Train connections & reservations

Hello everyone, On Friday 26 August I will travel with DB BAHN to Germany and Switzerland for the first time with 2 people, leaving Brussels at 6.25 am.Brussels South - Cologne, departure 6.25 amCologne - Basel SBB, departure 8.54 am We have a 1st class interrail global pass. When I look on the DB BAHN website to see how many seats are still available in 1st class, I find that quite a few places have already been reserved.Since seat reservation is not required, I would like to take the risk of not reserving seats.I would like to know your advice on this?If a seat is reserved, for example from Karlsruhe to Basel SBB, is this already displayed from Cologne?Isn't it true that we can also sit in 2nd class if there are no more free places in 1st class?

Hi. I’m trying to make seat reservation for Amsterdam - Florence on the 17th of June 06.15 but the options I see in Rail Planner and Train planet don’t match but without any explanation. It looks like it’s specifically Amsterdam - Paris that won’t show up by Train Planet. Does this mean the tickets are finished? When I search for Amsterdam - Paris directly at Thalys I can see the trip but not add my Interrail pass… What can I do???

Can I use the pass in the national rail lines in England?

If I take a train or a ferry in the afternoon and it arrives the next day at night or in the morning, does it count as 2 days of travel to the pass?

In order to place a reservation for the connection between Nice and Pairs on the travel.b-europe.com website I need my paper pass number but I currently only have the mobile pass version of the Interrail pass. How can I can book ma reservation? Many thanks 

Hello,I have a global Interail Pass.I need to book a reservation for our return trip Zurich - Paris. I would like to book a traject with 2 changes (Zurich - Bâle, Bâle, Strasbourg, Strasbourg - Paris) but I can’t book because it’s written “Prices temporarily unavailable. Aucun résultat n'a été trouvé dans le système de réservation. Revenez dans quelques heures pour consulter les tarifs et effectuer cette réservation.” on the traject Strasbourg Paris. The train is ICE9574.Do you know how I could book? I checked on the Swiss train company but I don’t see how to book with an interrail pass.Many thanks!Julie

I am trying to book a trip from Paris to Nice for me and 1 other traveler. I cannot book online without the pass cover number. If someone with Eurail support could supply this that would be very helpful. Thank you!

I need my Pass Cover number for my and my wife's mobile pass

Hi  I am travelling to istanbul in July via bucharest but in the reservation page it say  joirney takes 42 hours 2 change of trains. So there is long waits between changes.  So 2 days from bucharest to istanbul. Sorry l am mumbling but what is the easiest route to take.  I especially want to visit Paris and Budapest on the way

I have been trying to make a reservation from rijeka to strasbourg (via munchen) on Friday 22 July for over a week now. For the ride from Rijeka to Munich (INT 480) I keep getting the message that the seat reservation is not available. For the trip from Munich to Strasbourg (TGV 9576), I keep getting a message that the prices are temporarily unavailable. Can anyone help me? 

Hey there,I`d like to start my France trip in Cologne; the operating train service is french (TGV/Thalys), is the country pass valid from here? I found mixed info; the pass only makes sense for me if I know upfront of my trip whether it`s vaild. Seems to me that validation in border regions is very up to each country, so I`m very happy for the help of someone with experience with the french one country pass :) Thanks so much!

Is it risky to not book seat reservations on trains where it’s not required?

Hey!I am trying to book four trains in Italy but get the error ‘Prices temporarily unavailable’. I am going with my girlfriend and we both have first class InterRail tickets. There are other trains in Italy (and other parts of Europe) which we have successfully booked reservations for. Please can someone help us to find out what is causing this error message and/or where the next best place to book reservations are if we cannot do it directly via InterRail? We have looked into ItaliaRail but there does not seem to be a way to input an InterRail pass code for a reduced price. Hopefully we don’t have to pay even more for ‘normal’ tickets.Roma Termini - Palermo Centrale 08/July/22 @ 2300 (although we don’t mind taking the train before) Palermo Centrale - Roma Termini 17/July/22 @ 1848  Roma Centrale - Milano Centrale 20/July/22 @ 0920 Milano Centrale - Zeurich Hb 20/July/22 @ 1310Thank in advanced for your help!/Kevin  

hi!We’ve been loooking for some seats reservations between Venice and Zagreb on the 25th of July. However, on the interrail app and OBB app they don’t seem to be any seats left. We’ve looked also other options such as Flixbus, but we were looking for sth more affordable. Are any other options to take into account? :)

I wanted to go to Lourdes straight from CDC airport. Is there bullet train passing from CDC airport? 

I am planning to travel from Verona to Milano with my Interrail ticket on the 5th of July. As I want to avoid a reservation fee, I am planning to take a regional train, for which I believe no reservation is required. On the website of Trenitalia it gives a connection with Trenord 2624, departure 09:43 (see image), but I can't find this via the Interrail App. Is it possible to use this train and add it manually to the Interrail Planner App? And is it true that there is no reservation required? 

Hello, I would like to travel to Belgrad from Sofia via Nis in July. But in the trailplanner I can’t add anytrains or routes. Do you have any informations regarding this journey?   

Hello everyone,I would like to get the Eurostar ticket with my friend from London to Amsterdam using the mobile Eurail Pass, but the direct train ticket sold out on Eurail websiteI tried to call SNCF hotline, but their staff said I can only make a seat reservation onlineand I tried using b-europe, but it requires a pass cover number, thus I cannot make a seat reservationBeside making an enquiry on Eurail website asking for the pass cover number, is there anything that I can do? I am afraid of the ticket solding out… and I really want to try on the Eurostar :( Thanks everyone

Hej all,Me and my boyfriend we are going on a interrrail route in July.We can´t book any seat reservation for the night train Paris to Perpignan on the 8 of July (departure at 21h14 and arrival at 8h31). In the system says that the prices are unvaiable for this route to try again in a couple of hours but we been trying for some days already :/ We already try to buy online at SCNF but we couldn´t.We have the same issue regarding then Perpignan to Madrid in the high speed train.Can someone help us out please?Thank you in advance :)

Hi interrail! I would like to book seat reservations for 4 trains on my way back to the Netherlands. The planner app is not very helpful.. are all these trains fully booked for Interrailpass holders? Hope to hear from you soon!10th of June 13.18 Granada ARC 852514.10 Antequera-santa ana-14.57 Antequera-santa anaAVE 399120.22 Barcelona Sants11th of June 09.10 Barcelona santsTGV 978015.51 Paris de Lyon-17.25 Paris NordThalys THA 936921.29 Amsterdam C. Kind regards,Bregje Terwijn

Hello Interrail community,I am a bit confused on how to manage reservations for a Nantes-Copenhagen trip on the 08-09 July.The trip relies on a Offenburg (00:41) - Duisburg (06:40) section that is referenced as both a nightjet (NJ) or intercity train (IC).From https://tickets.oebb.at/, it seems the NJ is not available for 4 persons anymore : If I search for the whole trip on the planner (Nantes>Copenhagen), it indicates the Offenburg-Duisburg section requires reservation. (I think it considers the NJ reference, that is considered a night train that requires reservation)If I only search for the Offenburg-Duisburg section, the planner indicates no reservation is needed (it seem it considers the IC reference, that does not require a reservation) My question is then rather simple : is a reservation needed on the Offenburg-Duisburg night IC train ?If I choose not to book a reservation, do I have to enter manually the Offenburg-Duisburg section on my mobile Pass ? (as for now it only show

Hi everyone So I’ve paid for my eurail pass (global pass, mobile) created a trip and assigned travel day and tickets from city to city in Italy. Now it’s time to do the seat reservation and I’m having issues.It won’t let me reserve a seat, all I get is this screen: I don’t know if that means there are no seats left, it’s too early to reserve etc. I have tried all my different journeys (Venice- Rome etc etc) and all the times and I get the same response.if anyone has any ideas it would be much appreciated!thank you  

Hi everyone, I want to travel from Lyon to Girona on June the 6th. I already read throught the FAQ and see I’m not the only one having trouble making a reservation for a train that crosses the border.  I tried to make a reservation with the interrail-planner. It seemed possible at first, but at the checkout it said there was not enough time left to sent the paper tickets, although it is still 9 days in advance. I already booked my first train from Ostend (Belgium) to Lyon that day so it would be nice to be able to travel on. At an nmbs station I cannot make the reservation because apparently it’s not possible for them anymore to sell tickets that are crossing the Spanish border.I can try to purchase the tickets on the day itself, but that seems a bit tricky and exhausting to me as I only have half an hour to transbord…I saw some things about the DB and making reservations on the phone, but I don’t have a credit card. Does anyone have suggestions what to do next?I did look up the region

Hi,  I would like to book seat reservations for 1 train . Are all these trains fully booked for Eurail pass holders?  29th of August15.49 NIMESTGV 603418.48 PARIS GARE DE LYON Regards,Sergio baquero M. (baquerosergio@hotmail.com)  

Why are payments for seat reservations charged inUS $ when I live in the UK?