Train connections & reservations

Hi,I’ve bought seat reservations by using interrail’s seat reservation tool for a trip between Venice and Vienna. The information on interrail’s website says that the supplement will be included in the seat reservation, and that “supplement included” will be printed on the ticket. However, this is not the case on my tickets as “supplement included” is not printed anywhere. Do I need to buy the additional supplement separately or is it included in the ticket despite “supplement included” not being printed on it?

Hi some months ago I reserved seats on a Regio  Jet train from Prague to Bratislava for 29/6/23. I just want to confirm that I can use my  Global Rail pass as I cannot find the trip in the planner and was reading sometime people have a problem  Will I have to manually add it. Thank you

 I have the global pass impress, and I wanted to know about the train transfer like, for example: I want to go from Bologna to Salzburg, and the option without reservations is doing 3 transfers; In the Mytrip section in the pass, I have to aim the transfers in the same day as trips?

Hi, i have buy a 5 days for 1 month pass. I try to reserve my place in the train, but the website tell me that's it's unavailable for some travelers, do you know why and what can i do ?  Thanks a lot

Hi! My family and I are planning to travel to 6:29 Geneva to 9:42 Paris Lyon tomorrow (We’ll be coming from Zermatt). It requires a seat reservation, but I can’t buy it directly from the eurail website. I’ve found the train tickets to other websites such as SNCF and b-europe but the eurail pass isn’t showing up as a discount card. I’ve found thalys and eurostar pass fare website where I can pick the eurail as discount card but Geneva isn’t showing up as a departure station. Please help! I think we can buy the seat reservation on the station based on Eurail but we’re scared that we might have to pay more than $190 for 6 people (the $ showing on eurail for seat reservation). 

I have a Eurail pass, trying to book reservations on Eurail site from Paris St Lazare to Caen,France.I am within 90 days of the booking(SNCF train) I have cleared all filters and have entered different dates,I think I should be able to click on “book reservations” but keep getting message that says, parts of this journey can't be booked with us even though they require res. We suggest you search for alternative train conn.Try filtering results ect.ect. Thanks for any feed back!

I want to travel from Bucuresti to Halkali only the seat reservations are unavailable. See below: Now I found this online for converted 110 euro: Why is it possible to book via the other website but not on Interrail? Do you know a better way to book?

Hello travelers, I have been trying to get seats from Paris to Bruges and Amsterdam and back but it has been next to impossible via the Eurail site. Does anyone have advice as to how I can go about getting a seat on a train?I want to travel on July 5 and July 10. I know it is too close but I have been trying for over a month before I got here in Europe.Thank you in advance. 

Hi everyone :)I am planning on travelling from Wroclaw to Dresden via Zgorzelec. While the DB Navigator says there is a direct regional train from Zgorzelec to Dresden-Neustadt, the Rail Planner does not show me this connection. Instead it wants me to take a train leaving Zgorzelec at 12pm and then transfer in Görlitz and Bischofswerda, while the direct train also departs at the same time. The direct train is the TLX RE1. Does anyone know whether this train is included in the Internation Interrail Pass or not? Thanks for your help!

I am trying to make a reservation for a train from Cannes to Barcelona-Sants and have been unable to make the reservation online since it is not domestic and I cannot get through to the international number. The route is July 14 12:01 Cannes to marseille st charles (TER17486). Then marseille st charles at 17:49 (TER76562) to Nimes pont du gard. Next, nimes pont du gard to Barcelona-Sants (TGV9715) (17:49-21:25).  My issue is I cannot get the TGV9715 booked and I am wondering if anyone knows how to fix this issue? Online it says the first two trains do not require reservations so my understanding was that I could just use the QR code given in the app to board those two trains.  I have tried the SNCB website for TGV9715 but since it is a domestic route it will not work and the number given is not working with my phone. If anyone has any suggestions I would really appreciate it as I don’t know what to do and most places I have tried to ask aren’t familiar with eurail and will only let me

I’ve got an interrail pass and want to reserve/buy a seat reservation for the bruxelles-midi → strausburg train on 17th of july 2023 at 7:17. However I cannot do it online, does someone know other ways? i tried to call, and through the sncf-connect i can only book and buy entire tickets, not just seat reservations. 

Hi allI have an interrail global pass and a couchette reservation for the Intercity Notte from Milano Centrale to Bari for this coming Saturday. The plan is to come from Switzerland during the day and then catch the night train in the evening in Milan.Now I am thinking to go even a bit further to Piacenza using day trains, have dinner with a friend there and then catch the night train from there (Piacenza is its first stop after Milano). Do you think this is possible? Or will my reservation expire if I’m not on the train in Milan?Does anyone have any experience here?Many thanks in advance for your help!Kind regardsSebastian 

Hello everyone! Its gonna be my first time in mainland Europe and I’m pretty excited, but also a little overwhelmed figuring out travel for me and my partner (she’s born in March 1996, so 27yrs old, for the purposes of the train pass ;) )This is our plan: 29th July: I arrive in Paris late evening, stay and explore the city for 2 days (30-31st July).  1st August: Travel to Visp/Saas Fee (near Interlaken in Switzerland) where i’ll join my partner. This I believe I have to do either via Zurich or Geneva.  2nd August: Travel from Visp/Saas Fee to Interlaken, stay there for 3 days and enjoy some of the activities such as the lake ride, travel to nearby places such as Grindelwald, Lucerne/Lungern and Jungfrau (though I’ve seen the train trip is fairly expensive, so i’m open to alternatives!). Other suggestions on what to do are welcome as well :D  5th August: Travel from Interlaken to Como, via Lucerne (from where I want to take the Treno Gottardo) and Lucarno. I believe this will be a long

Hello,we are going to interrail for the first time with 5 persons, but we have 5-day travel passes but I would also like to visit Denmark on the way back and the other 4 will go home. How could we best book? The best part is that we could travel together as much as possible.Our plan is:day 1 -2 - from the Netherlands to (west)Sweden, Hamburg night train - 5 personsDay 3 -  From west Sweden to Stockholm. - 5 personsDay 4 (5) -  i will travel from Stockholm to Copenhagen. The other will travel from Stockholm back to the Netherlands Day 5 - i will travel from Copenhagen to the NetherlandsThanks for the tips!

Why is it saying all these train times are available and then I get to purchase and it says “one of the legs of your journey could not be booked” This is happening with all like 10 train times available for the entire day?? is this a glitch?  

Hi guys!I’m trying to make a reservation for a train ticket from Raciborz (17:14, 08.07.2023) to Prague Hlavni Nadravi (21:45, 08.07.2023). The Interrail website tells me that no reservation is required, but I can make one if I want a place, and the Rail Planner app tells me that a seat reservation is required.Which one is true? How can I make a reservation? There’s no button anywhere to do it.Thanks a lot for your help from advance!Jakub

Hi! I was wondering if it is still possible to reserve a seat on IC 399 (on night of 27 or midnight of 28 July 2023)  Eurail app says no reservations is needed but I don’t want to risk not getting a seat.  However, I’ll tried finding the train on cd.cz and OBB, but no luck. 

I need to go from Venice to Anacona. I don't need to book a seat to Bologna.  But on some I need to book from Bologna to Anacona.  Do i  just activate my pass for the day ? Thanks Maryann 😊 

I'm trying to book a night train from Zürich to Amsterdam, but it seems to be impossible. I am able to find a train called 'Nightjet 402', but  when I try to get tickets to it using ÖBB app, it just says 'ticket not available'. I have tried many other apps and websites, too. And I have tried many different dates. Do I have to get tickets to that train at the train station? Or is there some way to book those in advance (seat reservations or tickets)?   (I have interrail global pass)

Hi there, first time with Interrail, ambitiously traveling Rome-Amsterdam with two kids! I got a bit put off by the reservation costs as shown on the Interrail planner app...adding another 70€ish to the trip...wow! I guess with ÖBB it's cheaper, but they don't show the same trains (ok, I guess, I can add them 'manually' to the app) and the Trenitalia parts are not bookable? Are they sold out? How do I do this best? Thanks!

Hi,Have ticket from Budapest to Zagreb arriving in at 22:00 but was not able to reserved seat for the 22:30 Zagreb to split overnight train via Interrail site as said no seats. Leaving in 2 days. How can I book this overnight train using my pass instead of staying over and getting the 7am train instead.

From my previous research, IC201 doesn’t require reservations for eurail users  However, my eurail app now says reservation is needed.  I want to cut the cost of reserving through eurail, and directly do it with the train company.  I saw on another community post that this can be done through db or obb website. However, both says reservations not available.  Any other way for me to make a reservation?

Morning! I read about the DB and the train union’s negotiations breaking down last week (22nd/23rd June) and there now being a ballot to strike.If it goes ahead I believe the strike would happen over the summer. Does anyone have experience with how long the timings of these things take. ie it’s been said that it takes around 4-5 weeks to get the result of the vote and then from there, if they do vote to strike, how much notice do they usually give before they go on strike? We’re be travelling through/in Germany on 24th July, 28th July and 1st August.OBB night jet Brussels to Vienna 24th JulyVienna to Diessen 28th JulyDiessen to Dijon 1st Aug Thanks in advance for any insight.

Hi everyone,I’m planning to travel from Istanbul to Sofia this summer by the Sofia-Istanbul Express overnight train. The train should be departing from Istanbul Halkali station at 8pm on the 29th of August and arrive at Sofia at 9.37 am the next day. However, when I try adding this trip to the rail planner app, I can only find a train with a connection in Plovdiv (in Bulgaria) between 5.41am and 6.35am on the 30th of August. Therefore I should have to use two travel days to make this trip. I’ve read on the seat61 website that this train is supposed to be direct between the two cities and therefore only cost a travel day. Has anyone done this trip recently and know how I can manage to book it on the rail planner app?Thanks in advance, Arthur

This is my first time traveling internationally. When I first started using the eurail app I used trains that didn’t require reserving seats so I didn’t realize that I had to book seats separately from the app.  My issue now is that I’ve just been told that I do have to reserve a seat. I’m trying to travel from Paris to Barcelona on June 30 and I can’t find any available trains. Does anyone have any advice on how I could find tickets to get there or any alternative routes? I’m traveling with a friend so I would need two tickets.Any advice would be really appreciated!Thank you