Train connections & reservations

Hello guys, me and my friend are trying to find a train leaving Istanbul on the 26th of July. We‘d like to go to Greece, but we cannot count on Hellenic Trains, anybody know something about international trains to Greece, Montenegro or Macedonia or ferries included in the interrail ticket from Turkey? Kind regards 

Hello, I am trying to plan a Europe trip for my honeymoon in late October, beginning of November of 2025. Me and my fiancé are thinking of flying into Paris, staying for three days (one day trip to Versailles), then taking a train to Brussels, staying there three days (one day trip to Antwerp) then lastly taking a train to Cologne and staying for 3-4 days there then flying back home out of Cologne. I know I will need the global pass, but I am confused on how it will work. So, do the day trips count as a day of travel used on the pass? If so, since they will be round trips, does the trip to the destination and the trip back count as two trips total? I just want to know how many days of travel I need to purchase for the global pass. I don't want to purchase too much/too little. Also, I am also wondering if I will be able to book seat reservations through the Eurail app for the cross-country train travel in the countries I listed above after I purchase my global pass. Will the seat reserv

I am going from Salzburg to Venice. I found a train on ÖBB railjet IC898 RJ131 departing 8:12 am arriving 2:05 pm on Omio.com. But it’s not listed on Eurail.com. I bought a eurail pass. How do I make a reservation on this train . Other listed takes 2 hours longer. Appreciate any help.

We’ve bought interrail tickets and I’ve just bought a Eurostar ticket for August and received the E-ticket. However it doesn’t tell us where we’re sitting and didn’t ask us where we wanted to sit. Should I have seat numbers? Is it because it’s so far in advance? I’m hoping we’re together as we have a young-ish child! Also we have some friends who want to book separately and want to try to book seats near us. Postscript - I’ve just received a separate email saying I need to validate the tickets with Eurostar to get the seat numbers. Keeping this post up in case it helps others...

Hello, I was trying to add journey in Rail planner from Brussels Midi to Amsterdam Central on 19th April at 6.45 departure and returning on the same day at 18.28 pm for a day trip. This seems to be a 2.50 mins long journey and  a direct one too.However, I came across the supplement required for the same needs to booked either on-board, online or at the station. I tried to book it online but couldn't find any proper instructions on the site.So the question is, is this mandatory? If yes,how to go ahead?If No, then I am very concerned that without any seat reservation, we might not be able find any available seat in the train.It can be fully occupied. Or in an unfortunate case, extra amount to pay if caught travelling without proper seat reserved tickets.Kindly guide.Thanks in advance.

Dear everyone,I am trying to book a reservation from Paris to Barcelona using my Interral 2nd class pass. However, the interrail websites say that prices are unavailable. I assume that means that all passholder availabilities are used up? In other forum posts, I read the recommendation to call SCNF and try booking that way. However, according to the interrail website, they only accept American Express as payment, which I do not have.On the SCNB website I found only first class reservations for the date I need to travel. But I presume it’s not possible to book that with my 2nd class pass/to upgrade it for one reservation?Thank you very much in advance! Any help is much appreciated.Eva

Hi all, I'm trying to make a reservation and have added a trip but when I add a traveller I get an error message saying the details don't match? 

Bonjour à tous,J’ai acheté un Global Pass 4 jours avec Interrail et je l’ai activé pour mon premier voyage : Toulouse-Cordoba. Je n’ai pas de soucis pour payer mon siège sur le Toulouse-Narbonne ni sur le Madrid-Cordoba.Par contre pour Narbonne-Madrid il est indiqué : “ Indisponible sur Interrail.eu. Cette réservation ne peut pas être effectuée sur notre site Web. Consultez « Plus d'informations » afin de découvrir les autres options pour réserver.” Et dans “Plus d’informations” je vois écrit : “Réservez sur place dans les grandes gares d'Europe” et “Reservations only locally at train station in Spain.”Ça veut dire qu’il n’y a aucun moyen de réserver mon siège en ligne ? Je ne vis pas en France métropolitaine donc c’est compliqué si je veux m’y prendre à l’avance… En tout cas je n’ai pas trouvé sur le site de RENFE comment réserver uniquement le siège…Merci pour votre aide et très bonne journée à tous!

HI my family will be traveling to Europe this summer July 23-Aug 13th.  We would love to hit all three countries France, Italy and Switzerland and do it all by train.  Has anyone experienced a three week trip all by train with the family.  Where should we start and end?  How do we pick and choose what destinations in each country?  We definitely want to explore some of the beautiful places in nature and mountains as well.  I am grateful for any feedback or layout you suggest.  

Hello, does a Seat reservation really cost 15€/train in Italy?

Hello, I am planning to travel by train ICE 9568 Frankfurt HBF - Paris Set on 18 July 2024. On the interrail website it says that the sale of reservations starts up to 90 days in advance and costs from 19€, when I looked on DB (bahn.de) the reservation for this train comes out here at 4,90€. So can I buy this ticket and will it be enough if I have an Interrail ticket or should I wait and buy 90 days in advance for 19€, or is there somewhere else to buy a ticket for this train? Thanks for the answer. 

how much time do you need to allow between trains? I have heard trains can run late. Is 30 minutes generally enough time, or trains can run later than that? The specific location is Brussels, if that makes any difference in regard to time between trains and the reason I am asking this question. And what happens if you miss your next train/connection? 

I would like to know if there is a way to tell the right and left sides of the train on a seat map. I am travelling from Innsbruck to Bologna on an EC train (EC83) in April this year. I’ve found that I can choose seats from a map if I use the OBB website, but it’s not clear which is the front of the train. I’ve read that the views are better on the RHS. Thank you.

I'm trying to book IC 523 from Zagreb to Split for Apr 29 but it shows up in my pass as May 1. Need some help, thanks.

If I book a seat reservation for a train from Germany to Paris for July 26 but then later decide I do not need this reservation, do I lose one of my travel days? I have a 5 day 1 month global Eurail pass. This particular route requires a seat reservation. Also, question along the same liines - if I book a train to another destination but don’t need a seat reservation and then I want to cancel that train, will it also use one of my days? Or cancellations don’t matter and the only thing that uses a day is when you actually travel? Thanks!

Hi,we would like to take the EN 346 from Hamburg to Stockholm on May 20th. It can currently only be booked on SJ.se until around April 8th; it is not yet available for later dates. But you can get it from Interrail for May 20th.However, the only options here are:Bed in sleeper 2nd classBed in couchette 2 classSeat 2 class At the SJ you can book your own compartment for two people and that's what we want as a couple (f/m). Do you also get this if you book two reservations on Interrail with the first option "Bed in sleeper 2 class"? Or are beds perhaps reserved in two different compartments?I would still wait, but I'm a little afraid that I'll miss the time when it can be booked with SJ (which would have to be around mid-April) and we won't get any places.Regards, Christian

Good morning, I received an alert this morning that TGV tickets were available for the dates I need. However for the 2nd  June I can’t see the train I want on the Rail Europe site or the SNCf site. Screengrab attached shows the 10.45am on the Rail Planner app. Is this train not on sale yet or is it not running? Thank you. 

When planning my trip I have a pass for myself and a child’s pass (free) for my daughter who will be under 12 the entire time. My question is, how do I do travel planning so that we are both on the same trips and seated together?  Do I have to essentially put her in her own trip and manually duplicate everything and just watch seating charts?

I would like to travel from Minden, Germany to Paris, France airport around approximately July 25. But Eurail says there are no trains found. But Google maps shows train (and bus) routes I can take. Why is Eurail not showing any routes? Could someone help me figure out how to use Eurail for this travel? Thanks!

Is it possible to find a train from Biarritz to madrid? 

Hi, I have made seats reservation on raileurope and received the tickets, but upon entering the reference number on SNCF site, they directed me to SNCF Voyageurs site, and told me that “Your ticket could not be imported. Please check the travel information provided.” What can I do now to verify the tickets? Is my reservation valid?

Dear travelers,  After a good experience last year me and my family will be travelling by train (interrail) again this year. We plan to travel from Utrecht to Wien by Nightjet 40421 on the 7th of juli. I want to book a couchette for 4 persons in the Nightjet, but somehow I also have to pay 39,60 euro for Sparscheine Komfort. If I remember correctly I didn't have to pay that last year, just the reservation for the couchette and the extra amount for 4 persons. Does anyone here know why that is? Because of the Euro 2024? Thanks in advance for information!

HI my family will be traveling to Europe this summer July 23-Aug 13th.  We would love to hit all three countries France, Italy and Switzerland and do it all by train.  Has anyone experienced a three week trip all by train with the family.  Where should we start and end?  How do we pick and choose what destinations in each country?  We definitely want to explore some of the beautiful places in nature and mountains as well.  I am grateful for any feedback or layout you suggest.  

Hi, just wanted to check if anyone here has used the Eurail pass to travel from Edinburgh - Frankfurt/Mannheim I am considering between 3 optionsOption 1:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 24min transfer & check in)1104 - 1405 London - Brussels1425 - 1740 Brussels - Frankfurt Option 2:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 51min transfer & check in)1131 - 1453 London - Paris1555 - 1826 Paris to Karlsruhe1826 - 1958 Karlsruhe to Frankfurt Option 3:0540 - 0940 Edinburgh - London(1h 51min transfer & check in)1131 - 1453 London - Paris1709 - 2059 Paris - Frankfurt There will be extra seat reservations if I travel via Paris. I am keen to travel via Brussels, but am afraid of the “short’ transfer time given that I am travelling out of UK (security and customs check). I’m also quite afraid that the ICE train at Brussels would be delayed/cancelled as it seems quite common upon checking the train history. What do you think? Which option would you choose? Let me know!   

I am planning my summer holiday. A part of the journey goes from SW Germany to Paris.  This could be one of these trains:Mannheim Hbf 13:42 to Paris Est 16:52 (TGV 9552)OrKarlsruhe Hbf 15:32 to Paris Est 18:16 (ICE 9572)OrKarlsruhe Hbf 18:05 to Paris Est 20:43 (TGV 9560)Since these trains runs in France, I will need seat reservations.If I buy reservations at Rail Europe.com, they will cost 18€. Here I can choose what kind seat I will get (window/aisle and upper/lower deck). But it looks like it is not possible to choose the actual carriage and seat number.​​But if I book at bahn.de I can get the same reservations for just 4,9€. But here the seat are automatically assigned.Does anyone know if it somehow is possible to get reservations at the cheap DB price AND be able to choose my seat? Maybe DB will be able to assign a specific seat manually, if I contact them.A side node: According to bahn.de all 3 trains is operated by DB Fernverkehr. That makes sense with the ICE train, but it looks