Train connections & reservations

I cannot book seat reservations for an Inter Regio train in Romania. I need to travel to Ploiesti Sud to then go on the night train to Vienna and at first it showed that i can only book the seat 30 days before departure and then it changed to “No price results were found” and when i clicked on more it said to book in person at a main station in Europe and when i went there the lady had no idea of the pass, said that i need to give her something printed but she had no idea what, she didn’t want to see my pass or anything from my phone and then she just said that i can only buy the ticket at full price. I then found through another question that i can book it though MAV (https://jegy.mav.hu/) but it doesn’t work either. At the last step of selecting the seats for the train that stops in Ploiesti it says “Failed reservation”. Is there a way to book the seats online or like at all? 

Hi!I won a discovereu interrailing pass and i’m planning on travelling in august. My friend, who i’m travelling with, bought a 7 day in a month interrailing card since it’s the same that i received. We are now trying to book seat reservations but it won’t work. I’m trying to book everything togheter, since we want the same things and want to sit togheter. But when i try to add a traveller i get this message. What can i do? 

Does it make sense that happyrail allow to book a seat for trains Barcelona Madrid while RailEurope says  interrail is not valid in that train?Am I misunderstanding something from happyrail?Thanks

The journey I’m trying to book in France shows one hour of “public transportation” between the two trains. Does the Global Pass work for this? And how do I find the “public transportation… “ we need? We’re super new to this and need all the help we can get! Any tips will be greatly appreciated. 

Hello everybody!I have a question.I have the EU disability card (100% + need of companion).I bought a global pass and I received a second one for free for my companion (thank you eurail!).Now, I am trying to book Rome - Wien, the night train of the 31st of July.If I try to use the option “only reservation”, there are no tickets available.So I search the booking adding the discout “eurorail pass” on the OBB account.I have this price: After this, I tried adding also the EU disability card and free companion option: I did the search without adding a second passenger with global pass (It adds automatically a seat for the companion).With this setting I have this price: This option (1 global pass + eu disability card + companion) is cheaper than using 2 global pass.My question is...can I do that? Can I do that even if I asked a second global pass for my companion?I hope somebody can clarify it.Thanks!Marco 

Hello everyone. I just wanted to share that this ride (Subotica-Belgrade) isn’t active yet, so the only alternative possible is by bus (not covered by the pass. I hope this is useful info! 

Does anyone know how to make a reservation on Eurostar for a bike and interrail. I do t want to buy the interrail reservation but then find I can’t reserve the same train for my bike. Planning a trip going out London to Brussels and back Brussels to London. Thanks 

We are getting the Eurostar into Paris and have booked the overnight train down to Cannes but only have 35 minutes to make the connection. Is this do-able? If we turn up early to check in at St Pancreas is there a chance they might put us on an earlier train or could I pay to change if there are spare seats? We are using a global pass but there are no seats on trains any earlier (Monday 4th August, 17:30 from London) . Looking at Google is says it is 14 minutes on the underground (Line 5) but I am not sure which way to go, get tickets etc just wondered if anyone had any advice

Just bought a “10 trips over 2 months” pass (23/07/25) and would now like to book trains and seats for our upcoming trip starting December 2025. No trains come up. Is it too early to book ? If so, when can I start ?

Hello! I’m planning my first Interrail journey. Firstly I want to go from Kutno, Poland (my residence country) to Munich, Germany. I’d like to use this connection:IC 5420 Hutnik from Kutno (18:50) to Czechowice-Dziedzice (23:23)IC 407 Chopin from Czechowice-Dziedzice (00:07) to Munich (10:24)If I will add in app that I virtually “entered” the Chopin train in Oświęcim (23:45), one station earlier, would it count that I used only one travel day (outbound from my residence country)? Or the train staff will see that this change is not possible and will give me a fine? Thanks for your replies.

Hi everyone, we have a connection to make between a Paris-Mannheim train and a Mannheim-Berlin train. We can either choose a 16 minutes connection or a 1h and 15 minutes. The platforms are right next to each other so 16 minutes should be fine but I'm not sure to trust the French train company to arrive to Mannheim on time. Seats reservation for Mannheim-Berlin is not mandatory (neither recommended). In case we book seats for the first connection but miss it, would we easily get on the next train? Thanks for your help, Lou-Anne 

Vorrei prendere il treno rj 83 che da Monaco va a Bologna. se acquisto un posto a sedere tramite il loro sito è incluso anche il supplemento?Sul loro sito il poso a sedere costa €6 è possibile?Il supplemento per questi treni è obbligatorio mentre la prenotazione del posto a sedere no?

Ola. We are planning a trip for November - December 2025 to Norway, and we are inspired by the proposed trip "Norway in winter", passing through Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim and Bodo. But using the planner it is impossible to visualize the journeys... for example Oslo-Bergen or Bergen-Bodo... Can anyone tell me why? and are there any train connection problems? because on the Norwegian site it seems that many journeys are replaced by buses.And final question: is it a good idea to plan “Norway in Winter” for this end of the year?Thank you very much in advance for the answers.  

Hey, in august i will be interrailing for the 1st time with 2 other friends, i was making the seat reservations until I stopped because I didn't know how to continue A train according to Interrail requires seat reservations, but they're no longer available on the Interrail website, so I go to the site listed under "more information" -> the Czech site.However, the site doesn't have this train (perhaps because Interrail doesn't support this organization, so it doesn't cover the train?).The Czech site (where seat reservations must be made) shows a train from 3:16 PM to 7:23 PM with train number EC 177. While Interrail shows a train from 2:47 PM to 7:23 PM with the same train number.- Both stations and dates are the same.How is this possible? And how am I supposed to make seat reservations? Just on the Czech website? Since they're the same train numbers, are they thereby also the same trains? i hope i made my story clear bye

I'm trying to plan on the app a journey from Verona to sillian , in osttirol (austria). The shortest way is through the italian Pustertal (Bressanone/ Fortezza/ Brunico/ San candido/ sillian). The app apparently ignores this way and shows only a way trough innsbruck and woergl that takes much more time (+ 1 day).Anyone knows why?Thank you very much

Buongiorno,un mese fa abbiamo fatto la prenotazione (purtroppo solo cartacea!) per un treno Eurocity Milano - Friburgo. Il biglietto pare fermo a Bologna e non ci è ancora arrivato !! Cosa possiamo fare? Come procedere?Grazie

Hi, I just saw this in the FAQs. We live in Bristol in the UK. Does this mean on my outbound trip we can travel from Bristol to London to Amsterdam (our first trip) but on our way home we can only travel from Paris to London (our last trip) and have to fund our travel from London to Bristol ourselves?  Your outbound journey can be used to travel from any location in your country of residence. Your inbound journey can be used to travel back to your country of residence. 

I’m an Interrail newbie. I have reserved tickets from London to Strasbourg, but it says no reservations are needed for the rest of the journey to Basel. When I try to book it, it says You’re ready to board. So how do we get tickets? Do we have to go out to the ticket desk and show our passes to get tickets? Or do we just get off the train from Paris and get on the one to Basel without having any tickets? And when we have other journeys where no reservations are required (eg Basel-Chur), do we just go to the ticket counter and show our passes, and they will issue us tickets? Sorry, all basic stuff I know, but I can’t find the info on the website. Thanks!

Sono a Brugge(Belgio), mi mancano 2 giorni di viaggio di cui l'ultimo è quello di rientro in Italia (Bologna) . Potete darmi qualche consiglio? Non vorrei,però,  pagare nessun supplemento...

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