Train connections & reservations

Hello Interrailers and Eurailer!How you (almost) all know, in Germany and Austria you don’t have to book a reservation, but you can via bahn.com (4€/trip 2nd class) and tickets.oebb.at (3€/train) via seat only option. Some trains are now and I presume this summer very full. Please check before boarding via bahn.com the utilization forecast for German trains and via fahrplan.oebb.at the utilization forecast note for Austrian trains. For trains that will be full you get a note with the text that a reservation is preferable to get a seat. Some trains now, have a note that due to that this trains are full, you only are allowed to get in the train with reservations. Without you have to leave the train.  

While my husband and I are traveling, our first leg of our journey through Italy, almost every train says it requires 1st class tickets that we will need to buy. I am trying to figure out how to buy (we already have the 2nd class italy pass) 1st class tickets for this trip so I can also get seats reserved. Thanks for any help!

I am travelling with one other person from Lille France to Bordeaux France and I have the mobile pass, I understand that you can put the trips in the plan on the app and then that will work for taking that trip but I am confused about making reservations where required.From what I understand reservations are separate from the interrail pass but you can make the reservations and pay for the reservation for the specific train time you want to take on the interrail website. But when you make the reservation, do you have to print it out and show it on the train along with the QR code on your interrail app or can you put the reservation you have bought on the app?

I just started using the Eurail Global Pass and i’m very insecure about it. I already lost one day of trip i think because i couldn’t reserve a seat. And now i’m not knowing how to use the app and the website, because the informations in them are not matching.  My questions is:  How do I know that i will get a seat in the trains that don't need a reservation? And what do i show to get in the train?I made a reservation on the website in my account and this trip didn’t appeared in the app, what do i need to do?

I’m tying to book seat reservations for 4 from Barcelona Sants to Valencia Sorolla on June 24 but the specific train time (18:15) I need (that is listed on RENFE site and on Rail Europe) is not listed on Eurail so I can not reserve my seats. I called Renfe and they said Eurail pass holders can only book that train 3 days in advance-- is this true? Also he said there were 125 seats left for that particular time but couldn’t tell me out of how many total so I don’t know if this is good or bad for my chances of getting a seat if I wait until I am in Spain to reserve? I will be traveling from Montpellier to Barcelona earlier that day and need to connect to that specific train to get to Valencia. Does anyone have any tips, advice or experience with this? Thank you!

I Spent 400+ Euros on a 1st class pass for my wife and I and I can’t make reservations through the Eurail website!?!? I travel in two weeks and I’d like to have our reservations placed!

Hi, i am trying to book a train from zurich-como on 09.06.22. But when i try to book a seat it says «prices unavaileble. Come back in a few houres to see prices and reserve a seat». I have checked the website many times during the last few days but it still says «prices unavaileble». I have also checed with the train company and the train is not sold out. I get the same error if I try to book any other random seat reservations. Does anyone share the same problem?? 

Hello!I have two important questions:As you can see in the first image, it won't let me reserve a seat for either of the two trains from Ljubljana to Split. Do you know how and where I can reserve seats on both trains? Does it mean that they are full or that I have to buy the ticket at the station? The second question is why on the seat reservation website (first image) it says that the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb is the NT 415 and in the application (second image) where I have the pass it says that it is the EN 415 train?   Thank you! 

I have emailed customerservice@interrail.eu 4 days ago regarding why my night train ticket from Genova to Rome shows price of 3 Euros when I have actually been charged 122 euros. The reservation ticket also states it is a second class ticket when I have actually booked the first class couchette. The ticket shows a seat number instead of a couchette number. i.e 14A, 14B etc.

Hi there i was wondering if anyone could help! me and my friends were planning getting the 23:09 train from Stockholm Central → Copenhagen, changing over at Malmo C. This comes up in the journey planner, but it is not available to see in the reservation sections? I have also tried the SJ.se website for the swedish railway services, and it’s not on there either?  Any help appreciated!

Hey!I was just about to reserve a seat for train NT 1, leaving Stockholm Central to Malmo at 23.09, June 10. This is visible in the Rail Planner app, but it turns out that this connection can’t be found on the seat reservation site. What’s up and which one to trust..?This is first of many reservation I need to make, didn’t have the best start apparently :D Anyone able to help a first timer? :) 

Hi, everyone.I have a one country pass for Italy (I’m travelling in the beginning of July) and I booked my reservations on the ÖBB website, because I saw on the interrail.eu website that I could do that. But I noticed that I didn’t needed to use my pass number during any of the reservations and I thought that was a bit weird.I just received an e-mail from interrail.eu saying that I could start booking my reservations on their app/website and now I’m confused if my reservations made on the ÖBB website are valid or not. Noticed that I have received the email with all of the ticket reservations but I don’t know what to do now

Hi, I have been emailing interrail but I have been unable to get an answer. Me and my friends are trying to get a reservation on a train from Lille Europe (France) to Amsterdam Centraal, however when on the interrail website it doesn’t allow a reservation. The reasons given for why we can’t reserve it seem contradictory, see attached images. One of these reasons is that it can only be booked 90 days in advance, but that day is long gone. What can we do to get a seat reservation on this train? We tried calling the station but it was just an automated voice saying the number didn’t work. Please reply asap as we need this reservation.Train DetailsDeparture and Arrival Date – Friday 5th August 2022Departure from Lille Europe – 20:30Arrival at Amsterdaam Central – 23:11Thanks,Maria Chiara Grech 

Hello, I have a question about réservation and train not on time. I need to take a train to arrive in a city in which I can take my Interrail but thee problem is that : between the 2 trains there are only 15 minutes. My question is this : if the train before is late and I can’t take the train intrerrail that I have reserved, what can I do ? Can I take the next whithout making the réservation or I need to pay an other ticket ? 

Recently I have been looking at the trains into Athens Greece from Prague. In the Rail planner I went from Prague to Athens and found no trains. Then I put Belgrade, which didn't even come up. Finally I put Skopje Macedonia to Athens and also couldn't find a train. Is there something I'm missing here? Or is there no longer a way to Athens with the eurail?

Does any of you have informations about the train network in turkey right now? 

Are there alternative ways other than the Leonardo express that takes you from Rome termini to the main airport?  

Hello everyone,I won the interrail global pass (7 days of travel over a month) and I have problems to make seat reservations.I plan to leave this summer from July 30th to August 15th from France to Germany, Poland, Hungary and finally Austria.When I try to book my seat for the trip from Berlin to Gdansk by train on July 31st, on the interrail website it says for all trains: "Prices unavailableNo prices were found for this route. It is possible that seats for Pass holders are sold out. Look for another route or see "More Information" for other booking options. If Pass seats are sold out, you will need to purchase a full-fare ticket to travel on this train".I would like to know if all the seats are taken (I would be surprised if this is the case since all the trains every day for several months show this)I am waiting for your feedback Thanks a lot

Hola: Por favor me pueden dar un correo electrónico o un teléfono a donde llamar. desde Barcelona. Realice mi reserva para el viaje Barcelona - Paris, pero en mi  interrail no me aparece el archivo para descargar la reserva e imprimirla. Hice esta reserva hace una semana. gracias Por su ayuda  

Hi Everyone,I’m sure you guys have had plenty of questions like this so far, but I’m at my wit’s end here. I’ve had no END of problems with my Pass, and this latest one is infuriating. I’ve been trying to book a trip from Venice to Verona on June 17th for DAYS now. Every single time, there has been a ‘prices are currently unavailable’ error. Other sites still have tickets available, so I know they aren’t sold out: moreover, the entire DAY will not load. I’ve already had to buy multiple tickets on other websites, defeating the purpose of this pass, and I’ll be damned if I lose more money to this. Any ideas?  

Hi, our family of 3 need to travel from London to Paris on 6/12 and I have not been able to make seat reservation from both EURAIL nor b-EUROPE.com.  In EURAIL, I can’t find the available.  But I can find available time in b-EUROPE.com.  But when I enter the pass cover using the pass numbers in my global pass purchase confirmation email, it said my number is invalid.  Can someone helps me please!

Hello!I plan to take the train that is in the picture. Although seat reservation is not required, do you think it’s better to do it? Will I always be able to board the train, even if it’s full?Thank you! 

HiIm trying to make a seat reservation on the night train from Warszawa to Budapest, but I’m not able to do it in any web. How can I do that?

I am trying to book a trip from Offenburg, Germany to London on 26/6. I would prefer to travel through Lille so we don’t have to change train stations. There are options but the site keeps saying pricing/reservations aren’t available at this time. I’ve had this issue daily for the past week...which means I’ve been reserving just 1 trip per day. If I try to schedule more than 1 at a time the website goes crazy slow. I really need to get this scheduled. Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks! 

Help!So we are currently trying to reserve the seats needed for our trip in August, but now that we have found, and selected, all the trains and seats, for some reason the button that says “continue to traveler details” can’t be clicked.We have filled all the boxes that could be filled. This is how it looks:I have blacked out private informationThese are the tickets (seats) we are trying to book: Does anyone have an idea regarding what we’re doing wrong?Any help is much appreciated