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Dear  fellow travellers , my son and I bought 5 days Interrail within 1 month.first time for us ,we are planning to go to Switzerland and stay over in Youth hostels .depart from Eindhoven , The Netherlands to Bern on first day ,from Bern to Zermatt , Zermatt to Grindelwald and from Grindelwald to Zurich , and last Zurich back to The Netherlands,For part Zermatt to Grindelwald, I do not see info if I should make reservations? Also the same question from Grindelwald to Zurich?thanks for your tips ,best regards, Peter , Eindhoven, The Netherlands    

Me and my friend would like to buy the seat reservations for the train which goes from Hamburg Hbf (Germany) at 11.56 pm 31st to Copenhagen (Denmark). However, we can’t buy it online. It seems like it’s fully booked but we really need to get that train because the other option is to take other trains that don’t require any seat reservations but it takes too long (also considering that we’re leaving from Strasbourg, France). What do you suggest? Thanks in advance

Hi there, I’m traveling from Budapest to Ljubljana tomorrow, and the Railplanner app suggests that we go by bus between Veszprem and Ajka. Is the Interrail pass valid for this bus trip?

Hello! We are traveling with discoverEU interrail pass and we want to book our train from Ljubljana to Venice. Details about the train: from Ljubljana it departs at 18:53, 21:32 arrives at Trieste Centrale (Italy). Then we wait for 34mins and from Trieste Centrale, at 22:06 we continue our trip to Venezia Mestre, where we arrive at 23:50. Is there any possibility to book a train reservation on both of these trains? They both appear as “you’re ready to board”, but we would rather be sure. Thank you for your answers!

Hi! I’m now planning to cross the border of France to Spain by going from Bordeaux to Hendaye, and walking to Irun from there (30 min walk according to the SNCF planner). However, when trying to go from Irun to Araya (eventually Pamplona), there is a reservation to be made with a small fee. I cannot book this in advance, the ‘how and when to book’ page only states I should book at major train stations AND the warning that I should book in advance… Has anyone done this trip section who knows how to book in advance?

I Wanted to go from Wien to Venezia. In OBB it says that ticket is not available, which I guess that this means that is free for Interrail users. But, in the other hand, in Rail Planner says that I have to book a reservation to get into that train. What does that mean?

Hey there, Is there a plan to introduce 2 travel day within 1 month flexible pass in the future? Many thanks, Anzelm

I am trying to reserve seats for my trip but i am unable to find the option where i can do so. This train doesnt require resevation and hence the the place where i usually found link for resrvation simply says 'You are ready to board'. 

Just wondering is there any tip for getting seats in UK/German when boarding? I think most people said Friday/Sunday afternoon tends to be busy better reserve seat first, outside of this any other tips or maybe just sit in a restaurant car and buy a snack?Thanks!

Hi all, I will be travelling to Europe from 23/12/22 to January. I will be in Berlin, Germany from 23rd and going to Munich,Germany until 26th. Then leave for Switzerland France etc. I am planning to take the train from Paris to Barcelona,Spain on the 1/1/23. First day of 2023. Does the train run on that day?Will appreciate all the help, thanks.

I installed the Interrail Rail Planner App (several times). But my mobile is always shutting down, when opening it. I´ve tried various ways solving the problem (reinstalling, App Settings as proposed, ...), but nothing has changed. Now it´s only 3 weeks to go, before our trip begins. The seat reservations are bought. What can I do, if I should not find a way to start the App on my mobile? How can I activate my pass and proof / show my tickets?I reported the problem to the customer service some weeks ago, but the advice wasn´t helpful. The prior condition was always a started app e.g. for error logging and so on. But as I wrote: The mobile (Huawei P 8, Android 6.0, is shutting down after starting the app before I can do anything.

Hi.  i have bought a 5 days pass for me and my boyfriend for last autumn. We couldnt go so we planned on going this summer. But it seems that the 11 months period is expiring before july (when we planned to go). I also unfortunately already actived my pass because i was panicking and i didnt really know how to use the pass correctly. Can i get a refund or its possible to push the start date a month ahead?  sadly i couldnt get to anyone for the custumer service for the past 2 weeks hopefully anyone can help me :(

Hello! I booked a night train but I am not sure if I have a sleeper seat. There was not an option to choose. Does that mean the train has no sleeper seats? I tried contacted Eurail so hopefully I can find out for sure and change it if needed but has anyone ever gone through something similar? Thanks!

Helloi  can’t book a train from Copenhagen to. Stockholm (we will travel on 29 July). can we book the ticket in Copenhagen? Or is there an other way to book online ?thanks!

Hi!I’m researching different train websites and trying to book seat reservations (for 2 people) for our trip in early September.I am having a few issues: not all of the train journeys/timetables are the same as on the Interrail app (showing different times, showing different changes etc), and they all appear to be sold out or unavailable to reserve on all websites (despite the rail planner app saying reservations are mandatory). Is it likely that these trains would be sold out with just less than 2 months to go? If not, would we be able to book them once we get to the country at the train station or even on the day?My route is (using times shown on interrail app):8th September:Salzburg (1:40am) - Lesce-Bled (7:30am): with a change at Schwarzach-St.Veit 2:30am-4:25amDo you know if this night journey will have sleepers, or is it just seats?This is the train journey giving us the most issues. It was either this night one or a 15 hour journey during the day!On the interrail website, I coul

Hello, I am trying to find information: 1)me and 12,8,7 yrs will start off tommorow, my son 17 yrs will come 5 day later via london (have own mobile app) - that should be possible  2) 12/8 I will have to come back home to let 3 children be also with their father  and another  day 13/8 I would like to travel to Norway with the oldest son. On 21/8 I would like to pick up the 3 at home and continue travelling for one week. Is my plan possible? many Thanks!!!

Hello! i live in France but Germany is my country of residence. Next week I want to visit my family in Germany for three weeks. Is it possible to take the one-country-pass and to inverse the inbound and outbound day for my travel?Thanks for your answers :) If one of you like to answer in French or German, go for it :)

Hi! I reserved a seat on a train going from Paris Montparnasse to Bordeaux. This was not possible via the interrail website, but it worked fine from the second link and a QR code was sent to my email. However, is it possible to add this ticket to the app anyways? Or do I always have to show it from email/printed if I make a reservation from an external system? (they also didn’t ask for the number of my interrail pass so it might not be connected?)

Hello, I was logged in to the discover eu app on my phone and had added my interrail pass there. Then I deleted the app off my phone and redownloaded it but when I try to log in the app tells me that my account is already connected to another device. I don’t know what to do, I travel in 1 week. If anyone can help me, I would appreciate it a lot.

Hi, about 2 weeks ago I booked seat reservations for my EU rail pass for my family on the TGV from Perpignan to Paris on 27 Aug. My credit card has been charged but I've had no email conformation, and when I email customer services I get no response. Any ideas how to sort this would be welcome, thanks!

Hi, I will be spending aday in Sighisoara, Romania before travelling onwards. Does anyone know that there is a luggage storage/ locker at the train station? Not sure if COVID closed down some of the luggage locker shops! Thanks,

I was looking for a connection from Lyon to Madrid in October. By default if shows me this one:07:06 LYON PERRACHE (France) OGV 7811 Low Cost High Speed Train (not sold via Hermès) 08:08 AVIGNON TGV (France)0h 32m Change trains08:40 AVIGNON TGV (France) RSC 9731 Renfe SNCF Cooperation15:45 MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCHA (Spain) I even enabled “only trains included in Pass network” but it still shows me this one. Only when I change the layover time I get another connection with another SNCF train. Since I cannot use OUIGO with interrail, why does the timetable tool still show this train? It is a bit confusing, because I thought that I only get valid trains especially with the option activated. If someone from the team is reading this, is this maybe an error and should be solved?

Ciao a tutti, ho un Interrail Global Pass MOBILE e vorrei prenotare lo spostamento Amsterdam-Parigi tramite il sito di SNCB.E’ possibile che la prenotazione si possa fare solo con Pass Cartaceo?  Grazie a tutti!! 

Hi everyone, I have already made reservations for the trains for my travel route, only now, by double checking, it tells me that the Brussels-Midi - Amsterdam Centraal route is mandatory.  When I bought the reservations it said it wasn't.  Can anyone tell me which are the mandatory routes and which are not?  my journey is: London-Amsterdam on 07/08 at 08: 26-16: 14.  Amsterdam-Berlin on 09/08 at 20: 30-05: 36.  Berlin-Prague on 13/08 at 09: 16-13: 35.  Prague-Munich on 15/08 at 07: 38-13: 18.  Please help me that I can't understand.

Hi all! I am trying to book the sleeper from Bucharest to Halkali. I see that this is possible to do over the Romanian railway company website, but trying to do it from the interrail.eu website produces a message saying there are likely no tickets left for pass holders. This error message appears regardless of the date I select though, so is it even possible to book via the interrail website?  i just ask because I don’t want to pay more if it is possible to use the pass! thanks!