Train connections & reservations

I am after a little help to make sure I don’t mess up making my first, and most complex booking. I have ordered, but not activated, a Eurail 1st class pass with 15 days travel over 2 months. The booking I want to make is:Prague to Zurich night train (the one via Austria)Departing May 9, arriving May 10, 2024I want to travel in the same compartment as my wife.I am unsure of the cost or options available.I’d like to have a private ensuite, toilet at least, if it’s not overly expensive.We’d prefer a two person compartment, without sharing with strangers, if that’s not too expensive.I would like some guidance as to which web site to use to make the booking, and ensure I chose the right train, the one via Austria.Also, how do I ascertain the costs of the various options?Thanks in advance for your guidance.

Bonjour, juste une question par rapport au voyage de Paris est jusqu'à Berlin. Sur le voyage proposé ils proposent un itinéraire avec un transfert court indiqué de weinheim hbf à Potsdam hbf de 7 min à pied seulement je ne vois pas comment cela est possible. Je vous remercie  

Hiya! I am trying to get seat reservations for the night jet going from Rome to Munich on the 26th of December to surprise my friend but the only available seats are $300 USD when it says upwards of $16? I feel as though I am doing something wrong but I swear I have tried everything 

I am trying to book a train ticket from Bucharest to SofiaThere doesn’t appear to be a direct train..is that correctI have been recommended a route of Bucharest to Ruse and the Ruse to SofiaThe Bucharest to Ruse train doesn’t appear to  be bookable via CFR …...can anyone helpThe Ruse to Sofia train only appear to be bookable ….does anyone know why Thanks for your help Cheers Morgan    

Hey everyoneI tried to book a reservation on italiarail.com but I cant figure out which number is the “passholder number” that is requested… I’ve got a paper pass and already tried the cover number and booking number, but everything is “Invalid”. Has someone got a solution for this problem? CheersKati

I wish to book seat reservations for the INT AVE train from Nimes to Madrid. The Interrail website does not allow me to do this. Can I reserve at Nimes station? We will arrive there 24 hours earlier.

I want to take the Golden Express from Luzern to Interlaken OST but I could not find in the app as i want to reserve seats for our family of 4 in April.

ok im old and not tech savy at all.. but i have managed to work out that France is like a not welcome zone..besides that.im booking Zurich via Innsbruck then down to Florence.my simple question is do i just need to reserve tickets on for example OBB  for the dome car between Zurich and Innsbruck or buy one there too?  ( both show up as no cost )is the eurail the ticket ? and the OBB  i have now a reservation only ?you can see why im bald   lol  it fried off  

Hi all,I am trying to reserve a seat for the Eurostar between London and Paris Nord on 26th July 2024. I know it’s quite early but just want to make sure I have a seat as that will be during Olympic time. I used the B-Europe website and the website shows the following message:“No connections matching your requests.Please change your search options (e.g. allow any type of trains, don't specify a via station or reduce extra transfer time)”I have checked several days in July and August, and only the morning of 26th July shows this message. Does this mean all the tickets for the pass holder on that morning are sold out? Is it really possible for the train to be fully booked since it is still 7 months early? Reservation through the Eurail website for that day is even not open yet since it is more than 180 days. Do I still have a possibility to reserve a seat for that day?Would truly appreciate with your help.Thank youKathy

Hello all,I am flying to London from Australia for 3 weeks with my 13 year old boy .We both are looking to take euro rail pass to travel around Europe.The countries we want to cover is Italy, Switzerland, Greece,spain,France and UK . What's the best way to book hotels/etc as we have left it too late already .

I am scratching my head to figure out the reservation system of RENFE trains, after some research I found out that this is an extremely complicated topic. Some questions that I’m not sure of: 1. Obligatory ReservationAs far as I understand, almost all trains in Spain require a reservation. The only exceptions are (a) suburb commuter service - aka Cercanias (or Rodalies in Catalunya) and (b) some regional trains - aka Media Distancia. (a) Regarding Cercanias trains : While I know reservation is not needed (and not possible), I cannot find the connection on railplanner app. For example, I am looking at the C1 service from Alicante to Murcia. Can anyone confirm this is indeed reservation-free ?(b) Regarding Media Distancia trains : These trains usally reqire seat reservations. Between touristy cities the only free connections I found are Barcelona - Valencia, Valencia - Alicante, Barcelona - Zaragoza - Marid. No luck finding one in Andalucia. I have the impression that the reservation-fre

I have some issues with booking a ticket from london to Edinburgh on the 24th of june. Is it because those tickets simply aren't available yet? Also why can't you get the reservation on the interrail site, do you have to do it on another site? And if that's the case how do i select that i already bought an interrail and only need a seat reservation. Hope somebody can awnser me with this since im very new to this and could use some help. 

We’re landing in Paris in a week, and bought Eurail passes for our family of 4 to get to Switzerland and spend a couple weeks there.  However, we just found out last night that we need to reserve TGV tickets as this is our first time doing the train.  eurail.com gives us an error every time we try to check in: Sorry, something went wrong. Please try again later or find another connection. This connection will be removed from your cart.We’ve tried different computers, cleaning cookies, etc., so the problem doesn’t seem to be with our computers as Eurail customer support intimated.Calling SNCF did not yield results either.  They only accept European credit cards, and American Express.  We have neither.  Are there any other options?  We REALLY do not want to rent a car but it’s starting to seem like the only viable option.

I have been caught up in the very last minute German train strike today (I assume like many other travelers). Does anyone know if DB will automatically accept passes valid for today when travelling tomorrow/next day?The DB website says all DB and international tickets for today are valid for future dates, no need to do anything, but doesn’t specifically mention rail passes.I was booked to travel today Chur-Basel-Stuttgart. I have an active travel day for today but have not been able to get any trains from Basel to Stuttgart. I don’t hold out any hope of further compensation/ hotels etc but will I at least be able to use pass for onward travel and just show old activated day?

Hello, I am planning to travel with  family of 5 persons. Looks like seat reservation costs are per person per train. Going from The Netherlands to south of Spain will take 3 high speed trains to Madrid.Amsterdam - Paris €35 Paris - Barcelona €35 Barcelona - Madrid €10 or €23,50 => €20 TOTAL €90=> Are these costs per seat or per reservation of 5 seats ?If it is per seat, that would be 5 persons x €90 x 2 (return trip) = €900 for seat reservations only 😳 !!!Are there ways to minimize these costs??

Hi- Looking for recommendations on best way to book trip for our family of 4 (2 adults, 2 teens) from Bayeux, France to Market Harborough, UK (1hr north of london) in mid June. We have 1st class Eurail passes (mobile). I think I have some parts figured out but could use input on a few things.Per Google maps, we can take get there in 3 main steps (all in one day):1- 930 am TER train from Bayeux, France to Gare St Lazare in Paris (1200) , then transfer to RER E- go one stop to get to Gare du Nord to pickup the Eurostar to London St Pancras 2- 1512 pm Eurostar to London St Pancras3- EMR train from London St Pancras to Market Harborough, UKHere are my questions:I know our Eurail pass will get us through legs 1+2 of the trip. Is it valid on EMR trains in UK (leg 3) since the 3 legs will be within a single day of travel? I searched and couldnt get a definitive answer. If pass is valid on leg 3 of trip to Market Harborough, would you recommend a reservation for that one hour ride since our Eu

I'm trying to book a seat in April 2024. This is less than 180days so why am I getting the message in red text?

Trying to book a 1st Class Reservation for 2 on the 24th from Nuremberg to Salzburg. Also from Salzburg to Stuttgart on the 26. Just end up getting error messages at check-out. Does this indicate full trains as I’ve tried a number of different departure times.Didn’t have any issues with any other legs of my trip. In and out of Austria is the only thing tripping me up. Help! 

Hi, we bought a Global Pass for three travelers. Some train trips have now been booked with seat reservations. However, since we are travelling from Bern or Basel to Prague at night, I can see some glitches or differences on the website timings and app planner.This has been added to our trip list since we opted for the no-reservation option. However, upon using the website today, this is now showing with a seat requirement. Will there be any chance to book a seat at the main station? 

I have just tried to see if I can figure out how to book a trip and I’m after a little guidance as to whether this is the easiest way, and what i am doing wrong. First I went to Google Maps and plotted from my hotel address to my next hotel address, selecting the train option. Google tells me how far to walk to the nearest train station, which station that is, the path by train and the distance I need to walk at the other end.Then I went to bahn.de and punched in the two train locations that Google gave me, entered other criteria and did a search. In my case, it didn’t come up with any results, likely because the timetables aren’t released yet (December 10 I believe). After a little experimenting I got some results, however I don’t think Rome to Florence is 21 hours given I selected Show fastest connection. Clearly I am doing something wrong.  Any suggestions please

bonjour, nous sommes en train de préparer notre voyage en février vers Kiruna.mais a chaque réservation de couchette un message d’erreur se produit et bloque notre reservation. nous avons essayé de réserver chacun de notre coté, mais rien n’y fait ! hello, we are planning our trip to Kiruna in February.but with each berth reservation an error message occurs and blocks our reservation. we tried to book each on our own, but nothing worked!

Hello Inter/Eurail community,I am posting this from a train that is currently traveling from Vienna to Dortmund. I just found out (purely by chance, as the rail planner app doesn’t show this), that the train I was supposed to take from Stuttgart Hbf to Bruxelles Midi runs only until Köln due to a strike. On the Deutsche Bahn website it says that there will be 4 replacement buses from Köln Hbf to Bruxelles Midi without any stops. Apparently these buses are a service by Univers Reisen but I can not find any information about them, no timetables, ticket costs, anything.I have two questions. Firstly, is this because these replacement buses are only meant for people being affected by this now interrupted connection? Secondly, is my global pass still valid on these replacement buses, and if so how do I add them to my pass since I don’t even know the times (yet).There is an alternative route that requires me to take 4 additional connections, something I would like to avoid if I can.Thanks!

Hello!I am unable to book a train from Milan to Tirano on our Global Pass on this site. It is only showing trips of 7 hours via Switzerland with numerous stops. But when I go to Rail Europe, there are direct trains from Milan to Tirano (2.5 hours). Why can’t I see this direct train on the Eurail site?I don’t want to book on Rail Europe and get charged as we have the Global Pass and travelling within Italy should be freePlease adviseTania 

Hi do you need to buy reservations everything you travel from London St Pancres to Europe and back. And how far in advance can you book. Also if I buy a pass does my membership start when I book my first journey kenny

I’m trying to identify the best way to get from Florence to Lugano in Switzerland at the end of May 2024 utilising our Global Pass. Using the Eurail trip planner it takes almost 8 hours to complete the journey. The planner takes us on a magical mystery tour via Milan, Domodossola and then Locarno before Lugano. Using the Orario Treni app it takes exactly half the time via Bologna, Milan and then direct to Lugano. The problem with the Eurail planner appears to be the leg from Milan to Lugano. What am I doing wrong?