Train connections & reservations

Hi!Quick question about my Interrail pass.I have a 5-day Global Pass and only 1 travel day left. I’m trying to get from Budapest to Paris (and after Tours, France) on August 15th with a night train.The route I found is:Budapest → Ulm Hbf (on August 16th : night train) → ParisBut Interrail says I need 2 travel days for this, which I don’t have.Is there a way to make this work with only 1 travel day?Or should I book part of the trip separately?Thanks a lot!

Hi everyone,  My boyfriend and I are planning to Interrail using the one country pass, around Norway in May. We’ve booked accommodation and will be very soon buying our pass- it’s our first time Interrailing, I’m not sure if we’ve done it in the wrong order?!  I think I just about understand that seat reservations can be booked in advance, but not to activate your pass until you are ready to use it for a travel day. Can we activate the day before our first travel day?  My main concern at the minute is that lots of the trains are being replaced by rail replacement buses during our journey through Norway. However, I can’t see an option to reserve a seat on the bus. On a train, there's more room and would just stand if there wasn’t an option to reserve a seat, however I feel this isn’t really an option on a bus? Does anybody know how we’d go about making sure we are able to get a seat on the bus, if reservations aren’t available?  Thank you in advance, any help would be really appreciated

Greetings: It’s my first time booking inter-country trains and regional trains. I’m booking from Stockholm to Copenhagen and Eurail will take me from Stockholm Central to Malmo. I have that ticket paid for. Although the Malmo to Copenhagen leg appears, I cannot book It. How do I book the 2nd leg of my journey? Do I book it as I board or at the station? If so, on what website? Or do I have to book through a regional train-line on a different website? Please assume I know nothing when you answer. I won’t take it personally...LOL Too many words and a detailed explanation will be very useful for this firstt-timer.

So basically I was already booking the required seat reservations and I was able to book all of them, but not my Innsbruck Hbf - Wien Hbf train. It is the NJ 19947 Nightjet, from OBB. It is weird, because I have already booked other seats with this company and there’s no issue at all. Dates are all around the same week, so I don’t really understand why wouldn’t I be able to book these seats. I don’t see any support email in their website to ask… Thank you.

Hello, I going around Europe for the first time and I will be taking three trains between countries. Two of them recommended to purchase seats, so I did just to be safe. But one of them doesn’t have the option to. If I miss the train it will mess up the entire trip because we are going between different Airbnb's. How do I know that I will get a seat on the train if my spot isn’t reserved? Another question, for the reserved seats it says I may need to print the tickets. Is this true and likely? Or will I be safe with just having the ticket on my phone? Thanks!

Hei, we have seniot interrail tickets. We fly to Palermo first. We cannot get seating places to train from Palermo to Salerno 1.5, time 10.15. How we can pay them and get our tickets to phone?

Hello, my goal is to travel from Stockholm to Narvik on July 18th. The only available route requires me to change trains at Boden. However, it seems to me that the night- train arriving at Boden splits into two, with one section continuing on to Narvik.So I have two questions:Will new direct trains be offered?If it’s not the case do I have to use two travel days for this journey?Thanks for your answer ! 

I’m wondering if there is any way to select specific seats using a Eurail pass on Trenitalia.  From everything I read online here, it’s not possible on Trenitalia’s website, Trenitalia Kiosks, Eurail, or even OBB.   My travel companion for an upcoming trip has never been to Europe before and I was really hoping I could select seats, rather than have them preassigned.  I’m wondering if we go to a Trenitalia agent at a station if they have flexibility of accommodating requests.   I’d prefer the one seat arrangements facing each other, but as long as we’re sitting together, that would be fine.  What I’m really hoping to prevent is being assigned in different cars or even in the same car not together.  Is there a way to see the assigned seats before finalizing a booking?  I’m fine with us sitting side-by-side, across from each other, window or aisle, etc.  Just don’t want us separated.   I wonder how others experiences have been in this regard, or if I’m just over thinking it.  

Bonjour, Je fais un voyage de 3 semaines en scandinavie depuis la FranceDans mon projet de voyage il y a pas mal de trains avec réservations de places obligatoires ou recommandéesD'après vos expériences, faut il reserver, en général, longtemps a l'avance (exemple traversée de l'Allemagne, trajet Oslo Trondheim...) ce qui entraîne un manque de souplesse ou faire face à un imprévuL'objectif étant de ne pas se retrouver avec des train déjà complet.... MerciBonne journéePierre 

Does anyone have any insight into what routes will be offered this summer, and when booking might open?I am trying to book for early July from Narvik (if it runs) or Boden to Stockholm. The website just shows track maintenance being planned, and no tickets yet. Although I note there are tickets for a few days later in the month. Is there any certainty there will be trains, even if a different route / schedule etc? 

Hello, I would like to ask if there is a possibility to book train cabin before starting the journey. How much does it cost for 5 people?

Hello again! We're moving on from Zurich to Vienna on July 28. Attached is our seat reservation. Are we facing forward? Thank you 💖  

Bonjour,J’ai un problème avec mon pass Interrail : je n’arrive pas à réserver plusieurs ferries.Quand j’essaie de faire une nouvelle réservation, on me dit que mon document a déjà été utilisé, alors qu’il me reste encore des jours de voyage sur mon pass.Est-ce que quelqu’un sait si c’est normal ou comment résoudre ce problème ?Merci d’avance pour votre aide 🙏

Hi!I’m intending to travel between Vienna and Venice with OBB, using a 1st class Interrail pass. Is it possible to book business class with an interrail pass, or can I only book 1st class?Additionally, is business class worth the extra money? It’s a 7 hour trip, so additional comfort would be nice, but idk if its worth the price

Hi everyone, we’re in the process of planning our first Interrail trip this July. We plan to travel from Basel to Como on July 29th. Currently, on direct trains, I’m getting the following message on Rail Planner - No price results were found. Pass holder reservations may be sold out for this connection, but there are other ways to check for available seats—more info below our timetable.On Rail Europe, a lot of the connections are stating that the pass doesn’t apply, or applies for only part of the journey. Would it be easier to travel via regional trains which don’t require reservations, assuming these direct options are fully booked? I think we can travel via via Lugano or Chiasso without mandatory reservations.Any advice much appreciated. Thank you 

Hi fellow travelers, I am seeking your advise on a sleeper train situation. I want to travel from Penzance to London on 21/08/2026 and catch a Eurostar to Paris on the morning after.  Now, my problem is that you apparently cannot reserve a seat for the Night Riviera Sleeper from Penzance to London because it's "a counted place booking" which means that I "will be able to sit in any available seat while on board", according to the Great Western Railway Support. To make extra sure, I called them and asked and they were able to issue me a reservation that only says "Counted Place". When I asked, the lady on the phone confirmed, that I could be early at the station to catch a seat.I am quite anxious that I will arrive at the station and the train will be full and I would have no accommodation for the night and a Eurostar to catch in the morning. Especially because I am travelling in peak season. Is there anybody with experience on that particular train who could advise me the best way to e

Hi!We’re a familiy of four - two adults and 2 kids (0 and 2 years old).We’d like to make a reservation for a train from Mannheim, Germany to Paris, France. From what we understand, kids younger then 5 years old travel for free. However, when we try to book via the interrail website, the overall amount is supposed to be 88 Euros for all of us. Can anyone help on how to make the right reservation?Thanks a lotAntje and familiy

Hello, my wife and I are flying into Munich and are catching a train to Slovenia the next day, mid-morning. Should we stay by airport to catch train in airport or is there a better train station away from airport with hotels nearby. Thanks. were in our upper sixties, and I have not used the train system since 1982.

I am trying to plan a family rail trip across Europe for the summer of 2027 but can’t access the train schedules yet (understandably). When do you think they will be ready?Thanks

For two days I tried to make a seat reservation for mandatory German ICE train connections. 1st: if you try to change the automatically chosen seat, you can try for a 100 times and choose available seats at the window or at  the aisle or whatever, after going through all the necessary steps you get the message: ERROR, go back and try again (or something like that). Even if you don’t want to change anything (after two days trying you are happy to get any seat) and filling in your credit card details you get the same message. Crazy! Now I found out that this problem occurs already for more than 2 years! And someone suggested: try ÖBB, which I dit. And wonder oh wonder: it works!! I have easily made my reservations and even could change the preselected seats for silence zones and at the window, costs € 3,- per train.So, if you rely on the German Gründlichkeit => DON’T! Try the Austrian way!

Hi, does anyone has an idea how to book a seat an bike reseservation without bying the ticke on DB navigator.Thanks. Torsten

Ich möchte gerne wissen, wie viel es kosten würde, ein Ticket 2. Klasse vom Bahnhof ROMA TERMINI zum Bahnhof PARIS GARE DE EST zu buchen.

Hi there ! I’m looking to book a train from Marseille (France) to Granada (Spain) on May the 24th, but the section from Madrid to Granada is not available for booking, due to the limited interrail’s seats on board. This train is on Alvia. Do you know if there is any way to get through this limitations ? Has anyone of you been to Spain and travelled with Alvia compagny and knows if the reservations are that tricky ? I already tried with happyrail and Rail Europe.Thank you so much by advance ! Ezeikiel

I was wondering about the necessity to reserve seats in advance in the UK in first class.I already learned here that sometimes they aren’t mandatory even though it’s indicated on rail planner, but traveling as a family of 4, I’d rather do it, since it’s free of charge. So my question is: are there trains that sell out like weeks or months before or is it usually ok to reserve a few hours in advance? Would people reserve a few different trains, if they aren’t sure which one they will take?

So I have to make some seat reservations as for some of the trains, its mandatory. What if I book a seat and I miss the train on the day, would I have to book another seat for myself or would I be given another seat in another train? The hard part of my travel is that the schedule is not fixed even though the route is fixed, which makes things complicated for me.