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I am very new to interrail passes. I will be travelling from London to Cambridge one day, and then from Cambridge to Edinburgh another day. I am very confused, how do I reserve seats for these trains? And do I need to, really? How does one know if seat reservation is needed or not? If I don’t need to reserve, do I just show up on the train with my pass on the rail planner and show that one if they ask?

I am trying to book Strasbourg to Paris Est April 29 10:46 TGV INOUI - this train shows on the SNCG web site, but the only train showing on Eurail and Rail Europe is one at 4:00 am.Where/How can I reserve a seat for the 10:46 TGV?  

Novice travellers! Please help!My husband and I are from South-Africa and will be going to Europe to visit 6 countries to celebrate our 50th birthdays. We depart 16 March 2025 from SA to Amsterdam and return on 17 April 2025 from Paris back to SA. That gives us one month. Our itenerary will look something like this. 17-20 March in Amsterdam. The evening of the 20th I'm considering an over night train to Munich. 2 nights in Munich. Then 3 nights in Austria. From there 5 nights in Switzerland. 1 Night in Venice, 4 nights in Florence, 5 nights in Rome and 6 nights in Paris (I'm running the Paris marathon on 13 April 2025) Should we buy the one month Eurail Pass? And would that allow us to just hop on and off the trains?  

Bonjour, très grande première pour moi pour voyager en Interrail. On m'a dit qu'avec deux enfants de moins de 12 ans c'était intéressant financièrement. J'aimerais partir visiter Porto/Lisbonne du 14 au 18/19 avril prochain mais je ne comprends pas tout. 3/4 jours de pass devrait suffire. Quand je regarde le Paris Hendaye, il m'indique complet peu importe le jour ou alors je n'ai pas accès, comment est-ce possible ? Puis j'aimerais un Hendaye en train de nuit, et je n'arrive pas à aller jusqu'à Porto via l'appli, ça ne me le propose pas. Et le prix semble exorbitant (200€) ... Pouvez-vous m'aider à organiser mon voyage ? L'idée n'est pas de visiter Hendaye mais de tester les voyages en trains avec les enfants qui vont adorer, de tester le train de nuit, et donc de visiter  2/3 jours Porto et Lisbonne. L'idéal était de ne pas dépasser 1000€ de budget, je ne sais même pas si c'est possible. J'ai beaucoup de mal à comprendre quoi prendre et comment planifier/réserver. Un grand merci ! 

is there a eurail train from Naples airport to pompei 

I have noticed next to transfer times it states for talk sake 43 hours, yet it states short transfer, is this a type error?

I am trying to use the discount benefit to buy some Disneyland tickets but at the time of entering the pass code me through the Eurorail page it tells me that the number is incorrect. Someone knows what the steps are to be able to apply the discount to the purchase.

Does anyone have any reason to believe that “Palinuro” is a frecce/italo station? This map seems to indicate it is a frecce stop between Sapri in Calabria and Vallo della Lucania in Campania, but I cannot seem to find it anywhere in Trenitalia or Italo’s system.https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/25/Mappa_della_rete_servizi_Le_Frecce_e_Italo.jpg 

Hi!  I am travelling from Copenhagen to Rome and back - my journey starts 31/1 and ends 1/3 (so my last travel day will be on the 28/2 - where a night train is part of the trip. Does this period (31/1-28/2) count as 1 month or is it one too many travel days? Thanks! 

I am checking if it will be possible to travel by train with my two cats. Has anyone experience with this?

I am planning to visit Windermere, Canterbury, Dover, Bath, and Chesterfield from London. I’m wondering if I can use the Eurail Pass for these trips. When I use the trip planning tool on the Eurail website to search for those cities (except for Bath), they don’t show up, so I’m not sure if it’s possible. However, all the cities appear on the Rail Planner app. Also, I’m wondering if I can access lounges if I purchase a first-class ticket.

Has anyone had any experience with eurail esims cards for cell phones? Just wondering if the price is comparable with AT&T, T-Mobile and similar plans.  ...or if you have a good recommendation for using phones in Europe.  

Hi everyone, I’m planning a train trip and could use some advice since I’m not sure if my itinerary is even possible. and i am a little lost.Here’s what I’m aiming for: Outbound Trip:• Stuttgart > Paris• Paris > Hendaye (Stopover)• Hendaye > San Sebastián (Stopover)• San Sebastián > Madrid Return Trip:• Madrid > Montpellier or Lyon (Stopover)• Montpellier or Lyon > Munich Questions:1. Which connection would you recommend for the return trip—Montpellier or Lyon?2. I don’t have much time, so I’m only considering the fastest connections. I’ve read that reservation fees can be quite expensive for these types of trips. Can anyone tell me approximately how much these fees might be?3. Are there any other fees I should be aware of besides the reservation fees? I noticed some connections on eurail.com were grayed out and couldn’t be booked—does anyone know why? Any tips or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance for your help!

Very frustrated with the tools to schedule and book trips. Am I looking to far in advance of the dates i will travel? Looking to go from Bayeux to Paris Gare Saint-Lazare on 1-Sept-25 it says no trains match my criteria.  Calendar doesn't even allow me to select 31-Aug-25, yet I get results for 30-Aug-25.

Hello! According to our plans, unfortunately, the train journey from Turkey to Berlin exceeds 1 day by about 40 minutes. To solve this problem, we made a plan to get off at the Prague Hilavni Nadrazi stop, walk to another stop, and then take a bus to Berlin. Can you suggest a better plan or give me some advice?

I previously used a paper pass and like the idea of it as a keep sake. As I am the organiser of our group I would have to add trips, copy across to all pass holders and generate their tickets for each leg of the trip. all  relying on internet connection which has been problematic on a recent trip. Therefore I was thinking of going old school and buying paper copy of the global pass. Has anyone else recently used the paper version of the pass?

Does anyone please know whether a France only Interrail pass is valid on SNCF trains to Mullheim from Mulhouse?

I’m booking trains for a summer interrail trip for our family of five. We had no issues getting reservations on the Eurostar, but it looks like we wont be able to book on the TGV INOUI Brussels between Marseille and Brussels. The seat reservations for july havent been made available yet, but I have checked about fifity different dates from jan and all the way to 150 days from now (which should be just released) and not a single date has any availability in either travel class on any if the four daily services. So I am not holding on to any hope. Even if I try updating the search the very second the tickets are supposedly released, it still says they are sold out.Does anyone know if TGV or Eurail/Interrail have just discontinued offering tickets on this route, and is just pretending that its still bookable? Id wish they just said so, because then we would probably have planned our trip differently. Now it looks like we have to transfer to a eurostar in Paris and end up paying over 200€

Hi, we’re planning a trip this summer and thought we’d buy a one country pass through France.  We’re wondering if Corsica is considered part of France or would we have to buy a Global pass if we wanted to cross to Corsica from Marseille?  Does anyone have any tips on train travel in Corsica?Many thanks

How far in advance can you see prices and book?  I want to work out if it’s cheaper for me to get Eurail passes or just buy individual sectors between Zurich, Salzburg, Vienna, Prague, Krakow and Berlin. Also to assess if it’s worth upgrading for business or first class seats compared to regular seats.

Hi there,We’re planning to use a global 7 day pass this summer to travel from the United Kingdom to mainland Europe. Our trip is as follows:Day 1: Lancaster UK to London (overnight in London)Day 2: London to AmsterdamDays 3 - 7: Travel in EuropeDay 8: Paris to London to Lancaster UK.I want to know:Whether the Lancaster to London outbound trip is covered by the global pass, or not, because the whole trip from Lancaster to Amsterdam is split over 2 days? Whether the Paris to Lancaster trip is covered by the global pass, because it takes place in a single day? 3. If I buy the pass now and activate it so I can plan the trip and book seat reservations, how long is it valid for? I.e. will it still be valid in July when we actually travel?Thanks so much!

When initially planning my trip the app showed all available stations in the map view. Now it is showing none. Not even the big ones like Amsterdam Central and Gare De Nord. Did something change recently?

Hi there,I’ve Eurail Global Pass and trying to figure out my train from Amsterdam Centraal to Brussels Midi.  I’m getting so many conflicting answers including from Eurail chat who said I’ll have to pay small supplement.The answers I’ve read: (1) if u’ve “international” travel, then u don’t need to pay Supplement when using IC/ICD/EuroStar, (2) u pay Supplement if you go through Schiphol Airport/Rotterdam route, (3) travel from Amsterdam Zuid instead of Centraal and u  can get on EC/EC Direct and don’t have to pay.My travel date is April 12, leave Amsterdam in the afternoon around 5pm or so.  I’ll be at Centraal but can travel to Amsterdam Zuid, if needed to start the journey.  These are some routes I’m able to find but not clear on if it requires Supplement.** Amsterdam Centraal > Schiphol Airport > Brussels MIDI (I believe this one requires Supplement)** Amsterdam Centraal > Rotterdam > Brussels Midi (will this still require Supplement?  I didn’t think so but Eurail chat

May I use Global Pass for Edinburgh -Mallaig route ? 

I’m looking to book tickets to travel from Paris to Amsterdam on April 12 next year but nothing is coming up when I search. I guessing it is unlikely are booked out but perhaps they are to confirm their timetable.I noticed a few other weekends in march also greyed out on Eurostar website.