Which countries can I visit?

Modified on Fri, 09 Jun 2023 at 10:55 AM

The Interrail France Germany Pass allows participants to travel exclusively within France and Germany, depending on their country of residence. As a French resident, you can travel in Germany, but not in France. Vice-versa, if you are a German resident, you can only travel in France. It is important to note that only trains operating within the boundaries of Germany and France are eligible for travel with this pass. Travel via neighbouring countries, like Belgium for instance, is not permitted under this pass.

Please note that you cannot use the Interrail France Germany Pass for travel in your own country of residence. However, travel to or from your country of residence is also included during one outbound journey and one inbound journey that occur during travel days at any point in your trip (outbound and inbound journeys are not extra travel days, therefore you will have to use one of your 7 travel days to leave your country and one to return to your country of residence).

The list below includes the possible routes to travel from France to Germany and from Germany to France.

High speed trains ICE & TGV	Local trains
Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Saarbrücken – Paris Est 4 direct trains per day. ICE & TGV €19 per seat	Saarbrücken – Forbach (– Metz) Every hour on weekdays, less frequent during weekends. Some trains continue to Metz. Regional train (RE) No reservation
Frankfurt am Main – Mannheim – Strasbourg – Paris Est 2 direct trains per day. ICE & TGV €19 per seat	Riegelsberg – Saarbrücken – Sarreguemines Every 30 minutes Light Rail/Tram No reservation
Munich – Stuttgart - Strasbourg – Paris Est 1 direct train per day. TGV €19 per seat	Wissembourg – Winden – Neustadt (Weinstraße) Every hour Regional train (RB / RE) No reservation
Stuttgart – Karlsruhe – Strasbourg – Paris Est 5 direct trains per day. ICE & TGV €19 per seat	Wörth – Lauterbourg – Strasbourg Every hour until Lauterbourg, every two hours onwards to Strasbourg Regional train (RB) No reservation
Marseille - Aix - Avignon - Lyon - Macon - Chalon - Strasbourg - Baden Baden - Karlsruhe - Mannheim - Frankfurt 1 train per day. TGV 19€ per seat	Offenburg – Appenweier – Kehl – Strasbourg Roughly every hour Regional train (RB) No reservation
Frankfurt am Main - Mannheim - Strasbourg - Lyon Avignon - Marseille One direct train per day. TGV 19 € per seat	(Freiburg (Breisgau) – Müllheim (Baden) – Mulhouse Every two hours Regional train (RB) No reservation
Freiburg (Breisgau) – Strasbourg – Paris Est 1 direct train per day. Some days 2 direct trains. TGV €19 per seat
Freiburg (Breisgau) – Strasbourg – Paris CDG – Poitiers – Bordeaux 1 direct train per week, Saturdays, seasonal traffic (July and August) TGV €19 per seat
Frankfurt am Main – Strasbourg – Paris CDG – Poitiers – Bordeaux 1 direct train per week, Saturdays, seasonal traffic (mid May to end of August) TGV €19 per seat