rail passes question!

Hi folks

Technically yes, but you have to be able to prove that you're resident outside Europe, but really why not simply take your US passport with you and use that to validate your Eurail pass? If you show a US passport and don't mention the Irish one no-one's going to be any the wiser - 'what they eye doesn't see, the heart doesn't grieve over'.

All of the rail passes I have purchased have had my passport number on them. It is written in by the agency selling the pass. Conductors may request to see your passport to verify that you are the person entitled to the rail pass. Showing an Irish passport would probably result in having your rail pass confiscated.

See more about riding the rails in Europe on my page at http://www.enjoy-europe.com/hte/chap17/rail.htm

John Bermont

The train conductors have no way of knowing which passport you show to immigration. Obviously you will have your US passport with you, since it's a legal requirement to use it when you return to the USA, so the fact that you also have an Irish passport and may have recently shown it to someone else is irrelevant. But in any case, the train conductors don't care. Once you have the pass it's yours.

Do make sure that the Eurailpass is in fact cost-effective for your travel plans. For most people it's not.

Eurail eligibility is based on residency, not citizenship. A citizen of a European country who does not live in Europe should be eligible to use one by presenting additional evidence that he does not live there.

Thanks for the advice, everyone

You must have your real passport with you anyway, because if you are a US citizen (even if you are also a citizen of some other country) holding a US passport it is illegal to enter the US by showing any other passport.

I don't know if anybody above asked the obvious: Why would you want to travel on an Irish passport since you are an American and hold a USA

I cannot vouch for Eurail as I have never used them. I have, however, used German Rail passes which I got with no passport number on them. The first time I used them, they put the passport number on them.

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