InterRail Ticket Advice - Country of Residence: UK - Ireland

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi.
The official rules say: the place you lived the past six months is your country of residence.
And you can't travel for free in your country of residence. :|
[u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-interrail[/u]

Now if you currently live in the UK (for work, studies or whatever), but also have an address in Ireland, you have to see where you spent the past six months. If you have an Irish passport and no proof that you lived the past six months in the UK, you have to select Ireland as your country of residence. As you always need a proof for your country of residence. And the train staff will not accept an UK Interrail pass in a combination with an Irish passport and no proof that you lived the past six months in the UK. - even if you did.

Often it is a problem within the European Union that you don't get such a proof: a Irish person working in Germany doesn't has a visa printed in the passport. You see what I mean. It is sometimes difficult, to get such proofs and so on... :)

Peter :)

CoolHandLuke
Traveller
3 comments

thanks for clearing that up, looks like i'll just have to fly instead of using my pass. :(

Tophie
Traveller
6 comments

Its so rubbish that UK trains are so expensive :( :( :(

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi.
That's right. Try to book early in advance and sometimes you will get good prices. Also have a look on the bus services - to leave the UK in direction of Paris, it is inexpensive:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/london-to-paris[/u]

Peter :)

lae1991
Traveller
1 comments

if you are a resident of ireland, does that mean all trains within the UK are free using your inter-rail pass? and also is the eurostar from london to paris free/subsidised? :|

Peter
Traveller
9333 comments

Hi.
Yes, if you are resident from Ireland, all trains in the UK are free for you (except night trains where you can easily get a reservation).
London to Paris by Eurostar train is extremely expensive. The reservation fee for Interrailers is one-way EUR 75!!! :o
So better use a ferry (Dover-Calais or Harwich-Hoek van Holland) or a overnight bus.
More information and options here:

London - Paris: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/london-to-paris[/u]

London - Amsterdam: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/london-to-amsterdam[/u]

Peter :)