Train connections & reservations

Hallo zusammen, Ich möchte Reservierungen durchführen auf der Interrail Website (Planner App verweist darauf), aber ich habe keine Möglichkeit einen Fensterplatz oder ähnliches auszuwählen?Ist das normal? Danke Gruß Peter 

I’m trying to reserve a seat on the following and the message I’m getting is “The train is already fully booked or has been cancelled due to engineering work.” Given I’ve come across messages before saying trains are full, when it really means I’m booking too far in advance, and other times when trains I’ve tried to book are actually full, I don’t know how to interpret this message. Is there any way of knowing?  

Hey guys, I would like to visit Iceland with Discover EU, I have read that I need to apply for the flights tickets and it is limited for each country. Where do I apply, do you have link or something? Thanks

I can't see this particularly query answered. We've got a 22day pass and will be travelling in June from the UK from Stockport to London Euston & then the Eurostar to Brussels. We can book the Eurostar now but not from home to London as those tickets / train times will not be known till March. Will there be any issue adding that uk journey later (same problem on the way home) or will i have used up my inbound / outbound trips? TIA

So here is the problem. I am planning to get an Interrail ticket for 2 months in a row. I want to make multiple trips starting from my home country, the Netherlands. The ticket only got 2 inbound/outbound journeys. So that is only for one trip. For the other trips I would have to get a train ticket to a first station across the border, I learned today. For me it is also an option to drive to a station close to the border in Belgium (or Germany), park my car there, to start a journey at that station. That is often cheaper than getting a ticket for the first station abroad. For example, I start my journey in Essen (Belgium). The first station in Belgium on the Roosendaal to Antwerp line. It is a 125 km return drive for me, so roughly 20 euro in costs with the car. With public transport it would be 35 euro return.This is the starting point of my journey in the Netherlands, by car or public transport. My question for the community: does someone have experience with the same "problem”? If y

I wish to request Upper Deck seats for our Lyria Train from Geneva to Paris. Is this possible?

Hi! I'm trying to book a Nightjet from Stuttgart to Venice on April 9, leaving Stuttgart at 20.29, but it seems to be impossible to book this nightjet on OEBB via ‘Seat reservation only’, wheras normal tickets can be booked. Can anyone help me, how to I book this train?Kind regards,Henk-Jan

Hi there, We are new to Eurorail using a mobile app or the website. We purchased two Global passes (15 days over 2 months) which are meant to be linked in the Trip plan.We have been able to reserve seats for Brussels to London (Eurostar website) but have had no joy in trying to book seats elsewhere via Eurorail website.  We are spending most of our time in Spain (3 weeks), and then traveling via Lyon and Brussels to the Netherlands.Trying to reserve seats for trains in Spain online is impossible even when it is within 90 days of travel.  Do we have to resort to reserving seats a few days before travel at the local train station and therefore try potluck as to availability.  How does this work with the organising our trip planner.  From looking at other posts it seems that Spain is a difficult Eurorail destination.  All our hotels are prebooked so it is near impossible to change our holiday.Thanks in advance for some help.Michelle

Hello everyone, This spring i would like to visit France with Interrail. Previous Interrail I booked my reservations in the Eurrail app that was easy to do but I can't choose my seats. Does someone know a website where you can choose your seat in the reservation (window) ? I am looking for the following trains: Eurostar: Rotterdam CS - Paris NordTGV: Paris Montparnasse - Toulouse MatabiauTGV: Marseille - Bruxelles Midi Greetings & Thanks in advance

I am trying to book some private compartments for my hubby and I to travel. I noticed on several sites, they say you can reserve 180 days in advance. But when i go look, that’s only for basic seats. Couchette/private compartments seem to be only available much much closer to the date. Is there some trick around this?I am trying to book various euronight and nightjet trains between vienna > warsaw > prague

At the moment it is not possible to book a reservation for the snalltaget night train online.So the instructions on interrail.eu are no help at the moment.Instead you can only book the reservation by calling the costumer service:Tel: 0046-40-669 62 00 (landline of Malmö)opening hours: 09-12 and 14-16 o'clock Have your laptop (or similar) on hand (to make the payment while the costumer service was still on the phone, to make sure it works)For the Reservation you need the full names, birthday and nationality of each passenger, your phonenumber and your emailadresspayment was possible by creditcard or paypal. They guided me through the reservation process very kindly! Also I waited only few minutes until I got through the waiting line. great experience!

 We are looking to book the night train from Paris Austerlitz to Cerbere in April. I know the schedule isn’t released yet and I don’t think you can make bookings, so I’m testing the booking system out for earlier dates in February.So I’m looking at 09 Feb, 20:08, arriving about 10am next day, direct train, for 2 adults and 1 child (2 years old). Using SNCF or Traline I can see that private couchettes are possible for that route, but obviously I don’t want to book on there, I want to book through Eurrail.  When I try and make a seat reservation with Eurail, there is no option for a private cabin upgrade, and also on SNCB there is no option for an upgrade. Does anyone know if there is any option on any website to make an Eurrail booking with private couchette, or do I have to persist with SNCF over the phone? 

Hello, we have a group of 4 travelling together. We all bought eurail passes and are starting in rome, with the first trip a day trip to Salerno and back same day. I’m confused as to do I book this trip on the web, or in the rail planner app, and how do I confirm to the conductor we have a valid trip. This is also a high speed train so I need to make a reservation also. Thank you very much!!

Hi everybody! I’m new to the community and planning my first solo Interrail to the UK this summer. I would like to include a trip with the Riviera Sleeper from London to Penzance in my trip. So far I’m finding it hard to find concrete information about making reservations on this train.My research shows that you can only book from 12 weeks in advance. Does anyone know if this is true? I would hate to miss a reservation by being ‘too late’. Also, it is not clear to me whether you can make that reservation from abroad (I live in Belgium). Has anyone tried this recently? What is the best way? As a millennial with severe phone anxiety, I would prefer to settle this online if possible…And last but not least: can anybody tell me the costs of this reservation? I know a seat is 6 euro, but I would like to know the prices of the cabins to decide whether it’s worth the price. I can’t seem to find a conclusive answer anywhere.So, to summarise: all Riviera Sleeper tips & tricks are welcome!Tha

Hey Guys! Me and my sister are currently travelling europe and we have tickets confirmed through the eurrail app for prague to berlin then berlin to amsterdam. Both of these trips are rather long (between 4-5 hours). On the app it says that seat reservations are optional, and then when I move to the website it says they are recommended but we are unable to book them from there. Considering all that do i need to book seat reservations (if so where do i do this?) or am i okay with just the ticket. We are travelling during the winter so the less busy period but we don’t want to risk not having a seat. 

Hi guys,I’d like to take a Dortmund-Berlin train next June but presumably due to the Euros on the bahn.com it is already written "train is fully booked" and "passengers who have not yet purchased a ticket should choose a different connection".Does it really mean the train is 100% occupied and I have to take another train or can I expect seats to be freed until June due to re-bookings, etc.?Alternatively, would it still be possible to go in the train and stand up despite not having a seat or buy a ticket onsite at a machine/counter?Thank you!  

Hello Eurail community! I am hoping to find train schedules for June 17-20th from Genoa to Pisa. I have searched for routs and it says there are none. The eurail PDF map shows routs existing all along that cost. Any help to find the schedules for these trains would be greatly appreciated! Thanks! 

I am planning to book the Nightjet from Munich to Paris on 6 Jul 2024 departing at 00:12am at OBB website.  However, I found there is no available ticket.  When I try to test some earlier date.  I found there are ticket available from Vienna to Paris in some dates in March but none available from Munich to Paris.  May I know whether there is some privilege for journey starting from Austria or due to other reason (e.g. rail replacement work in German portion? etc) 

Where do I go to see the latest information in English of news of the German train strikes should they go ahead and how that affects trains. We have several trains to catch through Germany in the next 3 days.

Hi everyone !!!  Help!!   We are booking our trains for our great euro adventure.  Im interested to hear if anyone has any positive stories about reserving first class seats.  The first train we need to reserve is April 30 ( Paris to lucerne ) and seats can't be booked yet.  (so hard when you can't lock plans in, in advance )  Sigh.  We are keen to be organised but we are super stressed we will not get seats.  Does anyone have any actual insight into what date I will be actually be able to book our reservations ? Very grateful to hear any personal experiences :) 

We are arriving at de Gaulle airport, and want to go directly to Bayeux. Trying to figure out the quickest/most effective way to do so. It seems we need to go through the St Lazare station, and the best way between there and the airport is the RER train. However, not sure what passes we need, or if we need to purchase passes in advance at all. Thank you!

Hi, Does anyone have experience with traveling from San Sebastian to Paris via Hendaye station in 1 day? What is the best connection between san sebastian and hendaye? by train or by bus? thanks, Remco

Hallo zusammen :) Ich plane im Juni meine erste Interrail Reise. Ich hab nun schon länger die Strecke geplant und dachte ich frag mal hier im Forum nach. Es wäre echt super hilfreich, eure Meinungen zu hören. Vielleicht kann ich ja manche Strecken besser planen, als bisher.Undzwar startet die Reise in Portugal. Der Plan ist wie folgt:Porto -> Lissabon (3h) Lissabon -> Faro   (3h)        Faro -> Sevilla (mit Bus)  und dann weiter mit dem Zug Sevilla -> Cadiz  (1,5h)    Cadiz -> Valencia  (9h) Valencia -> Barcelona  (3,5h) Barcelona -> Montpellier (3h) Montpellier -> Deutschland (9h)Ich würde falls möglich lieber mit der Regio fahren um die Reservierungskosten zu meiden. Aber soweit ich gesehen hab, ist das bei den Kurzstrecken (vor allem die in Portugal) nicht möglich. Bei den längeren Strecken, sind Schnellzüge wohl sinnvoller. Am teuersten ist der TGV nach Deutschland, was sich leider kaum vermeiden lässt.Sollte jemand bessere Alternativen haben, gerne her dami

Hey everyone!I‘m currently planning my first interrail trip and thought it would be fun to take the ferry from venice to Igoumenitsa. If i understand it correctly, Global Pass holders should be able to travel free with Attica Group Greece-Italy (Superfast Ferries in cooperation with ANEK LINES) as it is stated under pass benefits:»Global Pass holders are entitled to:International Lines:Free air seats or dormitories (where available) for 1st class Pass holders and free deck passage for 2nd class Pass holders«But if i want to book the passage on their website, only the interrail/eurail greek island pass is listed on the discount-dropdown. Another problem is, that the ferries won‘t show up in the interrail app, if i search for connections between Venice and Igoumenitsa.Maybe someone has an idea what i‘m doing wrong or are the pass benefits just not up to date?Any help would be much appreciated,thanks! 

Hi, I want to travel home by night train. I have 10 days within 2 months pass and i have still one travel day and one inbound journey left. The pass is valid until 27 January 2024. I want to travel home with night train from Prague to Warsaw. I wont change any trains and train leaves at 21:00 and arrives at 09:20 next day. I want use ony other trains after this night train. Is it possible to use it with onluy one travel days remaning? Another question is about the RailPlanner app. This train EN441 is a direct train. However during journey sleeping cars are connected to different train in Bohumin. This happens while everyone is sleeping and noone notices it. However RailPlanner does not see it and marks destination for EN441 as Bohumin which is not true. Therfore i will need to add it manually (of course if i can use it - this is what the first question is about). Wont adding it manually be a problem?Done Interrailing three times and this is the first one when i get really confused. Gre