Interrail Validity

[iknowyeah]

Hello, i currently work for a TOC so this isn't relevant yet, but I'm planning on handing my notice in and moving to Europe.

Once my FIP has expired I'll be using Interrail, and if my country of residence is still UK before I move it to CH i just wonder how exactly this works. You get one inward and outward journey using Interrail on your home network. If you buy a 3 month unlimited pass is this valid for every trip to and from London for the Eurostar within the validity period, or just one journey and then you have to pay?

I hope this question makes sense

 

[Mainline421]

You can travel in your country of residence on two days within the validity of the ticket, this means any train that crosses the border so includes Eurostar to/from London if you live in the UK.

 

[iknowyeah]

You can travel in your country of residence on two days within the validity of the ticket, this means any train that crosses the border so includes Eurostar to/from London if you live in the UK.

Oh so its only one Eurostar trip too? Reading it back it's clearer so I'll have to register my address as CH before I buy this pass, I'm sure buying this then a SwissPass halbtax will work out much cheaper

 

[rvdborgt]

Oh so its only one Eurostar trip too?

Basically as many trains as you want in/to/from your country of residence on 2 of your travel days. So if you'd like to use Interrail to travel around the UK, then you'll need some government-issued proof that you live in another country.

 

[Watershed]

So if you'd like to use Interrail to travel around the UK, then you'll need some government-issued proof that you live in another country.

I have never been asked for proof of residence whilst using Interrail, regardless of the country I was in. Within Britain, I have only been asked for ID on a handful of occasions and on each occasion a quick glance was sufficient for them.

 

[rvdborgt]

I have never been asked for proof of residence whilst using Interrail, regardless of the country I was in.

I've also never been, but I did read a few stories. The only place where that could really happen is in the country of your passport, when you don't actually live there. But then probably only after having your passport checked and when the guard happens to notice that you're doing a lot of journeys there.

 

[Lemmy99uk]

I have never been asked for proof of residence whilst using Interrail, regardless of the country I was in. Within Britain, I have only been asked for ID on a handful of occasions and on each occasion a quick glance was sufficient for them.

I was asked to show my passport in Luxembourg 3 weeks ago whilst travelling on a mobile passport.

 

[DeverseSam]

Oh so its only one Eurostar trip too? Reading it back it's clearer so I'll have to register my address as CH before I buy this pass, I'm sure buying this then a SwissPass halbtax will work out much cheaper

Using Interrail, Swiss guards will ask for a passport and expect that to match your country of residence.

Anything else is going to complicate matters although in theory you could use a Swiss residence permit to travel in the UK, using Switzerland as country of residence

 

[mad_rich]

I was asked to show my passport in Luxembourg 3 weeks ago whilst travelling on a mobile passport.

Most of the time when they ask for your passport, what they’re really asking for is your ID - to make sure you’re the person named on the pass.

This ID will be whatever ID you used when you set up the pass. Which for many is their passport.

 

[rvdborgt]

Using Interrail, Swiss guards will ask for a passport and expect that to match your country of residence.

Anything else is going to complicate matters although in theory you could use a Swiss residence permit to travel in the UK, using Switzerland as country of residence

Not just in theory, that's exactly how it's supposed to work. Although I've never had to show my Belgian residency card. Not even in the Netherlands or in Switzerland.