Conditions of use of your InterRail Pass

The InterRail Pass enables you to free train travel in one or more countries during a certain period of validity, depending on the Pass you select. You can choose from InterRail Passes with a continuous validity (for example 22 days non-stop) or Passes with a flexible validity (for example 10 travel days within 22 days).

Valid in which countries?

An InterRail Global Pass is valid in all 30 InterRail countries, except in your own country of residence. In your own country, you can buy a ticket to the border or airport with a high discount.

An InterRail One Country Pass is valid in one country of your choice, but not in your own country. Note that not all countries participating in the Global Pass offer a One Country Pass.

If you take a train that crosses a country where your InterRail Pass is not valid, you should buy a separate ticket from border to border to cover that part of the trip.

Who can buy an InterRail Pass?

You can buy an InterRail Pass if your country of residence for at least 6 months has been:

• one of the Inter Rail community members:
  Austria, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Former Yugoslavian Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom;
• one of the other European countries:
  Aland Islands, Albania, Andorra, Belarus, Cyprus, Estonia, Faeroer Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Iceland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Russia, San Marino, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Ukraine, Vatican.

Train staff will check your residency in your travel document, so make sure that you bring the right identification documents. People from non-European countries can buy a Eurail Pass for train travel in Europe.

Which Pass for which age?

Anyone can buy an InterRail Pass. There are several price levels depending upon your age and the preferred class:

• Customers aged 26 and older on the first day of travel can buy an Adult Pass, valid in 1st or 2nd class;
• Customers aged 12 up to and including 25 years old can buy a discounted  Youth Pass, which is only valid for 2nd class train travel;
• Customers aged 4 up to 12 years old get a Child discount of 50% on the fare of an Adult Pass, 1st or 2nd class;
• Children aged 0 up to and including 3 travel for free (they may not have their own seat).

Other Conditions

The InterRail Pass can be bought up to three months before the beginning of its validity.

The InterRail Pass is personal and non-transferable: it can be used by the bearer only and no one else.

When using the InterRail Pass, you may be asked to show your identity card, passport or residence permit. This is to prove your date of birth and country of residence. The controller will  check that the information written on your Pass (e.g your name, passport/identity card number, country of residence etc…) matches those details given on your piece of identity.

If your InterRail Pass gets lost or stolen, it cannot be re-issued or refunded. A refund may only be obtained if the pass is returned before the first date of validity.

When can you travel?

You can start your first rail trip anytime after 00.00 hours on the first day your Pass is valid. You must finish your last trip by midnight (24.00 hours) on the last day of validity. You can make as many rail trips as you want on the days your Pass is valid.

Flexi Pass?
Do you have a 5- or 10-day flexible (Flexi) InterRail Global Pass? Then you can travel on 5 or 10 separate days of your choice, anytime between midnight of one day to the next, within the Pass’s period of validity.

Travelling overnight?
A travel day normally lasts from midnight to midnight. Is your first trip of the day a direct overnight train departing after 19.00 hours? Then you can fill in the next day's date on the calendar of your InterRail Pass. This is known as the '7 pm rule'. Please note: travel cannot begin before 00h01 on the first day of the overall validity period of the Pass. If your first travel day is for example Wednesday 6 August, you cannot use the '7 pm rule' on Tuesday the 5th yet.

If you use an overnight ferry covered by the InterRail Pass, you may enter either the date of departure or arrival.

Fill in the Travel Calendar!

When travelling with a flexi Pass (like a 5- or 10-day Global Pass) it is important that you record the date of each journey in the Travel Calendar (printed on the Pass). You must write in ink and you should fill it in before boarding the train. Not doing so is the same as travelling without a ticket, which means you risk a large fine. The month should be written below the day, see the example Pass.

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Be very careful filling in the date. If you make a mistake you cannot correct it, as this could be interpreted as fraud. If you make a mistake you will have to enter the correct date in the next travel day box and consequently lose a travel day.

Travel Report and survey

In the ticket cover of the InterRail Global Pass you will find a fold-out Travel Report and survey. You are required to fill in the details of each journey you take on the Travel Report, including city of departure and arrival. Please keep it up to date! Ticket inspectors may ask to see this document during your travels. When you return the Travel Report after your trip, we wills end you a free InterRail Souvenir!

For holders of an InterRail Pass with flexible validity, the use of a free travel bonus can only occur on a day of which the date has been filled in into the calendar. Please note that the use of a reduction does not require the use of a travel day of a ‘flexi’ pass.