Train connections & reservations

Three of us are travelling from Paris to Annecy on July 11. We have made a reservation from Gare Lyons Paris to Lyons Part Dieu, and then we have to change trains in Lyons. The schedule says “No reservations required”/ “You’re ready to board”.  We are concerned that the train might be full. We also only have 12 minutes to change trains in Lyons. The train we hope to catch from Lyons to Annecy leaves at 14:08.Is the afternoon train from Lyons to Annecy typically busy? Can we book a reservation, even if it says “no reservation required”?  Is 12 minutes enough time for us to get from one train to another in Lyons? There is another train from Lyons to Annecy at 14:50  but we would have to change trains in Chambery, with only.a five minute stop. 

Hello, first time inter railing, so I'm feeling a bit lost... Just figured out that I need a seat reservation to get to Paris from London, but by the looks of it, there are no available reservations in whole June. So, does someone have any suggestions on a different route I could take to get myself to Paris within Monday the 20th of June? I dont mind traveling the whole day!

Hello,I am wanting to reserve the night train from Sofia to Istanbul but the reservation service says it is unavailable for the whole month of July. Does anyone know why this is?Many thanks.

Hello, my wife and I purchased Interrail Global Passes for a trip in September.  Every train I try to book has the message "Prices unavailable No price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out."  I'm starting to wonder if the pass was worth it!  Any suggestions?

Hi Community, My wife and I booked for first class sleeper (we are paying extra for our 50th wedding anniversary !) on the Nightjet sleeper from Munich to Rome. The Nightjet website shows only 3 one bed cabins available on this train, whereas Interrail Reservations shows only 4-berth first cabins can be reserved. We have to get this particular train as our whole holiday is booked around this journey. Therefore we paid 88euros for 2 tickets. I have asked Interrail (by email) if I need to buy another 88 euros to secure the cabin for occupation by only my wife and me. I need a very quick reply as there are only the 3 cabins available and they may well be booked very soon. My email was sent 3 days ago and I have had no reply. I can understand a delay for routine enquiries but is there a method to contact Interrail for more urgent enquiries please ? Chatbot does not seem to work for me    

Hi everybody, I would like to make a reservation for me and my two friends for our trip to North Europe but there is a problem because I can’t reserve seats or beds in the train from Berlin and the problem is described as follows: “Prices unavailableNo price results were found for this connection. It is possible that all pass holder seats are sold out. Please try searching for another connection or check 'More information' and try other ways to book this seat reservation. If no pass holder seats are available anymore you need to buy a separate full fare ticket to board.”Is it possible that the train is already sold out? I have tried to look for the same train e.g. in October and there is the same problem. I have also tried to book seats on websites of train companies but I wasn’t successful. Could you please help me anyhow? Thank you very much for advice!Jáchym

Hi, recently I bought a global pass. Now I am trying to reserve a train seat from paris to barcelona but it says the physical ticket won´t arrive on time. However, my trip is only planned on the 21st of july. I don´t see why this will not be on time. How do I fix this? Can I also just get an online ticket?

Debo hacer una reserva para unos asientos de marsella a barcelona y me dice que me enviarán el ticket físico, el problema es que dicen que el ticket me llegará a mi domicilio en la fechas en las que estaré de viaje, ¿cómo puedo hacerlo?

I have to make a reservation for some seats from Marseille to Barcelona and it tells me that they will send me the physical ticket, the problem is that they say that the ticket will arrive at my home on the dates that I will be traveling, how can I do it?

Having trouble finding a seat on train from Paris to London for 24 June.  Is there a problem with reservations for that day?

Hi there, We were looking to travel on Monday 11 July from San Sebastian/Donastia to Barcelona Sants on Alvia #533. We just got into Spain to book seat reservations. We can find the availability on raileurope.com for full price tickets (https://www.raileurope.com/en/journey/san-sebastian-donostia-barcelona-sants-1ifrp91?leg=outbound&outbound=30e5b4-42e3cb) but on the renfe website, it says Tren completo which I'm assuming it's full. We also went to the ticket office and they said full train too.  Can anyone explain why we can see and buy tickets on raileurope.com if the Renfe website and the office lady says it's full?  Also does anyone have any suggestions on how we can get to Barcelona from San Sebastian if the direct train is full? I can see the ones with the changes in Vitoria, but hoping we can get in earlier than 9.35pm...  Thanks!  

Hi,I have created a trip in the mobile app, and I want to add another traveller and make reservations. for that I have to use the online website(?), but when I login with the email I bought my pass I dont see my trip anywhere. Do I have to start over and can I see wich trains I have added online like in the app? or how do I fix this. I haven’t activated the pass in the app yet

I have bought an interrail pass to travel in Norway. I am now trying to book seat reservations from Oslo-Bodo, but I am having some difficulties. When I try to check out, it says that it is require a paper reservation and that it won't arrive in time in Portugal. What should I do? Please help

Hi! Can you help me with this problem? I need a Pass Cover Number for seat reservation. I already sent a message to customer service, but I didn’t receive any answer. My travel starts in one week. Also, I have some problems with seat reservation in Norway. I called Entur and they made me wait a long time without any answer. I hope they will tomorow!!! Thank you!

We are traveling in Europe from July 9th - 12 AugustShould I book ahead for I will have to pay extra from:Trentino - Zermatt Zermatt - Dyon Dyon - Utrecht centraal 

There’s absolutly not Eurostar pass seats available the whole of next week … I know there’s a limited number of seats but is that a common occurence? (I’ve never had to reserve so late before) Could seats become available last minute? (I also checked b-europe)😨I’m flexible with the days that week but it’s not like I can change my trip, I’m going home!I’ve been trying to reserve that leg for a while, having a nightmare with the interail reservation system (then I had to wait because of the strikes in UK and new timetables).I was already regretting getting a pass for that trip for other reasons but now it’s even worth  if I have to purchase a normal ticket 😫  

Hi everyone!  Could someone advise me how to go fro Belgrade to Budapest? The train goes as far as Novi Sad. How do i get from there to train station in Hungary? Nd does the Global Pass apply on the in between bus ride?

I’m trying to book my seat for a train from Frankfurt to Paris on the 28th of july at 16:56 and I cannot find the train when booking my seat. I already have my ticket and my friend can find it and reserve her seat. Please help!

Hi, I have been in contact with the support but to no success. Me and my friends have individual mobilepasses since we will be doing most of the tip together. When I want to add them to the trip and make reservations I need the pass cover number and the issuer. We bought our mobilepasses though this website and the support and other threads have said the same, that you don’t need those just the email. But, the website will not let me make reservations or add the travellers without issuer and pass cover number.We have all contacted the support a few days ago to get our pass cover numbers.How do I do this step by step if I do not need my pass cover number or issuer, like I am supposedly able to?Just FYI, I did click “I purchased my pass on interrail.eu” and followed the septs sent to me by the support.Hope to get some answers soon.

Hello there,I am currently planning on visiting southern France this summer.I cannot book my reservation from Metz to Paris and from Paris to Bordeaux and the way back.It would really appreciate if somebody from the interrail team might be able to help me.Thanks a lot in advance.Yours Leon

Hi there, After planning based on the interrail rail map, we were planning on catching the train from Budapest to Belgrade. It says on the map that this is a 7hr30 day train. However, I cannot find it on the rail planner, yet it doesn’t says that Serbian trains should be available on the app. Furthermore, when i try to google the train I can’t find anything. The same issue occurs from the train from Belgrade to Sofia… Please can someone explain whether we can take these trains, and if so how/where do we book them?  Thank you! 

Hello! Does anyone know if there’s a problem with the website right now? I’ve been trying to buy train reservations for the past week but I am not able to press the button "continue to traveler details" I wanted to make a reservation for a train, for late July and beginning of August. I filled in my name, address etc. but I can't buy them.It says that shipping will take too long and the tickets won't arrive on time. But It's more than one month until the trip, so is it really impossible to purchase them? Might it be why the button doesn’t work? or is it a problem with the website 

I’m planning on taking a night train from Paris to Narbonne the night of July 5th. I’m able to reserve my seat online but for the second part of my trip, Narbonne to Madrid (the next morning), I am unable to make a reservation. I know that’s how it is for most Spanish trains. But what happens if I pay for the reservation from Paris to Narbonne and there’s no seats on the Narbonne to Madrid train. And how would I book that second seat reservation ahead of time?

Dear, I am trying to book 2 seats on the train of the screenshot. But I need to give my Pass Cover number to complete the reservation. How can I get one? Or can someone get me one/help me with it? Thanks in advance, Kind regards, Elias 

Hello community,I am going to travel the UK in July/August, starting in Germany, taking the Eurostar to London and then traveling through England and Scotland to go back. As our timetable is a bit tight (3 weeks time, so much to see), I just want to know how important it is to reserve seats in the UK. I’ve reserved seats for LNR trains because they are mandatory, but reserving seats for example for Birmingham-Liverpool and Glasgow-Inverness via GWR didn't work out due to that they don’t have seats left in their booking system on the days we want to travel. I’m now thinking of reserving seats at the apcrail website, but it costs 6€ per reservation and I wish to avoid that. Is there a chance that seats will still be available if we book them in person at the train station and/or we just board the train without reserving? I don't mind not having a seat, and we only have small carry-ons anyway.Thank you! :)