Interrail reservations are now LIVE on Railfinder!
Our number one question since the start, and now we can finally say: YES, you can use Railfinder when you’re traveling with Interrail.
It’s the same search that finds good routes for any long trip across Europe, and when booking with Interrail we now automatically combine all the reservations needed for your trip, whether they are normal seat only, a supplement/pass fare, or if the train has open seating.
FINALLY might be in order :)
Today I booked my first Interrail seat reservation using @stefanlindbohm's excellent Railfinder!
Smooth experience overall, I would highly recommend it as soon as it gets out of beta!
Also the wording here is quite unexpected. The first screenshot says “Explore Hamburg”, but between 00:30 and 09:30 it’s not so nice.
In the 2nd screenshot it does actually say that you need to spend the night in Hamburg which is much better/clearer IMHO.
Maybe because in the first case, the trains arrive after midnight so it’s still the same day?
My parents are planning to visit this summer, I hope to convince them to come by train with Railfinder :)
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@stefanlindbohm Light feedback on Railfinder:
First of all, it found the exact trip I carefully planned manually for Stockholm-Bourg St Maurice. Congrats, happy to see it! I spent quite some time finding the perfect itinerary and Railfinder found it in 10 seconds. 😄
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Police checking everyone’s ID at Padborg on northbound EC from Hamburg to Copenhagen.
The train is already delayed and it looks like the police can’t bother checking passports on a running train, so we’re even more delayed now.
At least no racial profiling as far as I could see.
Typical #CrossBorderRail moment: DB informs me that I will be delayed in Hamburg; but the onboard screen doesn’t show any delays at all after the Danish border.
*Insert mandatory data sharing between railway companies speech from @jon here*
In other news, this is also my first time on one of the Talgo train sets used on Copenhagen-Hamburg. First impression is that the seats are a little hard, not fun for a 4.5h journey.
15/01/2025
Last day, tiredness etc. We went for a shorter tour in the same direction as usual towards Le Grand Fourchon. Southern approach to avoid long exposure in avalanche terrain. Then descent via the northern slope, it had some recent tracks and seemed relatively safe.
Excellent snow above ~2000m, then we were back on the slopes anyway.
10.5km
800m ascent
We were bored so our little drink got a photoshoot somehow.
14/01/2025
We were pretty tired so went for a #skitour close to the resort with short approach (better than the prev. day). Lunch at the Méraloup hut (visible in the 2nd picture), superb viewing spot.
Forest climb all the way from 1500m to ~2400m, always nice to have some trees around! Our goal was to reach "Le Gros Crey" but we started late and had to stop a bit before that.
Snow was excellent above 2000m, crusty above 1800 and frozen/shit below that.
850m ascent
11km
13/01/2025
Long approach until the Terre Rouge hut, then steep climbing to the Lac des Culées. We wanted to get as close as possible to Roche Noire while avoiding avalanche slopes due to a strong avalanche risk (4/5).
Magnificent views, my legs were dead but totally worth it. Excellent snow above 2100m, then crusty.
18km
1000m ascent
Stefan Lindbohm