OliveGreen94
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 8 years ago
Hello All,
I am planning a solo journey around Europe (France, Belgium, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague and Munich) and am thinking of doing this with a 15 days within 1 month InterRail pass. However, I am still confused about how the InterRail pass works. Once I have the pass, do I need to book the trains in advance or do I just arrive at the station to catch the train I would like to take? I have extensively looked up times and costs of trains for all of my destinations and am worried about any additional costs that might incur with the InterRail pass.
Many thanks in advance.
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Your Interrail pass serves as your ticket for all trains of the participating companies. As the national railways do all participate you dont have to worry about train operating companies - there are just a small number of private companies not accepting Interrail and it is unlikely that you will need such trains during your trip.
Some trains require additional seat reservations to board them, you find a list here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
Please just ask if anything is unclear, we try to explain everything you need to know. ;)
We are official partners of interrail.eu - to support the free information and the forum on railcc, please be fair and buy your official Interrail pass via our railcc partner link: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you! :)
Flo 8)
OliveGreen94
Traveller
1 comments
Thank you for your quick answer Flo!
Do I therefore book the train I want to take on the providers website a few days before I travel or do I just turn up at the station on the day and present my pass to get a ticket?
Apologies for all the questions!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Looking at your route, you arent going to need many reservations.
From France to Belgium, avoid the expensive Thalys and travel via Lille instead, using regional trains. If you want, take a TGV to Lille - reservations for France are available online via [ux]https://rail.shop/sncf/reservation/[/ux]
Within Belgium, no reservations are needed, in fact for domestic services reservations arent even possible.
From Belgium to the Netherlands, avoid the Thalys again, read here: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/amsterdam-brussels-train/[/u]
Within the Netherlands the same applies as for Belgium. On the remainder of the trip you wont encounter trains with compulsory reservation again.
If you would like to make a seat reservation anyway, just go to a station; there it is also possible to buy reservations to and within other countries.
Dont worry, just ask , we are glad to help :)