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Hi ! I’m new here, and I’m planning to travel to Scotland from France. I just had a few questions about the pass.  1-When booking my seat is optional, do you advise me to book it anyway (it adds extra fees to the travel) or is it usually easy to just hop on the train without booking ? I mean do I need to secure my ride because it’s often crowded ?  2- I’m travelling from France, which is my home country, do I have a time limit to reach England ? Can I book separate trains on different websites in order to reach England ? Or am I forced to book the itinerary suggested on inter rail website ? Do I need to “declare” this first journey to get out of my home country somehow ? Does it count in the 15 days of the pass ?  thanks in advance to the kind people who’ll take the time to answer me !  Jeanne 

For backup purposes I have shared some of my past trips with a share link, one that looks like this:https://eurailapp.com/share/trip?id=IDENTIFIER&brand=interrail&type=listI just realized that the one I exported over 1 month ago is now displaying “Internal Server Error” while freshly exported ones are displayed properly. I no longer have access to these trips (changed phone). Do you know how can I possibly recover this?

I assume this is not a problem as I have purchased my seat reservations for our Eurostar journeys between London to Paris.  However there appears to be a mismatch between the times shown both for departure and arrivals between the planner and the official Eurostar schedules.    As far as I can see the mismatch is for all trains available for booking this year.  

We were stuck in Amsterdam on January 5th this year when due to heavy snow in the region. It was gobal news. Without activating global pass, we were not allowed to enter platforms. We didn't know all trains would be canceled that day. We tried to contact them vie live chat but no one provided any help. We kept on trying staying with kids and hoping train to operate. We had to stay there that day and try again on January 6th. ICE 121 suppose to operate Jan 6th in 6am as per EUrail app data. It showed on time. But it got delayed same as Jan 5th. We finally got on overcrowded train at 8: 45. We filed issue on February after returning home. Our case was closed without any resolution. Global pass are deactivated now. We filed delay compensation after researching online. We lucky save screenshot and photos. Even after submitting with all proof, our case are being answered by multiple agents but no resolution. I am sure I was not the only one who was stucked in Amsterdam in January this year.

I’m in London, CET -1; it’s currently 23:15local time, and a night train departure in 30 minutes’ time at 23:45 is already shown as having taken place. I can’t select it. An hour ago, at 22:15, it was still working. The device on which the app is running is set to CET -1; it’s an iOS device. 

Hi there, I didn’t really find information for Interrail online, maybe not to many people travel in Poland…I want to take some IC trains to smaller places around Warszawa for example Lublin, Bydgoszcz  or Łódź. The rail planner app says I don’t need a reservation, but via Google AI I found out that there is an exception for Pesa Dart EMUs. I looked in the PKP App and found the symbol for reservations on some of these trains. Not my question: Is there an exception for people with interrail or is the Rail planner App wrong? The reservation is super cheap, but it is annoying to make reservations for interrail in the PKP App, because when you travel in a group you can’t make interrail reservations for several people at once. Is there a smart solution?Thank you so much!

Hi,I've been trying for two days to reserve seats on Iryo trains from Barcelona to Madrid and Madrid to Seville using the Interrail reservation tool. However, the tool only displays the following error message: Is this a known, possibly temporary problem, or is booking simply not possible?GreetingsVolker

Background:  I am an experienced train traveler, but brand new to EurailPass and the Rail Planner app.  For a summer 2025 vacation, I have purchased Eurail Global 15-day continuous passes for my wife and myself, added them to the Rail Planner app, and associated them with a My Trip.  On the app, I found a pair of outbound and return rail journey and associated them with our Trip.Then, following the links on the app, I was directed to the Eurail website where I purchased seat reservations for those two journeys.  I received the confirmation email with attached barcoded seat reservation tickets.My question:  I can’t figure out how to associate the seat reservations with my journeys on the Trip in the app. Is that possible?  If so, how do I accomplish it?Thanks in advance for your help. —Marne 

Hello, I am currently trying to get from Bulgaria to Greece, specifically from Kulata to Strymonas. There should be a rail replacement bus service, but details are scarce. I arrived at Kulata at 16:45, and apparently the bus should have come at about 17:00.  At the station, the ticket office was closed. All I could do was ask other station staff who hardly spoke English and vaguely pointed in the direction the bus stopped and said 5 minutes of walking. There was no sign at the station to indicate the time of the bus or where exactly it stopped. I walked in the direction they pointed, but there was no sign indicating where the bus stopped. I will try again tomorrow. As far as you are aware, is there still a functioning rail replacement bus service?It is still on the Interrail map. Thank you for your help. Would would be the next best way to get to Greece, in your opinion? If it fails tomorrow too … Kind regards,

Hello, so I read online that you have 2 travel days inside your home country. I live in Linz (Austria) and our first Country we want to visit is Prague. To reach Prague we have to take a train from Linz to Vienna and from Vienna to Prague. Is this possible because someone said that you can only take one train inside your homecountry?thank you in advance!

Hi Eurail community. I travelled on EC9227 this morning which departed from Bruxelles Central at 0949 and arrived in Rotterdam Central at 1150. When I alighted the train at Rotterdam Central the only backpack on the rack above wasn’t mine. I believe someone else had picked up the wrong backpack as they were both black, both felt the same weight. Mine is Adidas brand with a flask bottle on one side and travel oral hygiene products on the other side. Inside there’s a shoe bag and a small soft case of my medicines, amongst other things. I’m hoping that the person who realised they picked the wrong backpack would come across this announcement. Please will you contact me to organise a handover exchange. I’m in Amsterdam for the next few nights.

I have been traveling from Amsterdam to south of France and so far, no major problems occurred. However, now I want to book a train from Avignon back to Amsterdam (or at least initially to Paris or Brussels-Midi) on August 1, 2026. Whatever option I try, I am unable to make any seat (and journey) reservation. I have tried virtually all departure times, different partial bookings and different itineraries (Paris, Lille, Brussels, Lyon), and I tried multiple times (the app often suggests: we can’t add this journey to your cart right now, try again later; or no seat prices are given), but it looks like I will be stuck in Avignon and cannot get anywhere.Any suggestions would be highly appreciated!

Planning a solo trip from London  ,,using 7 day one month pass ...this  SeptemberWondering what are the nearest stations i can get to from London .Presume London to Paris is first day or can i get any closer .Perhaps rail map or AI may help .  A few starter trips may help ..thank you

How do we activate a travelday, without a planned journey for the day. We just want to hop on and off and see what the day brings. Whithout restricting to a certain plan.

Hello, me and my friend are going on interrail in about a week!We kind of „overslept“ booking our seat reservations and just started to book them today.Unfortunately we now have a problem, because the seats of every train going from london to paris on the 14th August are reserved. We then tried to book them over the eurostars website, but the Website does not find any train going from london to paris. Online you can see that the website eurostars is for trains inbetween the United Kingdom, Belgium, France,…we also tried booking from an extern website, but there you can only buy tickets to get seat reservations and those are very expensive. we are now desperate and unsure what to do.please help us, thank you in advance!antonia & anna

Vanwege uitvaart gaan we halverwege de vakantie terug naar huis.Daarna willen we graag nog weg.Daar hebben we de dagen voor op de pas. Kunnen we voor de terugreis door eigen land een inreis dag gebruiken.?En daarna de overige dagen?Daar gebruiken we dan geen in en uitreisdag meer voor. 

Does anyone got the 5% discount on Hostelworld using Interrail Pass? I'm entering my pass number on the page but it doesn't work :/ https://benefitsportal.eurail.com/benefits/hostelworld/

Hello. Has anyone in this community successfully applied for a free carer’s pass? I am planning to travel with my niece later this year. My niece is registered disabled and we have submitted the form to apply for a carer’s pass twice and receive no reply. What I’m trying to find out (very simply) is whether my niece has to purchase her pass before she can apply for the carer’s pass for me? Can anyone help with this? It would be great to hear from anyone who has successfully applied for a carer’s pass - what was the process and how easy was this?

Hello everyone.I need some help. I'm having a problem with an Interrail route: the founder of the group can see it and added it without problems, while to me that same route doesn't appear when I try to add it. Also, even trying to import it through the link he sent me, I can't. We tried to figure out how to solve it, but we can't figure it out. Has it already happened to anyone? Do you know how it can be done?

I am a Japanese citizen living in Japan. I am planning a 4-month trip around Europe.I plan to travel by using a Visitor VLS-TS pass(visa) for France about the France's part(about 25days) of the long trip because of Schengen Agreement's 90-day rule. Since the trip within the Schengen Area will last about four months, it will exceed 90days.But in this case, can I use Eurail or Interrail pass in France only?

Kurz vor dem Start muss ich die Pässe auf einn neues Handy umziehen. Dazu muss man die Pässe scheinbar auf dem alten Telefon deaktivieren und auf dem neuen aktivieren. Sind die Reisen und Reservierungen dann noch da? Ich möchte das ungerne alles noch einmal anlegen mit dieser schrecklich zu bedienenden App. 😢

 I’m on the DeutscheBahn website and am trying to book a seat reservation for two ICE trains since I have an EURail Pass. I am hoping for this trip since I am hoping to leave as late as possible in the afternoon while getting back to Berlin before too late (especially since DB is notorious for being delayed/late these days).The first ICE trip from Paris to Mannheim says the train cannot be reserved at the moment. Does that mean if I book this, I won’t have a reservation for the first train, Paris to Mannheim? Would I even need a reservation if it’s an ICE train or do I need a seat reservation regardless since it’s a train in France?Thanks!

 Dear Eurail community group.I would like to ask for your assistance regarding my Eurail Global Pass.I traveled on 25 July 2026 from München Hbf (Munich) to Innsbruck Hbf on Railjet RJ 85. I had a valid seat reservation for this journey.Unfortunately, I mistakenly forgot to add the journey to my Eurail Pass in the Rail Planner app and did not activate my first travel day before boarding. During the ticket inspection, the conductor scanned only my seat reservation QR code and did not ask to see or scan my Eurail Pass.I realized this mistake two days later and found that my Pass still shows that Travel Day 1 has not been used.Could you please advise me:Is there any way to register or account for this travel day after the journey? Does this affect the validity of my Eurail Pass or my remaining travel days? Is there anything I should do before continuing to use my pass for my upcoming journeys?I would appreciate your guidance.Thank you very much for your time and assistance.Kind regards,ji

Dear community, I’m looking for a reservation for the train IC 416 or EN 40416, in particular the first, from Wien to Krakow on September 7th. I looked on the OBB website and others, but is not possible to book it. On OBB I read the message “Currently not reservable”. Do you think this is a temporary situation or all the seats are booked? I’m worried since I have less than 2 months left. Thank you for any clearifications!Best Pierluigi Pellegrino

Hi, I am travelling this week on a Global Pass. I have already activated the pass and all travel days. Re the travel days, should I not have activated those yet? Can I do that day by day during my trip? I thought I had to activate in order to secure a ticket on the train. Many thanks all.  Super excited by the way!!!