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Hi. I am interrailing for the first time and I am looking at travelling from Lake Bled to Split on 30/07/2025. It says on the interrail site that a seat reservation is needed for both legs of the journey, from Bled to Zagreb and Zagreb to Split. The interrail site says that seat reservations for Zagreb to Split can be booked 60 days in advance which makes sense, however it says that bookings for the Bled to Zagreb train are unavailable and when I checked the OBB website they are also unavailable there. They seem to be always unavailable to book which makes me think that it is impossible to reserve seats as I find it hard to believe that every train for the next 6 months is sold out. I have seen a few questions on this site from a couple of years ago saying that you can’t always reserve seats on Croatian trains but I am not sure if this is still the case. Has anybody else done this route recently and have experience with this? Would I be able to simply board this train and sit in any fr

I have a one country Eurail pass for Germany. This pass covers Railjet trains from Germany to Verona.I have successfully added a journey from München to Verona (RJ87 Railjet). It says a supplement is needed. But when I try to make a seat reservation (which includes the supplement) it won’t let me and it says “ One or more Passes don't cover this journey”.Why does the Eurail App (and also the website) tell me that the journey isn’t covered? (The One country Germany pass explicitly covers RJ trains to Verona)How can I pay the supplement and make a seat reservation?

We (2 seniors) are traveling from Vienna to Prague, then Prague to Salzburg, then back to Vienna to fly home. Prague to Salzburg and then back to Vienna are pricey if I want a refundable ticket. I hate to be locked into a non refundable ticket. Advice? 

I am planning about 10 days travel around Finland, with a first class pass. I would like to know what the rules / experiences are with reservations.Specifically:- I would like to stay flexible, Can I use all trains without reservation? Including seats in night trains?- Without reservation, what seat / class types can you take with a first class pass?- Are reserved seats marked like they are in UK and Germany for example? So you can tell if a seat will be free for your journey.Thanks!

I’m using Interrail around the UK and despite London’s new Elisabeth Line trains clearly being included, we’ve had confusion at the gates where you need to show your Global Pass. I was once refused entry at Liverpool St Station, the gate staff directing me to the ticket office to get a paper ticket proving the validity of my app pass – but of course there they had no idea about this. Tried entering with different guy at the gates and he let me through. This response by TfL suggests they really have a policy in place that requires a paper ticket, but they fail to mention where exactly to get these: https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/transparency/freedom-of-information/foi-request-detail?referenceId=FOI-1415-2223 Since then, I have asked about this at a TfL ticket office as well as 2 national rail ticket offices, but none of the staff had heard of issuing paper proof tickets and some pointed out the app should simply be accepted at the gate. So is this requirement for a paper version just nons

I was looking for a EN train for the above and found in the OBB website a EN 40462 train that departs on 22:28 on 1 June, but the interrail App doesn't show this connection! I went ahead to buy only the the sleeper on the OBB Website anyway. Can I instead add another train connection in the interail App instead, say a NJ train, and travel on the EN train? Thanks!

Ive booked a ticket from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Hauptbahnhof, with one stop on the way in Berlin Spandau. I have booked the ticket but in the confirmation email it only shows the ticket from Amsterdam Centraal to Berlin Spandau. There is nowhere on the ticket that shows Berlin Hauptbahnhof. Is this correct? And will my ticket be valid to reach Hauptbahnhof from Spandau?   

My global promo pass simply says 15 days.  How do I know if this is consecutive or flexible?  I wanted the flexi pass but I’m unsure of what I bought!  How do I know? 

I’m on ACP Rail site, I’d like to buy seat reservation from Glasgow All Stations to Liverpool All Stations on 2025-08-17 from 7 A.M:, but this message appears:EvolviService: No fares found. 

This may be caused by:- seat reservations being compulsory yet all seats are taken; the timetable has not yet been finalised for this date; or the route searched is not a valid route.I tried several times from like December and this message appeared always. How is it possible that it was already full, if train reservations starts three months before the date of the journey? thanks!

Hello beautiful people,I am living in Germany and tried to get in touch with Caledonian Sleeper staff in order to reserve a seat (since the website says if it is only for a seat, please contact the customers care centre).Now, the telephone numbers do not work for me, I tried landline phones, my mobile and an app. I did call other numbers in England and Scotland for my travel arrangements with no problems whatsoever, so obviously, the issue is on the receiving side.I was in email contact with one of their agents (“Ambassadors”), who was perfectly polite, but I never heard/read of him again after letting him know that I only wanted a seat reservation.I found that https://www.acprail.com/ does (theoretically free) reservations for a charge, I tried that and they emailed me a .pdf titled “Your Passholder Reservation” and giving place/ date/ time of departure and arrival, they do give me a car and seat number, but no mention of carrier, train number etc.Now I wonder, is that it? Will this .

I am so confused. I bought the Global Mobile Pass Flex. We will be going from London to Brussels to Amsterdam all in the space of July 22 to the 27. I’ve downloaded the Eurostar app, the Rail Europe app which told me that to activate my pass I need to download another app (Rail Planner) I am losing my mind. We would like to take a day trip from Brussels to Bruge. Do I need to buy yet another train ticket for this, or will the pass we already have get us on a train? And why can’t I see any kind of barcode or QR code FOR the actual Eurail Pass? When I go to the Rail Europe app I’m prompted to add go to the Rail Planner and do steps 1-3. But I’ve done that. Like I said, I’m losing my mind with this. Help, please!  

hi guys, im currently traveling in Europe now, however I find two of my trains that need to be reserved have no price information and not available, I have tried every ways….. is there anyone can help me with this? thank u and appreciate all your help!stockholm central to hassleholm c, 25/5,23:17 to 05:09 wien hbf to Firenze campo marte, 3/6, 19:18  to 06:48

I read online that you have to scan your train ticket when traveling anywhere in the Netherlands, both entering and leaving the train/station. How do I do this with a Eurail pass where I won’t even have a train ticket? I will be at the Amsterdam airport and then other cities within the Netherlands.

This is a nighttrain from Basel to Amsterdam, it says that a reservation is not required, but everywhere online I see that every night train needs a reservation including this route. I can't make a reservation for this train online, the interrail site just freezes and nowhere else can I make a reservation for this train specifically. Can I just appear there and walk in with just my interrail pass? I really don't want to figure this out on the night itself. Thank you! 

Bonjour,depuis la mise à jour des horaires du 9 mai 2025, railplanner ne propose plus aucun train de Varsovie à  Vilnius, ni aucune destination vilnius-Klaipeda en Juin. J'ai une reservation effectuée directement sur le site de la Lituanie, mais comment avoir le billet de train correspondant à la reservation si railplanner ne le propose pas ? Je n'ai pas encore activé mon pass, mais j'avais ces itineraires dans mes voyages entrés avant le 9 mai. Je souhaite changer les dates, mais railplanner ne le propose plus.Merci pour vos réponses.You can answer in english :)

I didn’t realise I had to activator my interrail pass as I already had the pass numbers. today I booked an English LNER train which when I checked said it accepted interrail global passes. However, when I booked it didn’t ask for the pass number. I didn’t receive any discount. later on today I received communications from interrail asking me to activate my pass and download the app. When o search for the same train through the app it looks a lot cheaper.what do I do? How do I get a refund? I’ve also paid for other trains before activating my pass. In total I’ve spent about £200 on top of my £450 interrail pass.       

Hi everyone. This is my first time on using Eurail Pass for my next Europe Trip, then I have some questions regarding seat reservation. Hopefully all of you can help me to solve the issues regarding seat reservation.I have planned to user Eurostar for my trip from Paris to Amsterdam. My question is whether the seat reservation in Eurail will determine the seat number as well or we have to make another reservation to get the seat number?Secondly, if I travel together with my wife, is it possible to have seat together in Eurostar? Thank you.

Is it possible for me to buy a pass which acts as a return day pass each day? I plan to stay in St. Gallen, Switzerland and each day travel from there to a different place for the day and then return back to St.Gallen to stay the night and so on

Hello! Has anyone tried changing seat reservations from Business Area Silenzio to regular non-silent coach after booking confirmation? My fault for not knowing there was a different in type here and was thinking if it is still possible to change.

Hi i have a question, I'm new here. I want to book a seat reservation a night train. In the app it says that different types of seat reservations are available, for example bed in shared compartment is available for 37 euro. However when I  go to the booking site to book it, I only see normal 2 cl seats as an option, but I want to book a bed. Where do I see all options, and how do I book the bed options? Thank you..(I'm stressed)

Hey,Are the old “additional my trip lines” files with the old Interrail/Eurail logo still valid to use with a paper pass?

Two things I wish we knew when we started out! when you download your train trip for the day, be sure to screenshot your QR code as sometimes you don’t get Wi-Fi on the train and therefore can’t show it to the conductor.Second your QR code can be used to get in and out of the train stations through the turn styles so you don’t have to buy separate tickets. If you have first class tickets be sure to get on the train with a number one on it.We didn’t quite get to figure out that if we had to have seat Reservations for first class if we could just go to second class instead

HiI've been looking into the possibility of interrailing around Germany with my 8 y o daughter this summer. I would like to plan a bit before I buy the Pass and see whether it's a good idea but I am experiencing difficulties figuring out prices and booking etc.I think I would need a one country pass for Germany. I've understood I could also travel on a night train from Italy, but the app planner does not offer the option of the Nightjet and if I try on OBB I get a price which seems close to a full price for a couchette. Is it all this complicated, having to counter check on three apps to figure out which train, how much and do on? It feels s bit daunting... please provide any advice for first time planner with kid, that would be very appreciated. Many thanks!Cristina     

I booked a trip from Paris to Geneva via the Eurail platform and then reserved the seats on the website. The return train ticket worked but I got an error on the train to Geneva saying that the reservation and payment went through but the tickets couldn’t be retrieved because of a system error. Does anyone know what to do?

I have reservations on Eurostar from London to Paris 5/19 leaving at 12:31 arriving at 15:58, then on the night train from Paris to Toulouse same day leaving at 22:13. The app won’t let me add the night train to my pass as it keeps saying the journey overlaps with another. Clearly it does not. I’ve also had trouble with the app showing incorrect times in the list of journeys added to my trip, but correct after opening the journey. Not sure what’s going on.