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Greetings fellow adventurers. I recently joined this group in the hope of connecting with fellow enthusiasts and to ask/answer questions related to European travel.I am looking for advice on the best way to get from Bucharest to Brasov.I am looking to travel from Edinburgh to Bucharest in October 2023. Obviously, a trip to Romania in October would not be complete without a trip to Brasov to see Dracula’s Castle (Castelul Bran).Would it be worth while purchasing an Interrail ticket to travel from Bucharest to Brasov and return on the same day or would it be cheaper for me to just purchase a train ticket on the day?Also, how frequent are the trains from Bucharest to Brasov?Any advice or recommendations would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.Liam

Hi everyone, I’m new here :) I am planning a trip in June in Denmark / Sweden / Norway starting from Brussels.I kind of get stuck to find a good way to go from north Norway to the ouest without passing via Oslo? Is it doable ?In the planner, I don’t find a lot of connection in Norway. Anyone has tips on routes for this itinerary?Are all train travel in Norway included in the pass? So far i was thinking to do:Brussels - Copenhague (via Hamburg)Copenhague - StockholmStockholm - NarvikThen would like to stop at Bodo, Trondheim, Bergen, ….Then for the way back home form Oslo to  Brussels  (via Goteborg and Copenhague). Thanks in advance

 Hi, I'm getting an error message when trying to make a train reservation. It says "Not enough free reservations left for some travellers". What is this??!!

Quiero viajar a Italia.Se puede usar el Global Pass en su territorio para transportes locales? 

Hi all, I searched the timetable for London St Pancras to Amsterdam Centraal, 8:55am, 29/4/2023.  The whole trip includes 3 stops, I paid to reserve 2 seats on St Pancras to Bruxelles Midi, that was highlighted orange, with a cost, and received 2 emailed eTickets from Eurostar.  The legs from Bruxelles Midi to Breda, then Breda to Amsterdam Centraal (Thalys) were highlighted green, no reservation required, free to board.  Does that mean we will get a seat on the Thalys train from Bruxelles to Amsterdam, just by referencing our Global Pass number ? Thanks very much for your help, the Eurail site lacks some linking information in this area.    

Hi, although I suspect I know the answer, I’m looking for confirmation really. I bought a 2-month Global Pass on 11 May this year. My understanding is that I have to activate it within 11 months of purchase. So if I want to use the full 2 months’ travel, the latest I can activate the Pass is 10 April next year, is that correct? And I can then use the full 2 months until an end date of 10 June?

To go from Zurich to Venice, Trenitalia is included un the Eurailpass?

Is there a way to group 6 people traveling together for multiple bookings across Europe with different surnames, so everyone books exactly the same trains. My son is part of a group, travelling after A Levels with friends and we want to keep the logistics of booking as simple as possible so no trains times become confused.They are all using youth tickets, 15 days over 2 months TIA TJ

Hi everybody,I am currently staying in Zagreb and I am leaving in two days (17-1-2023). I need to get to Istanbul by the end of the month due to a flight I have the on the first of February from Istanbul airport. I was planning to travel there through either Belgrade or Sarajevo and then Sofia. But this morning I found out that it isn’t possible to go to Sofia through Belgrade or Sarajevo. I found an alternative route through Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia and then Istanbul (if it’s possible/practicable I could skip Sofia and go to Istanbul directly from Bucharest). But here some problems emerge:firstly I only have three traveling days left, and I don't think that is enough to cover the entire journey. secondly I know how to travel from Zagreb to Bucharest. But not the rail planner app doesn’t show any trains from Bucharest to Sofia (in fact Sofia train stations don’t appear at all) or Istanbul.I am planning to stay a few nights in Budapest. Hopefully I can figure a way out to get to Istan

I have my Europass , and have planned a trip from London to Amsterdam on the 25th September but can’t seem to reserve seats for my wife and I so then went to the other directed site sncb international which says Eurail Global Pass. is ok but then I still cant book a ticket , can someone advise what I am doing wrong 

HelloI just book seat reservation in Website of the Traincompany, choose time and day, payed and got PDF tickets.What i have to do now in the app?I have to put manually on my trip?Do the reservations appear in the app?Daniela Silva

Hallo, ich plane einen Urlaub in Italien, wohne in Deutschland.Möchte gern den Global Pass nutzen, damit ich die An-/ und Abreise aus dem Wohnsitzland nutzen kann.Nun stelle ich mir folgende Fragen:Ich möchte mit dem Nachtzug von München nach Rom (Abfahrt ca 20 Uhr, Ankunft ca. 9 Uhr) und genauso zurückfahren. Geht das ? Und zählen der An- und Abreisetag schon als “Travel days” ? Sprich, wenn ich z.B. einen Global Pass mit 5 Reisetagen kaufe, sind dann durch An- und Abreise schon 2 Tage verbraucht ?Ich werde aus der Website nicht so richtig schlau, vielleicht kann mit hier jemand helfen. Liebe Grüße,Maria

I had read on the site travel days on mobile passes last from 00:00 to 23:59 CET, which is 23:00-22:59 GMT.  However, when adding the Night Riviera, that leaves Paddington at 23:45 GMT (= 00:45 CET), the app forces me to activate the GMT day as a travel day (the previous day on CET).  Am I understanding the travel day policy wrong, or is the app not working correctly? Had I known earlier I would have planned otherwise (possibly the day train to Cornwall & back by sleeper).

Hi everyone! We are two families who are going from Sweden to Spain (Alicante) this july. We have trouble finding timings (timtable) for trains in Europe this summer. Does anybody know when the timetables are set and we can start book tickets for our trip. Tentative itinerary:Skoevde- Hamburg (25JULY)Hamburg-Paris (26JULY)Paris-Barcelona (28JULY)Barcelona-Alicante (29JULY) Thanx in advance! //Dennis

Good evening. I would like to travel in March to Bucuresti (RO). I want to do a stop in between in Budapest (HU) for a day or two. Should I book 2 separat tickets or rather a europass?

Hi fellas, I am new to this community but I alredy have one question for you. I am from Italy but I would like to start my journey from another country, probably Sweden or Poland: is it possible? Or do I have to “waste” the first of my travel days, the oudbound one, because it is mandatory to start the journey form your country? Thank you for your time,Laapo :)

Hello,  is it possible right now to enter russia by train ? have anyone done it? thanks :)

With an Interrail pass I’m usually arriving at a train station and need to continue my travel by local bus to arrive at my final destination.Is such public regular nearby transportation included with the Interrail pass?

Beste mede interrailer,Ik wil vanaf 8 februari met mijn digitale Interrail Global Pas naar Gallivare in Zweden reizen, omdat ik graag het noorderlicht wil zien. Voor deze reis heb ik alle treinen al gekoppeld aan mijn pas. Echter voor een viertal treinreizen is een stoelreservering verplicht. En dat is het probleem, omdat het me niet lukt om deze stoelreserveringen te kopen. Ik heb al van alles geprobeerd, maar helaas geen resultaat. Is er iemand, die mij verder kan helpen? Hartelijk dank 

I'm planning a trip with some friends in July, mostly through Switzerland. One day we need to travel from Tirano to Lugano.Now, there is the Bernina Express bus but it's only one per day and you need to pay 16 CHF for reservation. I looked at the train schedule for the upcoming months and there is a train with a transfer in Monza, Italy (close to Milan) which should take 3h50 in total. However, I can't see this journey after the 10th of June. I assume this is because they haven't updated the schedule that far in the future? My question is, when will it be updated? And can I be sure that there will in fact be trains from Tirano to Lugano that day, in the afternoon? If not, I should book reservations for the bus since there are not a lot of seats left and it would then be the only way to get to Lugano. 

Hello !I would like to travel from Liechtenstein to Brussels by train. To do this, I have to do Liechtenstein Zurich, then Zurich Frankfurt and then Frankfurt Brussels.My question is, when I book this journey on the Interrail app, will the app offer me to pay a supplement for the part where the train runs in Liechtenstein (since Liechtenstein is not part of the Interrail agreement)? Or how does it work ?Thank you very much for your help !

j’aimerais voyager avec mon fils de 11 ans et notre chien (Colley hyper sociable et sage,  habituée aux trains).  Par contre, savez-vous comment je peux savoir à l’avance quelles sont les compagnies qui accepteront le chien et dans quelles conditions? quels sont aussi les pays les plus friendly dog de l’Europe? je choisirai mes destinations en fonction de cela…je ne compte pas non plus prendre uniquement des trains nationaux et grande vitesse. savez-vous aussi me dire comment je peux voir si les trains entre deux destinations sont des trains de nuit ou pas? merci à la communauté des backpackeurs :) :)adeline

Hi, I was just hoping for some assistance. I have booked a couchette cabin on the 9.27pm overnight train tomorrow (January 14th) to Vienna. (Attached train screenshot. I am now trying to add the train journey to my eurail app however it does not seem to exist in the app? (I have also attached screenshot)Would someone possible know why this is? I am worried for if we get on the train with the seat reservation but the eurail pass can’t find the train.thank you!  

Hello! I have the one month 2nd class Eurail global pass and I am trying to get from Basel to Paris in April 2023. I see I can get a direct train, but there is a high reservation fee. I have heard of a cheaper option to go from Strasbourg to Paris or Mulhouse Ville to Paris for a cheaper seat reservation. Unfortunately both the eurail website and https://travel.b-europe.com both say I can not book.I have been trying since early December and every time since I have gotten the same message: booking momentarily impossible. At first I thought it was from the holidays and then maybe after the new year, but I have been checking constantly and it looks like I can only book until March 26th. Since I need to travel in April I have no idea why it stops at that day and I am unable to book the seat reservation. I can also always take a longer train journey with no reservation but I guess I am just curious at this point why it is saying it’s impossible. I thought it might because of the Easter holi

Hi!  I am planning to go to Nyons in France from Sweden, with a stop in Switzerland. I will go from Geneva to Nyons on the 23 of January. In the app it proposes to take the bus between Montelimar and Nyons. (In the app it actually calls it train, but when searching for it I am pretty sure it’s a bus.) Since this is proposed in the app, does that mean it’s covered by the interrail ticket or will I have to buy a separate ticket?  How does one keep track of what the ticket covers and not? Especially when it seems like the app sometimes calls busses “trains”.  Very thankful for some help!