Train connections & reservations

Hello!If travelling from Beauvais to Paris on a Sunday in August (31st), would you advise booking the train ahead of time or is it okay to just turn up on the day and sort the ticket there and then (either with or without a rail pass)?Thanks so much!

Later this year I will be going from Switzerland to Italy on a relatively flexible schedule.  Because of handy clock face times I can spend shorter or longer times in the connecting city.But . . . reservations are mandatory on the Zurich-Milan and Milan-Rome legs . . . and this somewhat takes away from the flexibility.For example, I arrive into Zurich at (say) 09:05 and should be able to get the next train to Milan at (say) 09:25.  The same goes for the second leg - I get into Milan at (say) 12:30 and should be able to get the 12:50 to Rome.  Those specific times are made up, but the 20-25 minute connections are more or less accurate.Because I have to buy reservations, I either have to gamble on my 1st train arriving on schedule or book the train an hour later.  The same goes for the 2nd train.  I can gamble on the connection or book the train an hour later.Short version - if I reserve the short connections and miss one because of a delay is it possible to be rebooked on the next train

Two people with 2nd class Interrail global passes want to travel on a SJ night train.Among the sleeper options shown on the SJ website, some are referred to as 2nd class and some others as 1st class (e.g. a private sleeper compartment for two people).After inserting both passes’ codes, any option seems to be bookable, both 2nd and 1st class.Replies given in a previous topic stated that even 2nd class pass holders were entitled to book a private compartment, but it was shown as 2nd class in that case.I just want to make sure that 2nd class pass holders are entitled to book a private compartment on SJ night trains when it is classified as 1st class.    

Hi! I hope to travel by Glacier Express from Zermatt to St. Moritz on 12 SEP (2nd class pass).I realized that there are no left seats for this day, whereas for next days of July there is plenty, sometimes 2-3, sometimes even 15 or more. That’s kind of weird. Do you know any real answers why is that? Is the Glacier Express team releasing seats week by week or what? July should be more demanding month than the middle of September. Is there any real chance of catching a reservation for my travel day in September? What do you think? I know that I can travel whole route using regional trains without reservations (that’s my only altrenative), but I need to get to Tirano and the last train departs St. Mortiz by 16:48, so I'm more inclined to take the Glacier Express and avoid stressful transfers on regional trains. Many thanks for any help.Mateusz,  17/07/2025 24/07/202512/09/2025 - my travel day 

Hi, I just booked tickets from copenhagen-hamburg the 27th of july.   On the ticket it says that it needs to been printed out, and are not possible to show on a screen...  But is that really true nowadays? There is a qr code so it should be fine to use on phone right? Or what is your experiences with that in europe? Thanks

Hello everyoneToday, I planned to take the ICE between Liège and Brussels. Based on the information from the DB Navigator, the railplanner app and seat61, I assumed that reservations are optional.However, I encountered this information at Liège-Guillemins:So is SNCB spreading misleading information or are seat reservations indeed mandatory for domestic journeys?I had a similar experience two years ago where there were announcements about mandatory seat reservations in Austria at Bratislava Hl. St. which turned out to be nonsense.But today, I decided not to take the risk and used the hourly IC via Leuven. But does someone know if I would have come into trouble by taking the ICE? And what do you usually do in such situations? Have you also experienced similar things?Strange enough, the departure time on the DB navigator was wrong while the departure time on the railplanner app and at the station was correct. So someone relying on the DB navigator as often suggested may have missed his tr

Had a transfer from Milano P Garabaldi to Centrale during part of our trip. It was a multi-leg journey from Venice to London. Eurail gives suggests 20 minutes to transfer by public transport, which I feel is nowhere near enough. We had 23 minutes and before that trip I had researched both station layouts and pre-bought the train tickets. We had to get off the train as soon as possible, we wasted no time and walked as fast as we could without slowing down, managed to get on a metro train that arrived in a minute, and then walked all the way to our carriage, but decided to get on a few carriages earlier just to be safe. This was the latest we could’ve gotten there.I believe this trip should not be recommended or at least a warning / guide should be given. Had one thing gone wrong we would not have been able to make our train. This includes not knowing the directions and wasting time, not having bought the tickets beforehand, the metro train not arriving so soon and not hopping on an earl

I plan to travel with a interrail pass in the North of Sweden in the first half of August and then travel to Norway via the Östersund – Storlien - Trondheim line. I have not yet decided about the exact dates. On weekends in the first half of August there are two trains operated by Vy Norrtåg between Östersund and Storlien, where I can connect to a SJ Norge train. Tuesday through Friday (with the exceptions of August 1st) the only Vy Norrtåg train Östersund – Storlien is train 7510 departing in Östersund at 16.33 hours. On Friday, August 1st and on the following Mondays, August 4th, 11th and 18th in addition to train 7510 also train 7500, departure time in Östersund 7.24 runs to Storlien. That is the information one can find on the travel planners of ÖBB and DB. Looking on the travel planner of interrail.eu for e.g. Wednesday, August 6th it says train 7500 is running, no reservation needed or even possible. When trying to make a booking (and not finalizing it) on sj.se I get train 7500

Hello everyone, I reserve some ticket from Wien to Koeln and then Amsterdam, must I print my ticket or I can travel with a online e-ticket with my reservations?

My wife and I have purchased two One Country Eurail passes for Italy.  We are arriving on August 18 and our passes have been activated with a start date of August 18. Our first travel date will be August 19 from Rome to Naples.  When I go on the Eurail website or the Eurail Mobile App, I can view trains departure times from Rome and I see seat reservation prices.  But when I select one of the reservation times, the web page changes the reservation to a Global Pass rate which is much higher.  I don’t understand why this is happening. I put in a support email to Eurail but who knows when they will reply.Anyone out there having the same problem?  If so let’s hear from you.  Thank you.

Coucou je pars pour 2 semaines à Berlin Prague et Budapest avec mes amis du 4 août au 16 août. J’ai réussis à réserver sans problème les trains jusqu’à Budapest mais pour le retour à Paris impossible des réserver les places. A chaque fois que je rentre toute les informations de ma carte bancaire et que je valide un message s’affiche le disant qu’une erreur inconnue est survenue. On me propose d’attendre 15 minutes et de recommencer plus tard mais ça fait trois jours que j’essaye trois jours que le résultat et le même. Ça vous ai déjà arrivé et comment avez vous fait pour réserver vos trains ?

So let's say that in Rail Planner I generate a ticket for Berlin to Amsterdam. It creates a ticket for this that uses two trains with a transfer in Hanover. The train from Hanover to Amsterdam (the second train on the ticket) requires a seat reservation.So what happens if the first train (Berlin-Hanover) is late and I miss the Hanover-Amsterdam train. The next train also requires seat reservations. Because I had a seat reservation for an earlier train that I missed through no fault of my own, am I able to jump on the next train and stand near the door (if there are no seats)?If I cannot board the second train without a reservation, and one is not available because the Interrail quota is already used up, then am I just left stranded at the train station?How can we prepare for this? What are the best practices? Do we have to get "backup" secondary reservations "just in case"?

I have a reserved on tgv oui, i want to cancel that to take another one. I am still ot sure tough, when the eurail site say that will check with the ompany if it is possible to cancel the trip, would it do automatically or it will leave me choice?thanks,regards 

I’ve just booked the night train from Paris Austerlitz to Nimes. I have a 2nd class 4 day interrail pass but I would like to get a bed in one of the cabins on the night train. How do I upgrade? 

Hi,My eurostar train reservation made through the interrail website has been cancelled, I was notified by Eurostar and given the option to rebook, I have rebooked my ticket on the Eurostar app for another time tomorrow (Fri 11th) but the reservation is not showing on the reservations overview on the Interrail website. Is my reservation still going to work?I'm concerned as I couldn't see any through the Interrail website as it said it was full for pass holders but could through the Eurostar one.

My question may be a bit silly, but I can't find the answer.I'm traveling solo by Interrail for the 1st time, for the next 7 days from France to Sweden, making a few stops along the way (Amsterdam, Hambourg, Copenhague, Boras)For some destinations, I had to book tickets and seats, and therefore I already booked and paid an extra. But for other destinations, I don't need to book any tickets. But what proof do I need to present at the ticket check in this second case, since I don't have a reservation? Do I have to use my Eurorail pass? If so, where is the QR code? Where can I reserve tickets for free? If so, how does it work?Thanks a lot for your prompt reply 😊

Hi there. Yesterday I had to change my pass to other phone and I loose all my trains. I had a train from Amsterdam to Munich which had a change at 23:55, now it has changed and the departure is at 00:14, and I can’t take ir because count as 2 days travelling. I already have a reservation at the 23:55 train, do I need the RailPlaner QR to get on the train? Thank you!

Hi, I would like to make all the reservations for me and 2 other friends. We all have our own mobile pass.When I try to add other travellers to the trip with their e-mail and pass number, an error keeps occurring.Can somebody help me? Thanks in advance! Anke

HI - it says my train I plan to get from Lyon to Milan ‘The route is expected to be added to the network in mid-summer’ - does anyone know when this might be? I plan to travel on 20th of July

Me and my five friends are arriving to Milano Centrale at about 10.20 today. We have made reservations for Bernina Express from Tirano at 14.24. Do any of you have any recommendations how we can get to Tirano in time? We have discovered that the direct train between Milano and Tirano that we have saved to out Interrail-app, is no longer existing. Please help!!

hi. back at the end of May my girlfriend and I bought 2 tickets for the night train from Prague to Budapest but now we can't find that departure no matter where we search for it. The train is IC 577 Metropol/EN 477, departing on July 23 at 10:01 PM and arriving in Budapest at 8:29 AM on July 24. We hope that some of you can help us solve the mystery as the contact with CD.CZ is not entirely optimal unfortunately.

When I go to book and it says seat reservations required but I can’t find a book button below. It just says seat reservations required.How do I book the seats for the train

I won 4 credits for seats reservation beside the interrail ticket. Now the seats were in my cart, but they weren‘t available anymore and it says that I have to remove those. This is not possible and now for 3 days nothing changed! Therefore I can‘t book any seats, because in my carts are these seats in which I can‘t remove:( any tipps?

Hello. My wife and I have Eurail passes for September and one of the routes that we want to take is Lucerne to Interlaken Ost. When I checked the Eurail website yesterday it directed me to the Zentralbahn website to buy a reservation. Today, it says a reservation is not necessary. The Zentralbahn website is saying that only 6 reservations are left on the 9:06 train, and none at all on the 8:06. The price of a reservation (not a ticket) from Lucerne to Interlaken is CHF 58, which seems like a lot. My question is do I really need a reservation, and if not, could I travel on a train that says that no reservations are left? In other words, are they selling a limited number of reservations, but there are still many other seats available. Thanks for any help

Hello dear Community,We're traveling on July 19th/20th, 2025 from Switzerland via Munich - Hamburg - Copenhagen to Oslo.We've already booked our train seats with DB up to Copenhagen.Here's a question: Is a 21-minute transfer time in Hamburg enough for us? If the DB timetable information is correct, our train from Munich arrives on the same platform (06:42) from which the train to Copenhagen departs (07:03) (Platform 11). Is that possible? Would you recommend reserving the next train from Hamburg at 08:50 AM?What worries me a bit more is that DB shows "seats fully booked" for the Copenhagen - Lund connection. On SJ.se, our desired train from Lund is marked "Preliminary"! I can find the connection on all timetables, whether it's DB, SBB, or the Railplanner App.When will it be definitively confirmed that this train will run?Thank you for your knowledge, greetings Yasmin