here were pressuring trenitalia to change this. Is it possible now? Did you succeed?Since I’ve already booked the other reservations (Eurostart and snc from Lille to Lyon) , I now risk losing money if I can’t book the last leg of my journey (Lyon-Turin) 😯

Hello,My family have an Interrail Global Pass valid 7 days for 1 month. We live in FranceWe have activated all of passes on my mobile travel start date 21:10/2025We start travelling tomorrow 21 October 2025 - 9:41 TER Nice St Augustin - Ventimiglia (no reservation required) 10:59 Ventimiglia - Milano Centrale (reservation required) 19:13 Milano P. garibaldi - Vienne (nightjet reservation required)Return 30/10/2025 19:18 Vienne - Milano P Garibaldi (nightjet reservation required)We have bought tickets through the Rail Planner for the trains where a reservation is required but BEFORE we created the trip on the mobile pass. We have tickets that we will print. I have now created a Trip and added these journeys. What do we do now? There’s a little sliding button showing next to each journey. Do we need to activate that to get the QR code for travel? Need a little bit of help getting started… Thanks 

I have already purchased my Eurail Global Pass, and it is linked to my Trip in the Rail Planner app. Also I made seat reservations for my train journeys using the ÖBB (Austrian Railways) app as I will be travelling during a busy time.  Now that I’m trying to add those trips to Rail Planner app, I noticed that these specific journeys do not appear in the search.I want to ensure that these reserved trips are still valid under my Eurail Pass, and that I won’t encounter any issues during ticket inspection.Could you please clarify: Is it acceptable to manually add journeys to the Rail Planner app if they don’t appear in the search results — as long as the travel matches the reservation and is covered by the pass? Will manually adding these trips ensure I’m compliant with the pass usage rules and protected from any penalties while traveling? Are there any steps I should take to ensure my trips are valid on the days I travel (e.g., toggling them into the pass for the travel day)? For refe

I am booking a trip from Granada to Madrid but would like to stopover for a few hours in Cordova to sight see and have a meal.