Train connections & reservations

I’ve read a lot about the sleeper train from Zagreb to Split and that it’s not possible to book online. I have emailed the reservation email shared in a different topic thread & will see if they respond. If we make the booking at the Zagreb station will they apply an Interrail discount? I can see couchettes that are available to book online and obviously if Croatian railways don’t recognise the pass then there won’t be a point in waiting till we get to the station. Also - has anyone booked a sleeper car - is there usually availability for these as the carriage map seems to suggest there is only one sleeper carriage anyway. Thanks in advance. 

I bought 4 days eurail pass and this is my first trip to Europe. When I am trying to reserve seat from Paris to Geneva, it says around £102 for 2 kids and 2 adults. But if I check other website then tickets are cheaper for same route and same train. What is the benefit of eurail pass if reservation takes more money than normal ticket.

hello, I wanted to book a reservation from Munich to Prague on August 14, 2024 but on db navigator it is noted "connection cannot be reserved", this means that the train is full? This worries me because it's on all trains for the 14th...otherwise can I see it on other sites?

Hello Ich frage nochmals wegen dem Ticket von Madrid nach Porto. Ich habe nun auf der Interrail Seite noch eine Verbindung gefunden. Diese lautet: MADRID-ATOCHA CERCANIAS (Spain) (08.50) - BADAJOZ (Spain) (13:34)BADAJOZ (Spain) (14:09) - (ENTRONCAMENTO (Portugal) (15:52)ENTRONCAMENTO (Portugal) (16:33) - PORTO CAMPANHA (Portugal) (18:52) Bei der ersten Verbindung kann ich in der Interrail Website eine Sitzplatzreservierung vornehmen, dies ist kein Problem. Bei der zweiten Verbindung benötige ich laut der Interrail Website keine Sitzplatzreservierung. Meine Frage wäre zur dritten Verbindung (von Entroncamento nach Porto). Hier steht, dass sie Sitzplatzreservierung nicht über Interrail gemacht werden kann. Ich sehe aber, dass dieser Zug von CP betrieben wird. Alle anderen Züge innerhalb von Portugal (CP), z.B. von Porto nach Lissabon oder nach Lagos benötigen keine Sitzplatzreservierung im Voraus. Dort habe ich gehört, dass eine Reservierung am Abreisetag oder einen Tag davor reicht. Rei

I have went on to Eurail and put in my place of departure and place of arrival, I am not making this trip until next year but I’m checking into times I would want to leave from and arrive at and how I would go about booking it and making reservations for it. ( Really like this one because it is only one change) I have looked at this itinerary all the way from this date until December 13 and everyone of them says sold out for the TGV INOUI train, I have been putting this itinerary in for the last two weeks and it continuously says sold out, I have went to their website and they say not available but I can’t figure out how to do the reservation part that is just trying to get a ticket. Could someone please walk me through the steps of how to get the reservation for this particular itinerary for this train out of Milano P. Garibaldi TGV INOUI SNCF Voyages to Paris Gare De Lyon. Thank you in advance for anyone’s help🤗08:18VENEZIA S. LUCIA (Italy)2h 29mFR 9716 FRECCIAROSSAFRECCIAROSSAOpera

If you wanted to travel between France and Belgium you would inevitably have encountered delays (or worse) in the recent days as a consequence of the sabotage on the French high speed lines. Timing of a very local French Railway strike could not have been worse, as the strike today adressed the regular trains on the alternative (non-high-speed) line Kortrijk (B) to Lille (F), via Moeskroen (B) and Tourcoing (F). But there is a solution, and if it is not for today, then it will be for another time as it will not be the last strike on the French railways, and trains crossing borders will always be subject to specialties. The solution is to take the Belgian train to Komen/Comines, walk 1 km, and continue your journey from the French train station Comines (or vice-versa of course):Until the 19th century it was one town, but then history happened and the two halves of the city of Comines, on either side of the river Lys (Flemish: Leie) found themselves in different countries. They then beca

Hi,  I have a trip planned for the UK in October, I have my Eurail Pass and recently made some seat reservations in the GWR website for that trip. I was wondering, as they only send me an email with a 8-digit code for the seat reservation, is enough alongside the Eurail Pass to board the train? Or I’m missing some QR code? It was also free so I was wondering if they will charge me in the station or with the Eurail it will be free. Thanks a lot!

Hi all,I am supposed to be travelling from Madrid to Lisbon tomorrow, the 27th of July.  I had intended taking the train from Madrid to Badajoz tomorrow morning at 8:50am, then Badajoz to Entroncamento and finally from there to Lisbon. However, I went to the train station in Barcelona today and was told the train from Madrid to Badajoz is fully booked.  Does anyone have any suggestions of any other routes I could take to get there. I have seen the other journeys available that day but there are much longer and mean I won’t arrive in Lisbon until late at night. Any help would be much appreciated!

I have made my initial reservation in 1st class with my two teens...I have the confirmation email.  It says I have to print it...how do you print tickets/seat reservations when travelling?Also...it doesn’t include seat numbers. How do I ensure my kids and I can sit together?

Hello!  Can you help me find the best way to get to Disneyland Paris from Pontault Combault, any time of day?  We have a EURAIL pass but need to know which trains and stations to use.  

a train from France from Nice to Cannes was cancelled after I activated it as a travel day. Unfortunately, I can't find any information anywhere about the fact that all trains were cancelled at that time due to an accident. Unfortunately, there is no other way for me to get my travel day back (I no longer have the bus ticket). That was on July 20, 2024

Goog morning guys,I was thinking about planning my (very spontanous) summer vacation as an interrail tour because I like travelling by train. But now I have to admit I am a bit lost concerning all the seatresevations you have to prebook in Spain. I found a way to get to Barcelona via Switzerland but then it sees everything is just already booked out I guess. Is there any possibility I I did not take into account or does anybody have any tips for me on travelling in Spain ?I would love to hear about your experiences.Thank you in advance!

Hello, im at Salerno and the ICN 1962 to La Spezia Centrale should drive at 23:33 but on the display there is not the train and the Shop to ask is closed, does anyone know anything?

Hello everyone, I‘m traveling to France and Spain soon and I‘m wondering when the seat reservations should be purchased.  I‘d like to have some flexibility with my stays and book the reservations 1 or 2 days prior departure. However I figured this might not work out, since some trains may already be fully booked by then.Stops will include Paris, Nice, Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla. It would really be helpful if somebody could share their experience and guidance on when they reservations should be booked. Also, I will be traveling in September so the Paris Olympics shouldn’t be an issue.  Greetings,Mateo

I am trying to book a train from Brussels to Amsterdam for 4 of us on Saturday 27th July but I cannot seem to do it is it alright to just turn up at the station and buy tickets or has anyone got any advice please? Thank you 

Hi,I have read to other topic with the same question from two years ago, but was curious of there is something improved in the last years. I want to travel from Milano Centrale to Frankfurt Hbf, see screenshot below for the details. Raileurope don't show any option to book the train from Milan to Zürich. What is the best way to book that specific train? 

Hallo zusammen,Mir wurde gesagt, dass man die Zugreservierungen für Spanien auch in Deutschland buchen kann, wenn man sie persönlich am Schalter kauft.Daher meine Frage: Hat jemand damit Erfahrung?Ich würde das gerne machen, bin mir aber unsicher, wie ich vorgehen soll, da es meine erste Interrail-Reise ist.Was ist der beste Weg? Soll ich im Voraus die Züge heraussuchen, die ich nehmen möchte, und mir Notizen machen? Dann würde ich sie der Person am Schalter nennen, damit sie die Reservierungen für mich bucht? Oder wie läuft das genau ab?  Ich bin etwas verunsichert, weil ich nicht genau verstehe, wie man die Reservierungen vornimmt. Man kann ja nur eine Reservierung buchen, wenn man auch ein gültiges Zugticket hat. Aber das habe ich in diesem Fall ja noch nicht, da ich die Tickets für meine Reisetage noch nicht im Voraus habe.Kann mir jemand bitte weiterhelfen? Vielen Dank im Voraus. 

Hello!!This summer we are planning to travel from Poland to the baltic countries. We have a global pass, however, we have seen that it is not available to check the timetables o book the trains on the interrail website and we’re struggiling a bit to understand which is the best way to travel around these countries. It would be of great help if somebody that has travelled there could answer some questions:Is it always possible to book the trains in the stations with the interrail pass (if there’s seats on the train)? Which would be the best way? We are aware that global pass also includes buses, which apparently are a good way to travel in these countries, how can we know which type of buses it includes? Which is the way of booking these buses? Thank you very much in advance!  Sophie

Hi there, I have a friend travelling with an interail pass from Zurich to Munich, 14 August, departure 7.33am.She’s trying to reserve a seat (family of 4) but the option to continue is greyed out on Rail Europe - ie she can see the train  and select it but the seat reservation isn’t possible.I’m assuming it’s because theres no charge. Where’s the best place to book these seat reservations please? Thanks.  

Hi! I’m going to be travelling with my interrail pass, together with 2 of my parents (Eurail pass holders) and now we are on the stage of trying to book all the necessary reservation seat. I have several questions:So after learning how to work with the app, is it true that in the interrail app itself, we only need to save the trip routes in our app, then slide and activate the yellow QR code on the day of travel (this is to show the ticketing staff that we have the ticket for the train). Whereas for the reservation seat, we just need to purchase separately from the official website (e.g. SBB, DB, RailEurope, TrenItalia, etc). So later on we have an e-ticket of the number of the seat as well from these websites. Is this correct? I’m trying to book our first seat reservation (for the train of Paris Est -> Strasbourg on 23rd July at 06.52 A.M just like the one stated on the rail planner app). However, the I’m not sure if it’s possible to book seats for all three of us together as the w

HallöchenWir fahren am 17.08. Mit dem Interrail Globe Pass von Madrid (Spanien) nach Porto (Portugal). Ich habe auf mehreren portugiesischen Webseiten wie dieser hier gelesen, dass man in Portugal je nach Zug Sitzplatzreservierungen vornehmen muss, diese aber nur in Portugal am Bahnhof möglich sind. Unten Ausschnitte von der Webseite (auf Deutsch) und der Link dazu.  https://www.seat61.com/trains-and-routes/lisbon-to-porto-by-train.htm#Porto-LisbonNun reise ich von Madrid das erste Mal nach Portugal, so kann ich für diese Strecke noch keine Sitzplatzreservierung in Portugal vornehmen. Auf der Interrail-Seite kann ich diese Verbindung jedoch auch nicht finden.  Habt ihr Erfahrungen und ist für diese Route eine Sitzplatzreservierung notwendig? Und mit welchen Verbindungen habt ihr Erfahrung?   Danke für eure Hilfe und Tipps! 

Hallo Ich habe bereits in anderen Fragen darüber gelesen, dass es schwierig ist, eine Optimale Verbindung von Bordeaux (Frankreich) nach Madrid (Spanien zu finden). Dort habe ich gelesen, dass man von Bordeaux nach Hendaye (Frankreich) fahren soll, dann dort mit Euskotren (habe ich herausgefunden, diese fahren ja alle 30min) nach Irun und dann von Irun nach Madrid. Dies ist nun mein Problem. Von Irun nach Madrid gibt es nur Züge um 07:00 Uhr am morgen oder dann erst um 15:00 Uhr am Nachmittag. Diese Züge am Nachmittag kommen erst gegen 23:00 Uhr in Madrid an, was recht spät ist. Zudem muss man auf dieser Zugstrecke mehrmals umsteigen.  Ich habe bereits andere Verbindungen von San Sebastian oder Bilbao nach Madrid gesucht, aber diese fahren alle erst am Nachmittag wie dieser von Irun, und man muss auch viel umsteigen.Habt ihr Tipps?  Herzlichen Dank fürs teilen eurer Erfahrungen!   

We bought a couple of Global Passes yesterday (7 days in a month - 1st Class) which we secured just before the 20% discount ran out. Only condition is I can’t book anything commencing before Sep 1st, and we don’t leave Australia until Sep 8th, and won’t start the ticket use until late Sep.Made our first booking today (London to Zurich) - no problem.Up to the second booking now (Florence to Rome) and have noticed an anomaly.reservation fees start from EUR30 (1st & 2nd - 2 reservations) as soon as I select a specific service, the price jumps to EUR56 - no matter which service if I try my next booking (London to Milan) same thing occursIf I log out, all bookings on these routes revert to EUR30.Is there something strange occurring in Italy with reservations atm, or is this just the railway company gouging extra for the component of the ticket price they didn’t get? If it’s the latter, I’m feeling very ripped off!!!

Hallo.Ich möchte am 1. August mit dem Mobil / Global Pass von Hamburg nach Härnösand (Schweden) fahren. Ich habe mir eine Verbindung herausgesucht, bei der ich in Kopenhagen und in Stockholm mehrstündige Aufenthalte habe, weil ich wegen der Grenzkontrollen mit langen Verspätungen rechne. Nun kann ich diese Verbindungen aber gar nicht als durchgehende Reise eintragen, weil nur Verbindungen mit bis zu einer Stunde Umsteigezeit automatisch erkannt werden. Ich müsste also drei Teil-Fahrten für die Reise eintragen. Werden die als drei Reisen gezählt? (Sitzplatzreservierungen habe ich bei der Deutschen und der Schwedischen Bahn separat gebucht.) Gibt es eine andere Möglichkeit? Viele Grüße Stefan

Evening all! I was planning to travel from Laufenberg to Friedrichshafen on sunday the 25th August, They just got a notification about a timetable change and now it can’t find an alternative connection. Should I wait a few days and see if it fixes itself or is it better to pursue other routes? Or is it due to engineering works? fbanks!