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Pass Guide
2016
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Our rst tip: download the Rail Planner App to help you plan your
European rail journey. There you can nd European timetables,
additional benets for Eurail Pass holders, and much more. Many of
its features work oine and therefore do not require a mobile data
connection.
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Content
4 How to Use your Eurail Pass in 4 Steps
12 Pass Benets
13 Conditions of Use
Every eort has been made to ensure that the information in this guide is correct
and up to date. This information, however, can be subject to change without prior
notice, and no guarantee can be made regarding its accuracy or completeness.
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How to Use your Eurail Pass
in 4 Steps
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Eurail Pass validity
The list below shows the participating companies in the Eurail
Global Pass. Eurail Select and Eurail One Country Passes are valid for
the country, countries or companies that are printed on the ticket.
Eurail Passes are also valid with various private railway companies.
Please see the Eurail Rail Planner App for details.
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How the Eurail Pass Works
Aside from the ticket and Pass Cover, you will of course need a
valid passport. Depending on your nationality, you may also need
a visa to visit certain countries. Travel insurance is also strongly
recommended this is not included in your pass!
You must activate your pass within eleven months after buying
it. The person activating your ticket will stamp the date in the
activation box and will ll out your passport number and the rst
and last valid days of travel. The rst travel day can be the one on
which the ticket is activated, or a later date the choice is yours. The
last day will always correspond to the complete length of time for
which your pass is valid.
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The Rail Planner App species the dierent participating railway
companies, including participating private railways and shipping
companies. This information can be found in the Rail Planner App
under Pass Benets and is listed per country.
For free passage on international ferry routes, your Eurail Pass must
be valid for the country of departure AND the country of arrival.
For discounted passage, the pass must be valid for the country of
departure OR the country of arrival.
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train will be more expensive. For example, if you have a Eurail Pass
that is not valid in Austria, and you plan to travel through Austria,
you will need to purchase a separate ticket for this part of the
journey.
Please note that you can take your rst trip any time after 00.00
hours on the rst day that your pass is valid and you must nish
your last trip by midnight (24.00 hours) on the last day of validity.
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Whats the Travel Calendar on the Flexi Pass ticket for?
Your Flexi Pass entitles you to a set number of travel days within a
specic period. On any travel day, you can hop on and o as many
trains as you like, but please check in advance if a reservation is
recommended or compulsory. Before you board your rst train of
the day, it is extremely important that you write the date in the
Travel Calendar on your ticket. Not doing so is considered the same
as traveling without a ticket, which means you will have to pay for a
full-fare ticket and may also risk having to pay a ne.
Example of activation
Travel Calendar
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How to enter an overnight journey in the Flexi Pass
Travel Calendar and save a travel day
A travel day lasts from midnight to midnight. For all overnight trips,
your Eurail Pass must be valid on the dates of departure and arrival.
However, depending on the departure time of the overnight train,
there is a special Eurail oer that could save you a travel day.
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Because of this demand, booking in advance is strongly
recommended preferably before you arrive in Europe (most trains
can be booked up to three months in advance). Should seats for
pass holders be sold out for a train you want, you will have the
option to purchase a full-fare ticket. However, you can also try a
dierent day or time, or perhaps consider an alternative route. To
nd out if a train requires a reservation, consult your travel agent, a
railway company or the Eurail Rail Planner App. See also point 9 of
the Conditions of Use. Before your trip, you can make reservations
through most travel agents selling Eurail Passes and with several
European railway companies, online and/or over the phone.
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Pass Benets
As a Eurail Pass holder you can take advantage of many other extra
benets such as discounted boat tours, hotel rooms and museum
tickets and much more. These benets can usually be arranged on
the spot. For some benets, particularly with international shipping
lines, advance booking is needed.
When making use of the benets, keep the following points in mind:
Please note that benets are subject to change without prior notice:
before booking or buying a ticket, conrm that the company still
honors the discount.
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Conditions of Use
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4. Countries and companies for which the Eurail Pass is
valid
5. Benets
Benets are price reductions oered to the pass holders. Not all
passes oer the same benets. A benet can only be obtained:
On presentation of an activated pass
Within the overall validity of a pass
Generally only in Europe from the local ticket oce, call-centre
or website of the company oering the benet
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6. Recording Travel Diary details
Before boarding a train, bus, or boat, each journey must be recorded
on the Travel Diary. Please be aware that Travel Diary journey details
are a crucial part of the ticket. Without these details your ticket is
not valid.
Those who travel without having recorded the Travel Diary
journey details are subject to the payment of a full-fare ticket and
a maximum ne of 200 euro, subject to the rules of the relevant
railway undertaking.
Enter the correct date in the next travel day box, which means
that the pass holder loses a (non-refundable) travel day; or
In all other cases, before ticket control, ask a ticket inspector for
advice.
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9. Seat availability, reservations, and surcharges
A Eurail Pass does not guarantee a seat on a train or boat, unless
a separate reservation is secured in advance. Fees for seat
reservations, sleeping accommodation, port taxes, meals, and other
services while on board trains and boats are not included in the
pass.
Pass holders must book and/or pay in advance for the following:
Seat reservation for most high-speed trains (like SNCF TGV,
Thalys, Lyria, Trenitalia Freccia, RENFE AVE). The holder must
pay charges and supplements in advance, in particular, those
levied for seat reservations (sometimes additional services are
included in the reservation fee),
Sleeping accommodation: the use of sleeping accommodation
(couchettes, beds and sleeperettes) for all night trains,
Panoramic coach: some scenic trains have the option to travel in
a special panoramic coach, which requires a reservation.
Meals, which are included in the supplement of some trains,
Other services oered on board trains (telephone, newspapers
etc.)
Special ferry surcharges; Pass holders must book and/or pay the
following in advance:
The use of cabins, berths and reclining seats on ships of the
ferry companies,
Season supplements during the months June to September on
the shipping lines operated by Attica Group (Superfast Ferries
and Blue Star Ferries) or Minoan Lines between Italy and Greece,
Port taxes,
The use of certain boats.
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10. Misuse of a Eurail Pass and conscation
Railway sta are entitled to conscate a pass:
Which is a photocopy or a counterfeit,
That is being used by anyone other than the person to whom it
was issued,
On which the data has been altered (on any of the boxes),
Used outside its period of validity,
Used without a passport or other recognized photographic
identication document (no copies accepted).
11. Luggage
With regard to the transportation of luggage, holders of a Eurail Pass
are subject to the same conditions as holders of normal tickets with
the railway undertaking of the train they travel on.
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13. 1st and 2nd class
A Eurail Pass is valid for travel in the class indicated on the ticket.
1st class passes are also valid in 2nd class carriages. Those wishing
to travel 1st class with a 2nd class pass must pay the full dierence
between 1st and 2nd class fare on the respective route. There is no
refund for 1st class pass holders traveling in 2nd class.
14. Eligibility
Citizens from countries outside the European Union and outside
the countries listed hereafter, or persons ocially residing outside
the European Union and outside the countries listed hereafter,
are eligible to travel with a Eurail Pass: Albania, Andorra, Belarus,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, FYR Macedonia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kosovo,
Liechtenstein, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Norway, Russian
Federation, San Marino, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and
Vatican City.
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In some countries dierent age restrictions may apply for
children traveling on a Eurail One Country Pass.
A Youth Pass can only be used by travelers who are younger
than 26 years of age on the rst day that the pass is valid.
A Saver Pass is valid for everyone in the party (between two and
ve Adults) listed on the Control Voucher, but only when they
are traveling with the Saver Pass in their possession. If people
in the party split up and travel separately, those who are not
carrying the Saver Pass will need to buy a separate train ticket.
Refunds cannot be applied in this instance.
18. Liability
Eurail Group G.I.E. only acts as an intermediary of the European
carriers, and is not liable for operation of the carriers or for damages
or extra costs incurred due to loss of baggage, theft, force majeure,
strikes, cancelled trains or other causes.
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20. Legal provisions
Pass holders are subject to these Conditions of Use and to the
Conditions of Transport of the carrier(s) that they utilize with the
Eurail Pass, as well as to applicable legislation, including Regulation
(CE) 1371/2007 when traveling in EU Member States. If the carriers
involved in the services have implemented the Uniform Rules
concerning the contract for GCC-CIV/PRR, the transport will be also
subject to these rules. Any dispute is subject to the jurisdiction
of the country where the transport was or should have been
performed.
Alison Wright
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Extra lines for your Travel Diary In case you run out of space on your Pass Cover for recording your trips, you can use
these extra lines. Please show them together with your Pass Cover to the Ticket Inspector.
Make sure that these extra pages are also attached if you decide to send in your Pass Cover.
1 1 0 7 0 9 2 2 V I E N N A B U D A P E S T
Day Month Time From To Train Bus Boat Control area x
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Still need more space? Download extra lines for your Travel Diary on www.eurailgroup.org/traveldiary
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Eurail Group G.I.E. Edition 2016
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