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Travelling Milan to Tirano to board Bernina - I understand buses run from Colico to Tirano (due to maintenance works).Does that mean I can use Eurail pass on the bus as well and I do not have to purchase tickets for the bus? Do buses allow luggage? We have 2 big suitcases which we have to carry all the way to Lucerne :)

Hi everyone,Trying to look for options to travel from Chur (around 6.30 PM) to Lucerne.We will be getting off the Bernina Express (from Tirano) at Chur, and have to reach Lucerne for 3 night stay.Is there a direct train option or they all go via Zurich?Since no reservation required, is it easy to travel with luggage and kids?Thanks :)

Hi, my partner and I are interrailing for the first time next week through Italy and Switzerland. We chose interrail rather than advance tickets because we wanted to have some flexibility with the timing of our train journeys (we’ve booked our  accommodation but wanted to be able to spend a bit more time in one city and catch a later train if we wanted to). However, we’re now a bit confused with the seat reservation system, particularly in Italy! Is it still possible to turn up and book onto the next train or do should we make seat reservations now? Is there any way of finding out how many seats are left on a train??Our itinerary is:Pompei to FlorenceFlorence to BavenoBaveno to ZermattZermatt to Lausanne (for onward travel back to London later that day)

I have noticed a new type of remark in the interrail planner (both app and web) for trains crossing the border to France, saying “Allow extra time for bording”. And if I click it, it says “Allow 20 minutes for border and bag checks”. For security measures, boarding is possible until 5 minutes before departure, so arrive at the station early.”What has changed?I know that France has introduced passport-check during the Olympics, but this message comes for all scheduled trips (until December) in and out of France (in both directions).I am fine with a passport-check, but what do they mean by “bag check”? Is it X-ray machines like at the airport? I am bringing a backpack with camping equipment (for hiking in the Pyrenees), that may or may not look suspicious in an X-ray machine.I can’t find anything about any extra border check anywhere else than the interrail planner. If I look at SNCFs planner, is says that I can board the train up to 2 minutes before departure - just like normal.Maybe th

I want to travel from austria to germany today, but it isn't possible since 2 weeks to make a reservation.So my plan is to cross the border without any reservation. Do you think that will work?

I am travelling tomorrow morning in Italy . It is now 23.00hrs on Wed 29 March. I cannot add tomorrow’s journey to My Pass. It just does not appear. I have checked the train timetable , cleared the cache , re-installed the app but my journey is not showing . The Pass has been working great for the last 7 days. This is the first time I cannot add a journey. Does anybody have any ideas ? Thanks . M

Dear travellers! I’m planning to use interrail for the first time and now I am very confused: My husband, my daughter an I want to travel from northern germany to Barcelona and back in autumn holidays.This ist our route:Kiel - MulhouseMulhouse - BarcelonaBarcelona - KarlsruheKarlsruhe - KielNow I have 2 questions:Can i plan the trip with the app and do all the reservations about Rail Europe? (there are all reservations possible. About Interrail page not all reservations in france are possible) Are we allowed to travel from Karlsruhe to Kiel? Or is this not allowed because Germany is our home country??Thanks for your help!!!Best regardsKatja

When I use my Eurail Pass to book Lugano-Lucerne how do I know which services are “Gotthard Express” ? Or do all the trains on this route have some scenic carriages and by simply paying reservation fee I automatically book one of those seats ? 

Hello, I have to travel from Budapest to Sibiu/Romanian with my family at 14. Juli ,and I have the global pass but I can’t make the reservation to seats online ? In the office here in Danmark they can’t do it .can someone help me?  

We are planning to travel from Zurich to Vienna on Sunday August 4 on RJX 165 using our Eurail pass but have been unable to book seat reservations by any method (eg OBB says not available, DB says all booked). Have been monitoring this for months and have never been able to make the seat reservations for this particular train.Eurail says seat reservation for this trip is only recommended, but OBB says travel only guaranteed with reservation on peak travel days (which presumably this will be), and as noted above DB says all seats already fully booked. Based on OBB live it does not appear the train is actually fully booked, and based on everything I've been reading online that also seems unlikely... but we're getting a bit nervous.Is it possible that we will still be able to make a reservation closer to the date of travel? If not, is there any chance we can get on that train without a reservation - or are we just out of luck?Also, looking at alternate methods to get there such as via Mun

Hi there.  I live in poole so wanted to take the ferry to cherbourg on the 12th then next morning go to Agen which goes via paris.  Problem is it says seat reservation N/A to paris.  Is there a way to do this?do i buy my pass first or make sure i have the seat before i buy a new pass?  Or do i have to simply buy a normal ticket to paris?

Hello, I am trying to do a trip starting fron Athens crossing some countries to Poland.But it is being difficult to me to find trains information in Greece in the rail planner app.Even if I know there are trains available, how can I know if they are included in the Interrail pass?For example i want to do, Athens-Kalambaka. I know there is a connection but don't know if it is included in the pass. Because the connection has a change to a bus in middle of the way. So that bus will be included?

My wife and I will be travelling on March 31st, Easter Sunday, from Paris to Florence. We are hoping to get to Florence in the early to mid evening. Currently the routing is showing a need to change stations in Milan (from Centrale to Rogoredo) even though there are a number of trains that leave for Florence from Centrale. Is this a mistake or is such a change in station an actual requirement? Thank you in advance for any clarification.

Hi everyone!In your experience, are Nighjets on time? I have to book a train to get back to my city after doing Amsterdam-Zurich on the NJ, and I’m wondering how much spare time I have to consider ;-)Thanks!

Hello everyone,I'm planning to travel from Montpellier to Barcelona on August 2nd, but the website says that seat reservations are not available. Can I reserve at the Montpellier station for INT AVE train? (But I'm worried that there won't be any seats left if I do it on the day.) + If I ask a friend in Montpellier to use my Eurail pass to make the seat reservation in advance, is it okay to reserve a seat this way?

Wer hat Erfahrung ?mein global pass gilt ja im Ausland (ein- und ausreise sind wie gesagt schon verbraucht ) Das wäre also ab Belgien  oder könnte ich ab Aachen fahren ? Das liegt ja haarscharf an der Grenze .ich freue mich sehr auf einen tippdanke im voraus und grüße herzlich Martin das 49 € Ticket habe ich   

a friend just booked a train route using Trainline app, from Minden, Germany to Basel, Switzerland with 1 transfer in Dortmund on July 20. I went on Eurail to see if I could add this trip to my multi-day Eurail pass so we could be on the same trains when traveling. However, the trains my friend booked don’t show up in Eurail app or eurail.com at all. How can I see if I need a reservation for these trains or ensure that I get on the same trains as my friend. Will my eurail multi day pass not work for these trains? I am confused as to why they are not on the app. I could go on trainline and buy the tickets but would prefer to use eurail multi day pass for this trip instead. help please!

Hello, I plan to travel from Copenhagen to Oslo via Goteborg on July 18th. I have a first class interrail ticket 5 days in one month. I wanted to make a reservation since the forecast on the VY website is from “usually quite full” to “usually standing”. But it is not possible (chat with entur). I have to buy an ordinary ticket to be able to make a seat reservation 😕. Unfortunatly I am not very flexible and being 64 I rather don’t want to stand for almost 4 hours. Does anybody know how the chances are to get a seat? Thanks for any helpful advice!

Hola, soy de México y quiero ir de Ourense a Pontevedra en Septiembre, es la primera vez que voy, sólo que no tengo flexibilidad porque ya tengo reserva de hospedaje y en el horario que quisiera me sale la siguiente leyenda:“Precios no disponiblesNo se encontraron resultados de precios. Es posible que las reservas de los titulares de pases estén agotadas para esta conexión, pero hay otras formas de verificar los asientos disponibles; más información debajo de nuestro horario”.  Saben si hay alguna otra opción o si más cercana la fecha pueda haber más horarios con Eurail, y si no, agradecería que me apoyaran para contemplar algún otro transporte regional y si puedo reservar el mismo día que tengo pensado salir de Ourense a Pontevedra sin ningún problema.Agradezco sus aportes!!

I an travelling through Germany, Austria, France and Belgium during December. I have a first class global pass. Wondering if you would recommend purchasing seat reservations, even when not compulsory, at this time ? 

I am looking to travel from London  - Armsterdam -  Paris - Geneva- Interlaken - Venice.what is the best in term of budget and time? Eurail looks expensive due to additioanl reservarion charges. Time wise, flights could be faster but again, airport, check -ins etc could make it same.Has anyone done the maths? i am finding it very confusing. Any experienced travellers input would be much appreciated.TIA

I have 7 days Global Pass. How can I reserve LNER train seat to Edinburgh? I am looking to travel on 1st OctoberLNER website is showing the seats when I try to purchase those, but just for seat reservations there are no seat available on that day. Is there another way to reserve the seats?

Hi there,We will be in Portugal in August and are trying to book our seat reservations for these trains.We are wanting to book for Porto to Lisbon and Lisbon to Lagos.We have received the below message for these trains.Does anyone know what this means and how we can book these trains?Also are these trains included in our pass or will we need to pay extra for them?Many thanks!Katelyn 

Hi, I'm hoping to travel to to Abikso from Denmark. It is not easy (I wonder if not impossible) to book the tickets from Stockholm to Narvik by calling vy.se (+46 771-444 111). Have it worked for anybody? I was trying to call them from 7.00 today, and still without success… Waiting for hours on the line. By the way I used an app (Rebtel) for calling to save the money, after noticing that the waiting costed me much too much… My question is - how much does it cost to book a seat for vy's night train from Stockholm to Abisko? And also whether it has to be a bed or there is (perhaps) some cheaper option. I'm just a poor student:) Also I wonder if the alternative for trying to call this out-of-hell-company, that is waiting for sj.se to release the bookings, is anyhow realistic plan? It is weird that vy has some tickets open for sell on their website (although there are some errors if one tries to buy them), while all the other websites have no booking open whatsoever.And actually, what is t

We are looking to reserve seats on trains for the following journeys.  Leipzig to Vienna on the 19th of December, Vienna to Chur on the 26th of December and Chur to Tirano on the 27th of December (Bernina Express).  Is there a specific date and time when these seat reservations will become available to reserve?  Thanks.