Before, during, and after your journey, connect with other students to exchange questions, travel tips, and experiences about your trip or your exchange period. You’ll never feel alone on the way and during your stay!
Turn your train journey into the first chapter of your Erasmus adventure. Instead of travelling solo, enjoy great conversations, laughter, and new friendships that start even before you arrive.
Whenever possible, take advantage of special train group offers and travel together for less. Sustainable travel gets even better when it’s social and affordable.
By choosing trains and sharing the ride, you reduce your carbon footprint and make your journey part of a more sustainable Europe.
"I’d say that thanks to Go2RAIL I started and finished my Erasmus in the best way ever. On the very first day, I met the group of people who stayed with me throughout my entire Erasmus, and it felt only right to leave Paris all together."
"A trip inside my trip! The perfect way to begin my international experience."
"It’s the best way to travel without spending too much, be sustainable, meet new people and have long chats."
"A greener, funnier and cheaper alternative to what would otherwise be a solo trip :)"
"It’s a unique experience because you travel in a group, so you have the opportunity to meet new people."
"Beautiful experience to meet new friends and enjoy the time together."
"Go2RAIL: Friends and sustainability on the way."
Don't wait any longer! Fill out the form at the top of this page with just a few clicks and kickstart your upcoming trip together with other students.
Check your email — a welcome message from Go2RAIL is on the way! It includes a link to the Go2RAIL Bot on Telegram. And hey, don’t forget to peek in your spam folder just in case.
Let the Go2RAIL Bot help you connect with the other students travelling on your same route. Don’t worry — it only takes a couple of clicks!
Meet and chat with fellow students travelling on your same route — and start planning an unforgettable trip by train together!
Yes! Go2RAIL is open to all students. Even though the wording sometimes mentions “exchange students,” full-degree students can use Go2RAIL’s grouping technology just as effectively. Simply select the same country as both your departure and arrival country (or any other relevant countries), and then enter your cities when requested by the Go2RAIL bot. The grouping technology will match you with others traveling on the same route.
We apologize for the inconvenience. Please use this link to suggest the missing email ending. Once we receive your request, we will add your institutional email domain as soon as possible.
Yes, Go2RAIL is exclusively for students, meaning it's designed to bring students together for travel. To ensure this, participation requires an active student institutional email address.
In the form, I’m asked to fill in only my ‘Country of Departure’ and ‘Country of Arrival.’ When will I be asked to enter the specific departure and arrival cities?
The Go2RAIL Bot (a.k.a. Go2RAIL's grouping technology) assists students traveling on the same European route in getting in contact with one another.
Once you fill out the form at the top of the Go2RAIL homepage, you'll get a welcome email with a temporary link to the Go2RAIL Bot. Just click on it, follow two quick and easy verification steps, and let the bot help you connect with your next travel buddies.
The Go2RAIL Bot has got you covered! As soon as there are other students travelling on your same route and destination, the bot will group you together so you can start sharing tips and info about the trip and your exchange period.
The Go2RAIL Bot will initially group you together with all the students traveling your same route and destination, but at the same time, it will keep track of the preferred date of each student. As soon as there are more students with the same preference, a subchat (i.e., "Topic") will be prompted to facilitate the conversation with the travel buddies travelling on the same date.
No, you are supposed to fill out the form on the Go2RAIL homepage again but with reverted "Country of Departure" and "Country of Arrival." In this way, you will make sure to better align with students with similar travel plans.
No, neither party will see another's phone number unless this is permitted by your Telegram privacy settings. Additional information can be found here.
Yes, you can leave a Telegram group at any time after being sorted in. You can also request the deletion of your data by sending an email to Go2RAIL at info@go2rail.eu.
In the near future, Go2RAIL will reward students traveling by train with useful PROMOCODEs relevant to students’ daily lives (e.g., grocery stores, Decathlon, Flixbus) and/or gift cards for additional products or services (e.g., Spotify, train tickets). We're gathering your preferences now to get the best deals with partners that match what students really need.
As a team of friends who have traveled across Europe and the world to complete our studies, we acknowledge that we've taken too many flights. This is something we aim to change, and Go2RAIL is our way of doing it!
Go2RAIL is a non-profit startup dedicated to connecting students across Europe, enabling them to travel together on more engaging, informative, and potentially safer journeys, especially by night trains. In line with our goal of making international students' train travel more affordable, we are committed (see Go2RAIL Statute) to reinvesting the accumulated annual profits to continually reduce train ticket prices through dedicated gift cards.
Barcelona
I’m currently working as a Product Analyst at Flix, and I’m deeply passionate about mobility, sustainability, and behavioral change. I'm an Erasmus Mundus alumnus and a former re-elected program representative for the EMJMD in WOP Psychology.
Munich
I'm currently working as a Full-Stack Engineer at Flix and I'm an alumnus of the Bachelor's program in Computer Engineering at the University of Bologna.
Abu Dhabi
I’m currently working as Investment Professional in Digital Infrastructure at Mubadala and I'm an alumnus of the Master's program in Finance at the Bocconi University.
Leuven
I’m currently working at KU Leuven as Policy Advisor for International Policy and for Sustainability, through the "Green Erasmus" project. Besides I’m Board Member at IROICA (i.e., European Network of International Relations Officers), were I now hold the position of Sustainability Officer, after being 7 years President.
Brussels
I'm passionate about youth engagement, higher education, and sustainability, with hands-on experience in EU-funded projects. I'm an alumnus of the Master’s program in International Relations and Diplomatic Affairs at the University of Bologna.
Munich
I am currently working as a Cloud Engineer at STACKIT and I'm an alumnus of the Master's program in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi.
Barcelona
I'm currently working as a software engineer at Flix and I'm an alumnus of the Master's program in Innovation and Research in Informatics at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
Bologna
I'm currently working as Sustainability and Climate Change Consultant at EY (Ernst & Young) and I'm an alumnus of the Master's program in Earth Resources Engineering, Climate Change Adaptation - Climate Innovation Leadership (Climate KIC).
Bologna
I’m currently working as Backend Software Engineer at DMA - CX Company for B2B and I'm alumnus of the Master's program in Informatic Engineering at the University of Bologna
Bologna
I’m currently working as back-end developer at Musixmatch and I'm an alumnus of the Master's program in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Bologna.
Paris
I’m currently working as a PhD fellow in Logistics and Optimizations at Université Gustave Eiffel and I'm an alumnus of the Master's program in Management Engineering at the University of Bologna.