Fiddodude
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 11 years ago
Hi I'm an Australian and have never been to Europe however I hold a UK passport. I was wanting to buy an Italian Interrail ticket if possible through railcc but I'm having a bit of trouble. Could someone answer the following questions:
Q1: Will I be able to use an Interrail pass if I hold a UK passport or will I have to somehow show residency for 6 months? Will I be able to get away with it anyway if I cant prove residency?
Q2: I'm arriving in Rome on the 27th of August and so that doesn't leave much time for it to be shipped, I'm currently in Macau, China would it be possible to have it shipped to there by the 26th or could I have it posted to the hostel in Rome?
Q3: I've already tried to order the pass from rail dude but the form wont let me change the country for the shipping address from the UK to Italy or China, why is this?
Q4: Can I simply buy an Interrail pass in Italy at a station?
Thanks!
nltrainer
Traveller
1385 comments
WHY oh WHY is it, that ANY OZzie seems to be out to bend or break the rules? ANY controleur, and some countries also have special fraud investigation teams for traintravellers-you may, or may not meet them occasionally, have the right to ask for ANY proof of why you have such a complicated ticket, and can -if they think your frauding, take you off the train, have you pay ALL trips made till then at normal full fare+the surcharge. Some countries-notwithstanding the idea trains are now those nerdy nice modern private things, still treat fraud on same level as tax-fraud-after all most are still state run and state subsidized organisations, which also shows in its many strikes-maybe Australia, NSW-trains, is not that different after all.
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Q1: the country you lived in the past six months is your country of residence. As you did not lived in Europe, you can not buy an Interrail pass. Think about point to point tickets: [ux]https://rail.shop/omio[/ux] - often cheaper than an Eurail pass (the rail pass for non-Europeans: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail[/u]).
Q2: Interrail can only be sent to European postal addresses, Eurail only to non-European ones. Shipping to Italy is by standard service 2-7 business days, by express service 1-3 business days. Also important is if you can trust the hostel you stay in.
Q3: read here: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Q4: Yes. At least at bigger ones.
Peter :)
Fiddodude
Traveller
1 comments
nltrainer, I guess we're all just dirty convicts ;)
Peter, I've found a few posts on this forum which seem to state otherwise and that if you are a citizen of the EU you can still buy an Interrail pass:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-living-in-the-us/f6318[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-eligibility-uk-passport-holder-living-overseas/f4030[/u]
Have the rules changed at some point in time? Because everything else I have seen leads me to believe that since I am a UK citizen and hold a UK passport I should be eligible for an Interrail pass.
Thanks Again!
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
You can do what every you want - you are free. :)
But I can only repeat the official rules: the country you lived in for the past 6 months is your country of residence. And this is in your case NOT the UK.
Peter