Rail Passes

Choosing the right European rail pass for you depends entirely on how and where you want to travel. Whether getting around one country by train or the entirety of the EU, there’s a rail pass that fits your needs. The best option of all may be the Eurail Global Pass, which allows for unlimited rail travel in all 28 European countries. Boarding a train is the easiest way to travel within Europe. The traveller will benefit from a wide network of high speed and local trains. Moreover it offers a unique experience of travel, comfort, hassle-free journeys and wide range of destinations. The Eurail Global pass is the best option for people staying a while within Europe and looking to discover many countries. Tailored formulas are available offering unlimited travel within 33 countries and travel bonuses.


2023 Features

Unlimited rail travel in the participating 33 Eurail countries:

Austria A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company ÖBB, on the Austrian part of the railway lines operated by ROeEE/Raaberbahn, on the domestic IC bus connections (reservation recommended), and on the Austrian part of the MICOTRA-line Villach-Tarvisio. A pass for Austria is also valid on WESTbahn. However, there is no regular First class available. Passholders can buy an upgrade to PLUS class on the train for an additional fee. Also valid on the OBB bus network with OBB Intercitybus. A reservation is recommended on some routes.
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on Pinzgauer Lokalbahn, travelling between Krimml and Zell am See; NÖVOG (including Mariazellerbahn, Wachaubahn, Waldviertelbahn, Reblaus Express, Citybahn Waidhofen, and Schneebergbahn); ÖBB Postbus; Stubaitalbahn; Wiener Lokalbahnen; Pinzgauer Lokalbahn; Graz-Köflacher Eisenbahn; Montafonerbahn; Salzburger Lokalbahn; Steiermärkische Landesbahnen; Stern & Hafferl; Zillertalbahn; CAT (CityAirportTrain)
Belgium A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company NMBS/SNCB, and on Thalys trains to/from Paris, Germany and the Netherlands (reservation compulsory). A pass is also valid on Eurostar to London (reservation compulsory). An extra "Diabolo" surcharge applies to passholders travelling from/to Brussels Airport and is paid either at ticket offices or on board.
Bosnia and Herzegovina A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway companies of ZFBH (Railway of the Federation of Bosnia Herzegovina) and ZRS (Railway of the Republic of Srpska)
Bulgaria A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company BDZ.
Croatia A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company HZ Putnicki prijevoz
Czech Republic A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company CD, and on private railways Leo Express and RegioJet.

    RegioJet operates on the following routes:

    • RegioJet InterCity long-distance trains: Prague – Ostrava – Košice – Humenné (Slovakia); Prague – Brno – Bratislava (Slovakia) / Vienna (Austria)
    • RegioJet Long - distance bus service – connected to RegioJet train services: Ostrava – Krakow (integrated within the Prague to Krakow route, guaranteed change in Ostrava)
    • LEO Express operates on the following routes:Prague - P?erov - Staré M?sto / Ostrava - Bohumín - Košice; Staré M?sto / Košice - Bohumín - Ostrava - P?erov - Prague
      A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid with: Arriva vlaky; AŽD Praha s.r.o.; GW Train Regio a.s.; JHMD a.s.; KŽC Doprava s.r.o.; MBM rail s.r.o.; Railway Capital a.s.; RegioJet Komarno Line; RegioJet Bus (except Praha – Krakow Line); Slezské zemské dráhy o.p.s.; AE - Airport Express Bus from Prague Airport to Prague Main station and back. The cost of one-way ticket is around 2,5 EUR. Tickets are available from bus drivers or in selling points of ?D.
Denmark

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company DSB (including Øresundstogene in Denmark) and with the private railway companies Arriva and Nordjyllands Trafikselskab (NT)
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on Local trains (e.g. marked with an "L")

Estonia NEW FOR 2022
Connections to Estonia: Ferry Helsinki-Tallinn on Tallink, Viking Line, Eckero Line. Ferry Stockholm-Tallinn on Viking Line, Tallink. 20% discount in high season and 50% in low season when booked online with Tallink Silja Oy. Up to 50% discount on deck tickets on board Viking Line. 20% discount on pax fares on board Eckero Line.
Finland

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company VR, but only on trains
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on Allegro (Helsinki to St Petersburg) or Tolstoi (Helsinki to Moscow).

France

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company SNCF and on the following bus routes: Digne-St Auban; Digne-Veynes; Canfranc (Spain) - Oloron.
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid with OUIGO trains, OUIBUS, RER-TRANSILIEN-METRO, Thello

North Macedonia A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company MZ Transprot AD Skopje
Germany

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the national railway company DB and most private operators. Also valid on IC bus connections (reservations required): Berlin Hauptbahnhof Europaplatz – via Rostock/Hamburg - Copenhagen; Berlin Hauptbahnhof Europaplatz – Warsaw Airport - Warsaw Zachodnia station; Dusseldorf – Roermond – Eindhoven – Antwerp – Ghent - Lille; Dusseldorf - Maastricht - Liège; Frankfurt (Main) - Frankfurt Hahn Airport – Trier - Luxemburg; Hamburg - Amsterdam (Sloterdijk); Munich - Regensburg - Prague; Mannheim – Heidelberg - Nuremberg (ZOB) - Prague; Leipzig - Prague; Munich – Zurich Passes are also valid for travel from Germany to the stations of Basel Bad Bf (Switzerland) and Salzburg Hbf (Austria).
Also valid on S-Bahn (no reservations required) Please note: Pass holders can enjoy free transport on the S-Bahn in all German cities. The S-Bahn can be identified by its logo of a white S on a green background

Great Britain

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on: c2c (no reservation required); Caledonian Sleeper (mandatory reservation); Chiltern Railways (no reservation required); CrossCountry (mandatory reservation); East Midlands Trains (mandatory reservation); Eurostar (reservation required at an additional cost); Gatwick Express (no reservation required); Grand Central (mandatory reservation); Greater Anglia (mandatory reservation); Great Northern (no reservation required); Great Western Railway (mandatory reservation); Heathrow Express (no reservation required); Hull Trains (mandatory reservation); London North Eastern Railway (mandatory reservation); London Northwestern Railway (no reservation required); Merseyrail (no reservation required); Northern (no reservation required); ScotRail (no reservation required); Southeastern (mandatory supplement to travel on high speed services out of St Pancras); Southern (no reservation required); South Western Railway (no reservation required); TfL Rail/Crossrail (no reservation required); Thameslink (no reservation required); Trans Pennine Express (mandatory reservation); Virgin Trains West Coast (mandatory reservation); West Midlands Railway (no reservation required).
PLEASE NOTE: Eurail Pass is not valid on South Eastern High Speed services (supplement payable at station to board)

Greece

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the trains of the railway company TRAINOSE and also valid between Athens and Patras by train (Athens - Kiato) and by bus (Kiato-Patras)

Hungary

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company MÁV-START, as well as on all Hungarian railway lines operated by GySEV/Raaberbahn
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on special trains which are privately booked for a special occasion

Ireland

A Eurail Global Pass is valid in both the Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. Can be used on Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the national railway company of the Republic of Ireland, including Dublin Area Rapid Transport (DART) and with Translink NI Railways, the national railway company of Northern Ireland

Italy

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the services run by Trenitalia, and on services run by Trenord. First class passes are also valid on the Leonardo Express (Roma Termini - Fiumicino Airport)

Latvia

>NEW FOR 2022
Connections to Latvia: Although there are no international train connections, the last station of the train route Riga-Sigulda-Valga (green line) is in the territory of Estonia, where a connection with Elron train services is possible.
In addition there is the possibility to connect with the Lithuanian passenger service from Vilnius (Lithuania) – Daugavpils (Latvia)

Lithuania

A Eurail Global Pass is valid on the main connections to/from the capital city, Vilnius. This includes: Vilnius – Kaunas; Vilnius – Ignalina; Vilnius – Klaipeda; Vilnius – Varena; Vilnius – Trakai; Vilnius - Airport. Also is valid on the international route: Kaunas to Biolystock in Poland.
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on International routes run into other countries (except to Bialystok in Poland)

Luxembourg A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company CFL. This applies only to trains
Montenegro A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company ZPCG
Netherlands

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company NS, on Thalys trains to/from Paris (reservation compulsory), and on the following private railway lines in the Netherlands: R-net; Arriva; Connexxion/Breng; DB Regio/Eurobahn; Syntus/Keolis

Norway

A Eurail Global Pass for Norway is valid with the national railway company NSB. Please note: First class carriages are not available in Norway. Instead, NSB offers Komfort class to First class passholders on most trains, seats are subject to availability.
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on the Flåm Railway (Flåmsbana Myrdal - Flåm) or the Flytoget (Airport trains to/from Oslo Airport)

Poland

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the PKP-dependent railway company PKP Intercity JSC, and is valid with the following companies owned by local government: Przewozy Regionalne (REgional Services); Koleje Dolnoslaskie (with the exception of "Pociag do kultury" - direct trains running from Berlin to Wroclaw, mostly at weekends as well as "KD Specjal" trains; PKP Szybka Kolej Miejska (SKM) w Trójmiescie
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on the following trains: Arriva (ARR); Koleje Mazowieckie (KM); Koleje Ma?opolskie (KML); Koleje ?l?skie (KS); Koleje Wielkopolskie (KW); ?odzka Kolej Aglomeracyjna (LKA); Szybka Kolej Miejska w Warszawie (SKMW); Warszawska Kolej Dojazdowa (WKD)

Portugal

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company CP
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid with Trains from the Fertagus Company.; Chartered trains; Comboio Histórico do Douro (Douro Historical Train) operates from June to October from Régua to Tua along the Douro river valley.; Comboio Histórico do Vouga (Vouga Historical Train) operates from June to October from Aveiro to Macinhata do Vouga with a visit to the historical centre of Águeda.; Miradouro operates from July to September from Porto São Bento station to Régua and back.

Romania A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company CFR Calatori
Serbia A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company SV
Slovakia

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company ZSSK and also in trains of private carriers LEO Express and Regiojet.
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid with All private companies that run tourist trains: [Beskydská lesná železnica; Košická detská historická železnica; Nitrianská po?ná železnica; Považská lesná železnica; Oravská lesná železnica; Ciernohronská železnica (Please note: 50% discounts are available for IR/ER Pass Holders, for further detail, you can check at Pass Benefit section)]; Private carrier Arriva; Regiojet for route Bratislava – Komárno

Slovenia

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company SZ, and on the rail bus line with SZ-Bus from Ljubljana railway station to Trieste Central and return (compulsory reservation) and on the XZ-Bus line from Diva?a to Škocjan Caves

Spain

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company Renfe and on the lines operated by FEVE. Also valid on the SNCF Bus between Canfranc and Oloron
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on RENFE Luxury trains (e.g. Al Andalus, Transcantábrico, etc); RENFE Tourist trains (e.g. Tren de la Fresa, Tren de Antonio Machado, etc); Euskotren: narrow gauge line in Basque Country from Bilbao via San Sebastian to Irun and Hendaye (France); Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat Valenciana: narrow gauge network in Valencia and Alicante area.; Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca: railway lines on Mallorca.

Sweden

A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company SJ and also valid on the following private railway lines: All SJ services, including Direct border crossing trains between Stockholm and Oslo; Direct SJ trains to and from Copenhagen and Copenhagen Airport; Direct trains between Sweden and Narvik (Norway); All Snälltåget trains, including Direct trains between Malmö and Berlin (Germany); Arlanda Express; All regional train services in southern Sweden, that is in Skåne, Blekinge, Kalmar, Halland,Västra Götaland and Jönköping, including Kustpilen, Krösatågen, Västtåg and Öresundståg; Inlandsbanan; Norrtåg; Tågåkeriet i Bergslagen; Tågkompaniet; Värmlandstrafik (local train services in Värmland)
A Eurail Global Pass is NOT valid on MTR trains (Stockholm – Göteborg); Blå tåget trains (Stockholm –Göteborg); All other regional traffic run by the municipalities not mentioned above, for example SL (Stockholm), UL (Uppsala), X-trafiken (Gävle), Östgötatrafiken (Linköping)

Switzerland A Eurail Global Pass is valid with the national railway company SBB and with several private transport companies
Turkey A Eurail Global Pass for Turkey is valid with the national railway company TCDD Transport JSC

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