Eurail is now Interrail: What to know

Eurail became Interrail on 9 September 2026, bringing all travellers together under one brand for the first time.

Here’s what you need to know about the change:

What does the Eurail name change mean for travellers? 

On 9 September 2026, the Eurail Pass and the Interrail Pass became one product: the Interrail Pass. Every traveller now gets the same Pass, wherever they live.

Your Pass, the rail network and how you travel stay the same. Only the name is different for travellers from outside Europe.

Is my Eurail Pass still valid?

If you bought a Eurail Pass before the change, you don’t need to do anything. Mobile and paper Passes already issued as Eurail Passes will still show the Eurail name and remain valid for travel.  

Why have Eurail and Interrail become one brand? 

Two names have long described the same thing: one Pass, one rail network and the same kind of travel experience. Bringing them together under Interrail makes it simpler for travellers everywhere to find and recognise the Pass. Every Passholder is now part of one community, regardless of the country they 're travelling from.

Interrail and Eurail’s shared story started in 1959, when railways across post-war Europe came together to create the Eurail Pass, making it easier for non-Europeans to cross the continent’s borders by train. In 1972, the Interrail Pass was introduced for Europeans.

With both Passes, there was no fixed route. No fixed destinations. The journey itself was the point.

Eurail and Interrail: one shared journey

For decades, travellers visiting from outside Europe have explored the continent with a Eurail Pass, while Europeans have travelled with an Interrail Pass. Everyone’s journey looks different: a solo traveller might take the train across Norway, camping near stations along the way, while another might city-hop with their family from Utrecht to Hamburg to Copenhagen and beyond.

But more often than not, Interrail and Eurail travellers return home with remarkably similar stories. They make new friends, ask questions, try unfamiliar foods, pick up words in new languages and sometimes even fall in love. We call this The Interrail Effect. It's the idea that the deeper you travel through Europe, the more the journey changes you.

It’s fitting, then, that since 9 September, travellers from around the world have been able to explore Europe by train with a single Pass.

"We believe no two people who have shared a journey can ever be strangers," said Özlem Birkalan, Chief Brand and Commercial Officer at Interrail. "Eurail and Interrail travellers have always shared the same trains, the same routes and the same stories. Now they are part of the same community, using the same Pass."