Boat and ferry travel is often an overlooked benefit of rail passes. Ship travel is a pleasant and scenic enhancement to rail travel. Travel on ferries and shipping lines is either free or at a reduced fare with many passes. Ferry lines make countries that are not physically contiguous count as being adjacent for the Eurail Select Pass. See specific passes for more details.
- Here are some of the shipping lines that can help with travel through Europe:
- DFDS: Denmark - Great Britain
- Color Line A/S: Denmark - Norway
- Silja Line: Finland - Sweden
- Irish Ferries: France - Ireland
- Stena Line: Great Britain - The Netherlands
- Blue Star Ferries: Greece - Italy
- Hellenic Mediterranean Lines: Greece - Italy
- Superfast Ferries: Greece - Italy
- Transmeditteranea: Spain, Spain - Morocco
- TT Line: Sweden - Germany
