Jellings
Traveller
5 comments
Posted 15 years ago
It says the Interrail ticket is not valid in your country of residence, does this include the train out of the country too?
I live in England, and was planning to go from London to Paris, would it be valid for this trip? Also, how does one use the interrail ticket? Do I just turn up in London, show the ticket and get on the train (would it be valid on the eurostar?), or would I have to book in advance?
Flo
Traveller
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You cant use InterRail in your residence conutry, this includes the travel to the border too. However, in most of the countries there is a discount for the ticket to/from the border - unfortunately not in the UK.
Best way would be to check online for a cheap Eurostar ticket, as there are often special offers and moreover the regular fare is sometimes cheaper than the supplement you'd have to pay with InterRail.
Another alternative would be the ferry connections the cheapest one being the Dover - Calais ferry operated by SeaFrance. ~18€ a single ticket (if they accept your UK InterRail ticket you would get a 50% discount on this fare but I'm not sure if they will do.
In the rest of Europe you mostly just hop on the trains, but note that there are certain trains (high speed and night trains mostly) requiring a supplement/reservation that you have to buy in advance.
Jellings
Traveller
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Thank you for your reply.
As the Eurostar train goes directly from London to Paris would it not be valid?, surely this is not the same as using the interrail ticket on a train from one place in the UK to another?
Dover is not really an option as it's over 7 hours away from where I live.
Flo
Traveller
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You're right, going by Eurostar should be OK.
More info: [u]https://rail.cc/en/london-paris-eurostar-train/f1805[/u]
Jellings
Traveller
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On that link it says The price of a passholder ticket is EUR 65 / £50 for a single or EUR 130 / £100 for a return ticket.
Does this mean that if I buy a InterRail ticket, I will still have to pay the £100 for a return on the Eurostar? As a 'Jouth' I can get a return ticket on the Eurostar for £49.
Also, how simple is it to use the InterRail ticket - if I wanted to go from Paris to Cannes, could I just turn up at the station in Paris on the day and say i want to go to cannes, here is my interrail ticket, or would I have to book in advance?
Flo
Traveller
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That's what I wrote before: There are often offers for normal tickets online which are cheaper than the passholder fare.
And for using the InterRail pass:
[quote]
In the rest of Europe you mostly just hop on the trains, but note that there are certain trains (high speed and night trains mostly) requiring a supplement/reservation that you have to buy in advance.[/quote]
For going to Cannes I'd strongly recommend taking a TGV - a train with compulsory reservation.
More information about trains with supplements: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
TGV trains offer only a limited number of seats for InterRailers on each train - the sooner you make your reservation, the better. If you're just showing up at the station you will always get a reservation, but probably not for the train you wanted anymore. :)
Marlanah
Traveller
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Hi !
You pay cheaper in your own country if you want to join the country, and only in this case ?
I plan to go in the UK, and since I live in France near Geneva, I wanted to bypass France to Bruxelles, and then to go to Calais. Could I have the ticket from Baisieux (at the border), to Calais cheaper or it does nor work ?
Peter
Traveller
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hi ...
you only get a discounted ticket from the place you live to the border of your country where you live - for example from the close to Geneve to Calais where you leave to the UK.
but not from Baisieux to Calais - normally - but I think the staff at train stations won't know this rule in detail so you might have luck.
other solution for you could be the ferry Netherlands to the UK: [u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-netherlands-england/f1659[/u]
Peter :)
Marlanah
Traveller
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Well ok, so I will try to have a discounted ticket ! Hoping that I'll bump into some student working at the sncf for the summer and not well aware of all that stuff.. :)
And even if I've no discount, that's cheaper to cross from Calais..
Anyway, Thank you !
Marlanah
Traveller
13 comments
Indeed, they just didn't know what was an Interrail Pass... I had to explain to them how it worked and that a ticket in France was half price :) I should have said it was free ;)
Peter
Traveller
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So always better to buy InterRail tickets here via our partner [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
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thibaut
Traveller
2 comments
Hi !
How does it happen when you take a train that goes directly through the border ?
I live in Brussel and would like to take the Thalys from Paris to Brussel at a certain point, do I have to pay the interrail fare (+26 or something) or the full fare (or the full fare with a 50% reduction) ?
Same if I take an ICE from Brussel to frankfurt (and it doesn't seem to stop anywhere near the border) ?
thanks a lot !
T.
Peter
Traveller
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Hi ...
for the ICE you have to pay until the first city in Germany where the train stops.
for the THALYS there are special supplements for person who do not have a valid for both countries - like it is in you case (Belgium not allowed, France allowed)...
have a look at this topic:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/thalys/41[/u]
Peter :)
thibaut
Traveller
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Ok thanks a lot !
charousary
Traveller
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Hello everybody! :)
Kind of same question..but I've not really understood everything..
I'm Italian and I'd like to buy a One Country Pass to travel in Austria (3 days in a month).
How does it work with the journey from Italy (Bologna) to Austria (first destination will be Klagenfurt)??
Will the day of departure be counted as one of the three days of the pass?
My journey will be: Bologna-Mestre by train and Mestre-Klagenfurt by railway bus, no stops near the border in Italy and one stop after the border in Villach, before Klagenfurt. I don't want this journey to count as one of the three..
I'm sure you will be able to help me!
Thanks a lot in advance, Sara
Peter
Traveller
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Hi Sara ...
The best solution for you would be to get a normal train ticket Bologna-Klagenfurt.
Theoreticaly you could use one of your travel days for Villach-Klagenfurt - but it isn't worth. Better to get a special fare ticket. Have a look at the Trenitalia website if they have an offer. I saw a fare for EUR 33 - one way - second class.
Peter :)
charousary
Traveller
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Thank you so much for your quick answer! :)
That's wha I expected. I agree that it's not worth to use the pass for villach-klagenfurt. So I can't neither ask for a reduction of the fare for the trip from Bologna to Klagenfurt, since my pass will be valid from the day after that journey? (I'll leave from Bologna on the 27th december, staying in Klag till the 29th, first journey with the pass on the 29th)
Another question: I'm reorganising the whole holiday because of last minute changes..I will not be able to purchase my pass on the website..can I buy it directly at the railway station, can't I? At the normal ticket seller desk? Even the very day of the departure?
Thanks again!
Flo
Traveller
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Hi
:arr: Your One Country Pass is valid a whole month - set the starting date the day you leave Italy, then you should benefit from the 50% reduction (only till the border).
:arr: You should be able to purchase the IR pass at Bologna Centrale. :)
:arr: Even on the very day
:arr: My advice: Buy a regular Trenitalia ticket Bologna - Venezia Mestre and then an online ticket for the ÖBB-Intercitybus from Venezia Mestre to Klagenfurt: www.oebb.at/pv/de/Europareisen/SparSchiene/SparSchiene_Italien/Wien_-_Villach_-_Venedig/ (Go to Online buchen)
Flo 8)