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Interesting, my QR code and the QR code of my travel companion both did not work in Barcelona. After a few tries, a gate line assistent let us through.

Yes, indeed. Just to reassure anyone else reading this, I used this service with Interrail a few weeks ago and it wasn’t any problem at all. The only difficulty is passing the gate line, but eventually I was let through.

I just wanted to post exactly the same problem. It’s not every time but about every 3-4 pages I want to visit. In case it’s relevant I also try to access the site from the Netherlands, but I use Safari on iPhone.

The Rodalies trains are bad indeed, but there are also MD trains between Portbou and Barcelona which use way more comfortable stock and stop a lot less. I would advise to use the MD trains if possible. I believe they sort of alternate Rodalies and MD trains (both once every 2 hours).

The night train to Perpignan and Cerbère is back, so you could use that and connect in Cerbère for a Rodalies train to Barcelona. Cerbère is very small and I found the station a bit dodgy but it is staffed all day and the village seemed nice from a distance

I would advise buying a SailRail ticket from Stena line. This only costs €59 if I remember correctly and includes both the ferry and train from Harwich to London. You need to pay for the berths on the ferry separately but this is nearly always a lot cheaper than paying for the train separately...

My experience last month was that I could book AVEs via the Interrail portal, but reservations for the Avant services were impossible to obtain online. I booked those at a ticket office. If I remember correctly, Intercity trains are treated similarly to Avant and MD trains which means booking...

Yes, I booked through my DB account, but the website gives an error immediately after pressing the button for searching new connections. 1709492763 An update: the panorama car was present and a paper reservation card was at my seat saying it was reserved from Basel SBB to Köln Messe/Deutz, so my...

I hope this will be similar for me, but I’m curious what will be shown on the reservation display. A station that won’t be served or whether it will be replaced by Messe-Deutz. I will report back how it will go, I certainly look forward to the panoramic car so I hope it won’t be missing...

Thanks all for replying! My EC seats are shown as not available, but so are all face to face seats in first class, so I’m not sure if someone else has now taken it or that my reservation still exists although the train does not call at the station until which I have reserved. Yes, I was...

I reserved EC 8 from Basel to Cologne on the 3rd of March and a connecting ICE from Cologne to Arnhem a few months ago, but last week, DB sent me a mail that my connection was no longer available. Doing some research with the planner it seems that EC 8 does not stop at Köln Hbf anymore and...

All metros in Rotterdam are operated by RET, so no worries there. The trains you could use are all operated by NS, so also no need to worry about that. Only remember to check out and check in again when changing from metro to train (if also using the credit card for travel with NS). Using credit...

Just to help less knowledgeable people seeing the thread title: NS has practically nothing to do with this route, it’s a freight only line which is only sometimes used for diverted ICE trains. The works don’t happen in the Netherlands, so it means the Betuweroute is open but cannot be reached...

This isn't a proper delay repay scheme as it explicitly says it's completely discretionary and no firm criteria are given.

NS (Dutch railways) and most regional operators pay out 50% of a single fare for delays of 30 minutes or more and 100% for delays of 60 minutes or more. I believe one regional operator also pays out for 15-29 minute delays like in the UK. The big downside to the Dutch setup is that there is no...