Eurail Passes
Eurail passes are available to people resident outside Europe, and are particularly popular with Americans visiting Europe. If you are from the UK then you need to be looking at the InterRail page rather than this one.
The Eurail Global Pass allows unlimited travel on most trains throughout 21 European countries. Passes are available to people of any age, but those under 26 pay less.
You can find full details of Eurail passes (and many other passes) in the Rail Passes feature which appears in the May edition each year of the European Rail Timetable. The feature also appears in the Summer and Winter Independent Travel Editions.
The European Rail Timetable and Rail Map of Europe are ideal for planning your Eurail trip, and for taking with you to plan as you go.
Global Pass
Travel in 22 countries
There are seven different periods of validity to choose from. Two are flexi passes where you write the dates you want to use it on the pass. The other five are continuous passes which are valid for a certain number of continuous days:
10 days within 2 months.
15 days within 2 months.
15 days continuous.
21 days continuous.
1 month, 2 months or 3 months continuous.
Passes are available in adult first class and youth (under 26) second class versions.
Select/Regional/One Country
Choose your countries
There is a whole range of other Eurail passes valid in a single country, in two adjacent countries, or in three to five countries linked by services covered by the pass. The feature in the European Rail Timetable (above) gives more details.
More information
Supplements are payable on certain types of high-speed train and other globally priced trains. The feature in the European Rail Timetable (see above) gives more details. There are also dicounts on many ferry services and some buses.
You can buy passes from agents or through the official Eurail website.