Train connections & reservations

Hi! I'm trying to book seats but is impossible in the eurail website. Do you know if I can book the seats anywhere else? I want to reserve seats from Brasov to Budapest.From Wien to Berlin.From Amsterdam to Paris.From Paris to Milano.And from Milano to Venezia. In August.Thanks a lot!

My last eurail pass was in 1983!  I’ve found EC52 direct from Milano to Spiez on July 10 at 11:20 in the Rail Planner app.  When I go to book a reservation using the website, the direct train to Spiez doesn’t appear. The route when using the website reservation system has me changing in DOMODOSSOLA and again in Brig.   My question is if I can just get the reservation from Milano to Domodossola on EC52, and then stay on that direct train without a reservation on to Spiez.  Thanks so much, Tom

Hi everyone, I want to book a nighttrain between Stockholm and Hamburg. According to the Interrail’s planner, it should be possible (from 39€) but after buying my pass, it seems that there is no day where it is available (always “Seat reservations required from NA”). I try on sj.se too but even when there are some place available, there is no discount with the Interrail pass. Does anyone know how it is possible to book these trains (my pass is useless otherwise) ?  Thanks in advance

Hi everyone, I am helping 2 friends, who are 1st time Eurailers, with the ‘benefit’ of my experience of 4 years ago.😬 They are travelling from Italy-France-Italy in June. They have the first trip sorted (La Spezia to Como San Giovanni), but we're having problems with seat reservations from Como SG to Lyon on 16 June. We can book the 1st leg from Como SG (dep 0904) to Basel (arr 1256) or Como SG (dep 0950) to Zurich (arr 1227), but not onward to Lyon. This is using OBB website, following instructions from other topics.RailPlanner app says that 0904 trip from Como SG needs a seat reservation from Como-Basel and Mulhouse (dep 1357) to Lyon (arr 1656). The 0950 trip from Como SG needs seat reservations from Como SG-Zurich, Zurich-Dijon and Dijon-Lyon.Even if I break down the sectors, as other posters have suggested, OBB says ‘no ticket available’ for both options (only Basel-Mulhouse-Lyon shown below).Basel-MulhouseMulhouse-LyonWhat are we doing wrong, or is it too soon to make this booki

Hey everyone! I am looking at book an interrail pass for Switzerland travel, but I’m not really sure if its worth buying first class or not. There is quite a difference in price so I’m wondering if this is significant?From what I can see, the majority of posts are regarding space allowance but if its just for travel in Switzerland does this really matter?I am travelling with my boyfriend so I guess I wont be able to sit with him either?Is there any benefit price wise with reservation fees when you book first class? Thanks in advance!

Hi everyone, Myself and my boyfriend are travelling to Switzerland from Ireland at the end of this month and I was trying to work out travel for our journey.We are staying in Grindelwald one night but are going to do paragliding in Interlaken the day after.I cant find any information on travel from Grindelwald to Interlaken or return with this pass.Does anyone know how I complete this journey or if there's a supplement I can buy with the interrailing pass?

Hey Everyone,I am trying to book the night train from Krakow to Prague and it leaves at 22:42 and arrives at 7:31 the next day. After checking on polrail, it seems that the train does not actually switch, and that you end up staying in the same car, but it changes operators and switches tracks in Bohumin. The app views this as a switching connection, and as such, it’s requiring me to spend 2 travel days despite it not actually switching. I would think since it’s technically a single train, it shouldn’t count as multiple days.Do I actually need to activate the second half of the trip as long as I get the reservation via polrail and flip the initial switch in the app for Krakow - Bohumin? Is there a way to do this without the app using 2 travel days?

HiI’m trying to book a couple of Nightjet trains using a pass on OBB’s website.The system is not showing single cabins as available, but showing places in double cabins.The strange part is when I change the search to 2 passengers the same places in 2 berth compartments show. It’ll let me book them and go through to the credit card page. Question is will these be allocated in the same cabin? Thank you!

Hi we are 4 ppl with 1st eurail ticket and i am trying to make reservations  from milano to cologne .Which  platform  I should  go for cheaper reservations  booking fee? Tq

Hi everybody,Thank you for reading my message first and any help would be appreciated, nice day :)Here is our problem :Venice - Ljubjana 30/07 in the morning"Prices unavailable from Venice to Trieste for mandatory seat reservationsIs this because seat reservations are not yet available or should we find an alternative?Bari - Rome 12/08"No train”Rome - Milan 14/08"No train”For our other destinations, we are too early, so we will wait to book (90 or 60 days before on average).But for the 3 routes above, is it also because we are booking too early? Because the site does not give any detailsOr should we worry and think about another route?Thanks for your help :) Louise

Good morning.I am looking to book a train from London to Paris (26th of May) and Paris - London (3rd of June).Both dates are showing message “no matching connection”. If I look at other days I can see times and trains (even if they are fully booked it still shows). Has anyone else experiencing same problem? Is that kind of error? Thank you in advance Kamila 

We are booking reservations from Brussels to Paris.  Usually the reservations cost $10-15 each.  When I try to make the reservations it cost $32.50 each.  Also I tried b-europe.com and it is $27 each.  Does anyone know why it is such a price difference and cost more than normal?Also, I saw the regular price cost is is only around $43.  So the savings isn’t much with the Rail pass.   Any thoughts would br greatly appreciated. 

I purchased my pass om Apr 12, 2023 and want to activate it in order to make Seat Reservations in advanced. My first train ride will be on July 25, 2023. Can I activate it now…?

We are family of 6 (2 adults + 4 children). When I was trying to do seat reservation for 6 people, it was not allowing therefore I did 2 separate reservations for 3 each.Issue now is that the seats assigned are in 2 different carts (voiture). How can I change it.Paris - Bassel (SNCF)Zurich - Milano (Trenitalia)

We want to book a train from napoli to catania, but when we try this the interrail website says we first have to go from Napoli to Florence and then to Catania. This only takes a lot of time while there is also a direct train from Napoli to Catania on the website of Trenitalia. Does someone know what is wrong? And if we even need a seat reservation for this train?

Hi,I wish to make a reservation for the train Wien (24/06/23, 7.42pm) ➩ Bucarest (25/06/23, 3.05pm). I have a 2nd class pass. I wish to make a reservation for a single bed (I saw on the website of the train company that it was possible). Yet this option does not appear. Is it because it is an option not available for eurail ? Is it because it is available for 1st class pass ? If so, how can I change my pass from 2nd class to 1st class ? I did not made any reservation yet so I guess it could be possible ?Thank you very much,Amélie

Hi,I am wondering if a connecting train after a sleeper train still counts for a single travel day. I wanted to take a direct sleeper from Amsterdam to Zurich, but there were none available on my travel date, so I’m taking a sleeper from Amsterdam to Basel and then a train from Basel to Zurich. Does that count as one travel day?Thanks,Katie

Hi guys. I'm currently planning my trip in August and I'm looking for the right train between Berlin and Prague. I found that the two cities are connected by EuroCity trains, but no reservation is required on the app, even though I read that seat reservations on EuroCity are compulsory. Is that alright or is it a bug of the RailPlanner app? 

HelloI booked my seat reservations online via website. I have now downloaded my Eurail planner and added my pass. Can I get my seat reservations onto my mobile pass? Cheers Kath

I am trying to make a seat only reservation via the DB website for the 6th of June, I keep getting the seat reservations is impossible.When using the eurail planner it says I can only purchase a physical ticket which they also state won’t come in time.I need this ticket for my proof of onward travel out of Germany because I’m flying one way from Australia so buying the ticket in Germany isn’t an option.

I am staring my interailing trip at the end if June and will be travelling from Manchester  to Brussels (via London /eurostar)I am trying to reserve seats via GWR site on the avanti train from Manchester to London. I have the option to reserve seats prior or post the date I travel  but not on my date if travel. Is this common that certain dates aren't available and is there  another way to reserve seats?

Hello, me and my friend are traveling on the night train from Budapest to Bucharest, the ticket person came and checked our e-tickets and took our paper seat reservation tickets but he never gave them back.Is he supposed to take and keep hold of our seat reservation tickets or are we supposed to get them back? He didn't speak our language and promptly then left down the train. ​​

I am trying to book the Zurich - innsbruck train (Eurocity) for 8:40 - 12:11 but it keeps telling me there is an error. I’m trying to book the Zurich - Innsbruck train (railjet) for 6:40 - 10:11 but this is only available to be delivered by post to my airbnb. Will the ticket arrive on time to the airbnb? I don’t understand how this works. 

My friends and I want to travel from Luzern to Venice on July 17. We were able to book the train from Innsbruck to Venice, but the train from Zurich to Innsbruck keep telling me there is an error when I go to check out. That train is with Eurocity. A train that leaves earlier works fine too but I can’t get mobile tickets, only delivery by post and it’s asking for the Airbnb address. Will the tickets be sent there in time? Or should I book the train on a different website?

We are trying to reserve sleeper tickets from Stuttgart to Ljubliana on 27th July. Every site we have tried says ‘not available’ or something similar. We have tried eurrail, DB, OBB etc. We know the train exists and we are inside the booking window. In fact if we try any train between now and then, we get the same message. Interestingly OBB seems to have tickets in the opposite direction??? So what’s going on? How can we reserve these couchettes? Can anybody help?