Train connections & reservations

How can I make seat reservations from France to Spain? I called the number they list and they say you have to do it at the train station, but online the route says reservations required and you must book more than 24 hours in advance. How can this be booked to ensure I get seats and does anyone have advice for trying to get trains in July? 

I’m looking for a night train sleeper for 3 from Vienna to Bucharest. Which train should I use? Do I need a global pass for this type of trip?

In the Eurail site it shows seats can be reserved but when I go through the process it gives and error. It seems to switch me from electronic tickets to paper tickets and I live in the USA and cannot receive paper tickets in time. This is a non-stop train on TrenItalia but when I go to the TrenItalia site it doesn’t offer Zurich as a departure station so couldn’t resolve the issue there either. All advice gratefully received.

Hi - we are a family of 4 backpacking from London to Istanbul in August 2023.We want to book a 6 berth couchette exclusively for us from Budapest to Sighisoara in Romania. The Inter-rail booking system will only let us book 4 tickets in a 6 berth (there are no 4 berth couchettes showing as available otherwise I would book that). The Romanian train website shows availability for a 6 berth but says you can only book a max of 5 tickets. We don’t mind paying for the additional 2 places to guarantee having it to ourselves. I can’t see how to use our inter-rail pass if I book direct either.Can anyone help us navigate this? How can we use our interrail pass to book a couchette exclusively for this journey?Thank you!

Hi!I am trying to book the Nightjet to Zagreb (from Germany, any city will do..) but all the options I had for possible dates on ÖBB are not available? (yes I do know ho to book..)Is there a connection problem or is everything booked? I saw one option a few days ago (via the interrail site) and it offered a booking with a paper ticket? Is it possible to book this paper ticket directly (guess paper is not öbb?) We are travelling from the Netherlands, is there another (logical) option than Germany?

My young adult children have the eurail pass. If I go to the app on my phone, add their passes and save their trips, is there a way for them to see the reservations? Or could I share screenshots of the qr codes?  They have all of their seat assignments.  There is one train from Strasbourg to Lucerne that does not require a seat reservation, but I know I need to somehow get a ticket for it. I am not traveling with them.  Just helping them out.  Once I add their tickets to my app, will they be able to add them to their app? Or is there a link I can share for them to get the QR code?

Hi! I would know to do a reservation for trains that are N/A on my rail planner trip. Someone can help me please?

Riga is not appearing in my planner

We are travelling from Prague to Paris tomorrow.We arrive on RE 3367 to Teltow at 11:53.  We catch the RE 29655 out of Bingen (Rhein) Hbf at 12:43. My ticket tells me to use public transit to get between stations , but when I enter Teltow and Bingen (Rhine) into Google earth it tells me public transport will take like 7 hours.  What am I missing? Thanks I. Advance!

Hallo, Medio juli reis ik vanaf Venlo naar Frankfurt via Dusseldorf. Als ik op de website van Bahn.de kijk zie ik dat op dit traject werkzaamheden rondom Dusseldorf worden aangegeven, met een link naar een website: “Actuele informatie over uw aansluiting:RE 20075: Venlo->Düsseldorf Hbf: bouwwerkzaamheden. (Bron: zuginfo.nrw) Van 22 juni 2023 tot 4 augustus 2023 vinden bouwwerkzaamheden plaats in het gebied Düsseldorf-Gerresheim/Wuppertal-Vohwinkel. Daarom zijn er uitgebreide dienstregelingswijzigingen tussen Wuppertal-Vohwinkel, Mettmann Stadtwald en Düsseldorf Hbf. Meer informatie vindt u op zuginfo.nrw.” Op die website staat dat er bussen worden ingezet. Maar voor zover ik kan zien komen we helemaal niet daar op ons traject. Is er iemand hier die daar goed zicht op heeft en even mee wil kijken?  Dit is het traject:  10.05 VenloRE 13 (20075) 11.09Aankomst Düsseldorf centraal station 11.23Vertrek Düsseldorf centraal stationIJS 625 12.48Aankomst Frankfurt(Main)Hbf Alvast bedankt! 

Hello everybody, I would like to book Zurich-Rome (5th of June). I see many options (I would like to do only 1 change in Milan) but I can’t book it through DB-Bahn or OBB or Trenitalia. I just don’t have the options available on these companies.This means that my only options to book it is the Eurorail website? Until now I traveled almost everywhere in Europe and I never done with Eurorail reservations system, avoiding fee and higher prices for each reservation(for example, in Spain it was displayed 25 euros for first class, at the Renfe office just 13 euros).Regards,Marco

BonjourAyé! Pass acheté pour 4 jours sur un mois direction suède...Je constate que tous les trajets affichés sur le site internet ne sont pas affichés sur Rail planner.Par exemple il existe sur un trajet Lorient Stockholm, deux trajets possibles avec départ à 05:52 le 17/08, mais il n’apparaissent pas sur rail planner.Est-ce normal?Merci d’avance 

Is it possible to make a reservation for a reservations not required train? I am traveling in July and since I know this is busy I am wondering if I can reserve in some way so I can guarantee a seat. I have to travel on a specific date and there is only one train option so I want to ensure I am able to get a seat.

According to this web page (https://www.interrail.eu/en/plan-your-trip/tips-and-tricks/before-you-leave/airport-train-station-connections), some connections from airport to city center and vice versa are included in the interrail global pass. Does using these connections count as a travel day? We are flying from our homecountry to our first destination, and staying there for a few days before starting our interrail. Do we have to pay for train from airport to city center, if we don't want to "waste" our travel day in that?  ​​​Also, we are flying back home from London, but we are going to stay there for a few days before our flight. Can we use our rail pass there to connect from city center to Heathrow, even tho we have already used our travel days (but we still have time left in our pass)?

Hi allI’ve just booked the following journey. I selected compartment with 4 beds and assumed this would be a 4-berth couchette. But when I got the tickets, it shows seats 21-24. My understanding is that the numbering for a 4-berth would be 21/22/25/26…Any thoughts? Anyone have an up to date nightjet seating plan?Thanks

Hello ! Je vais voyager en Europe cet été et j’essaye de planifier en avance mon voyage. Je ne comprend pas bien comment fonctionne le Pass avec les trains sans réservation obligatoire. Puis-je prendre ces trains sans billets, sans aucune démarche avant de monter dans le train ? Est-il possible qu’il n’y ait plus de places dans ces trains et que je ne puisse pas les prendre si je n’ai pas réservé ? Une fois dans le train qu’est ce qui fait office de billets ?Merci beaucoup ;)

While making a seat reservation Should I print the paper pass in the same color or black and white is sufficient?

I need some help. I have a first class pass for July and August. I am travelling to several countries and when I look at booking seat reservations, a lot are green and state ready to book - no seat reservation required. For the longer trips I would like to reserve a seat to be on the safe side even though it states it isn’t necessary. I have just discovered one train has said prices unavailable - pass holder reservations may be sold out. Does this mean even though we don’t need to book a seat and we are ready to board that there may be no seat available at all? I have been regularly checking so I can book at the earliest time possible. I don’t feel comfortable just winging it.

I am trying to book a train in Sweden. The trains that the interrail page suggest does not exist Sj.se page. I find this very odd.

Hi, I would like to go from Bucharest to Istanbul. Since the Bosphorus Express night train is no longer serving the route (AFAIK) I decided sleep in Varna and from there continuing on route Varna Sp. > Kamobat / Kamobat > Plovdiv / Plovdiv > Kapikule. For Kapikule > Halkali there is request for reservartion and I struggle to acquire it online. Because in the Rail Planner app I see the info about it: At the ticket office (subject to availability).That scares me cos I don’t like end up in vacum without any move. Cos how can I know that it wont be full already. As I google it; found out the https://ebilet.tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr but that page returning me: “No travel solution found, try again by changing departure and arrival stations/dates”Whatever date I try it’s still the same message. razpisanie.bdz.bg don’t know the connection. As for bileteinternationale.cfrcalatori.ro/ it knows the station (Bucharest > Halkali) but info is “Not available online” Basically I don’t need

I’ll put two related questions here. 1) Would you recommend a reservation with a first class pass on Friday July 14 from Interlaken to Zurich and for Saturday July 15 from Zurich - Heidelberg ?Part two - for the Interlaken-Zurich route I see 11AM IC 817 on the 14th with the Eurail site showing $13.44 charge for the two of us to reserve.  The Austrian OBB site is showing no cost, but is allowing me to make a reservation.  Is that correct?  I’ve used that site for previous madatory reservations and paid the fee, but wonder if I’ve done something wrong getting a reservation for no cost?  Below is what It is shows, and I also got to download the PDF ticket.ThanksTomSeat reservation1.Adult,Thomas XXXXNo applicable discount2.Adult,Leita XXXXNo applicable discountInterlaken OstZürich Flughafen1st ClassValid for IC 817 on Fri, 14 July 2023 at 11:00Valid from Friday 14. July 2023 09:00 thru Friday 14. July 2023 11:14Coach 2, accomm. 161 162 (window)

Hello,In the period that a seat reservation is mandatory for travel on ICE to and from the Netherlands I am not able to make a seat reservation through bahn.de and obb. This seems like a technical fault, since I am able to book a regular ticket including a seat reservation for the same journeys. This problem holds for all ICE services to and from the Netherlands from 17 June to mid August. I am also able to make seat reservations before and after the period that a reservation is mandatory, so it seems like a specific error during the period that seat reservations are mandatory.Hopefully, it is soon possible to make seat reservations only for journeys on ICE to and from Amsterdam this summer.Thank you in advance,

I'm trying to book a direct train from Rome to Milan on the 15th of august, and yet it says that there is no direct service for that day. yet when I change the date to the week before or the week after the 15th the direct train is available. I'm wondering is the train down for that week, or is timetable not out yet, or if there is something I'm missing so that I can book the direct train. Thank you

Hi,We have seat reservations on a train from Odense to Copenhagen.This trip will be part of a travel day that will end in Stockholm. Now we have changed our travel plan and will stay in Malmö a few days before continuing to Stockholm. We will therefore not use our interrail pass for the short trip between Odense and Malmö. My question is: Could we still use our seat reservations on the Odense - Copenhagen leg? Or are the seat reservations only valid during a travel day in combination with the interrail pass?

I have a eurail global pass Could anyone kindly advise me is there another way to book this train (Zürich HB to LESCE Bled or Ljubljana on 15 July 2022) without making international calls? I live in Hong Kong and it can be quite expensive to call a number in Switzerland