Taking an overnight train with couchettes can be great fun and the most time-effective way to travel, in effect faster than flying. Sleep your way to the south of France in a comfy couchette, from Paris to Narbonne, Perpignan, Toulouse, Rodez, Briancon or Latour de Carol for as little as Ђ35 each way booked at or Although these trains only have 6-berth 2nd class or 4-berth 1st class couchettes, you can book sole or dual occupancy of a couchette compartment as explained here.
These are easy to use, in plain English, international cards accepted and they sell tickets for other European operators too, not just for French Railways. Both these sites charge a small booking fee. To understand the different types of train such as TGV, TER & Intercitй, see the What are French trains like? section. As well as regular trains including TGV high-speed trains, French Railways have set up a subsidiary company called Ouigo to run special cheap Ouigo-branded TGVs between Paris and Bordeaux, Lyon, Aix, Avignon, Marseille, Nimes, Montpelier, Cannes & Nice. These can only be booked at the Ouigo website www.
On other TGVs, you'll need to place you bike in a zip-up 'bike bag' & they then travel free. For more information, see the bicycles by train page. Dogs & pets: Dogs can be taken on all French trains, sometimes free, sometimes for a small fee. For more information, see the dogs & pets page. Can I book a seat facing direction of travel? Only on some routes, and then only if you book through the right website! You can book a seat facing the direction of travel on a handful of TGV routes where the trains have been equipped with a special seat numbering system. On these trains, each seat has two possible numbers and the relevant one lights up depending on the direction of the train. Routes equipped with this system where you can choose a seat facing direction of travel include TGV-Atlantique Paris-Brittany, Paris-Bordeaux/Biarritz/Lourdes/Spanish border and most TGV-Est trains Paris-Reims-Nancy-Strasbourg, Paris-Luxembourg and also the Paris-Italy TGVs Paris-Turin-Milan. Choosing a facing seat is not possible on TGV Duplex, or on routes such as Lille-Lyon-Avignon/Marseille/Bordeaux/Montpelier, Paris-Avignon-Marseille-Nice, Paris-Lyon, Paris-Nimes-Montpelier.
This includes all TER (Trains Express Rйgionaux), Paris suburban trains, and all other local trains. For example, Lyon-Grenoble or Dijon-Lyon by TER, Cannes-Nice-Monte Carlo by half-hourly local train, Paris to Versailles or CDG airport by RER. No reservation is necessary or even possible, the train can never sell out, and the fare is fixed so there's no price advantage in pre-booking. Simply buy a ticket at the station ticket office or from the self-service machines, validate it (composter) in the little yellow machines on the platform, hop on the next train and sit where you like. Intercitйs, probably.
Formerly Captaintrain. com until bought by Trainline tickets worldwide, a private company based in the UK. 3% Only sells journeys that can be self-printed or collected at station, which is most of them. www. omio. com, formerly GoEuro. com Private company, based in Berlin. Ђ2-Ђ4 No. www. saveatrain. com Private company, based in Israel. Type = offers basic choice of aisle, window, table-for-four or (in 1st class) a table-for-two or solo seat. Facing = offers option to request a seat facing direction of travel, only on those few TGV routes where this is possible, see the explanation below. Deck = offers choice of upper or lower deck on a double-decker TGV Duplex, I recommend top deck for the best views.
le-train-bleu. com, just email them to book a table. You can also use their bar section to wait for your train while you have a coffee or beer, far better than waiting for your train at one of the draughty cafe tables downstairs on the concourse! Luggage on trains: There are no baggage fees or weight limits, and you don't check your bags in, you simply take them with you onto the train, placing them on the racks at the end of each car, or above your head. More information about luggage on trains.
However, feel free to bring your own food and drink (even a bottle of wine, if you like) onto the train, there's no rules against that on the rails! A meal at the Gare de Lyon? If you're passing through Paris via the Gare de Lyon, consider dining at the famous Train Bleu restaurant inside the station. It was originally the Gare de Lyon's grand buffet, opened in 1903 and decorated in a sumptuous art nouveau style. It's not the cheapest restaurant around, as the set menu costs around 48 euros, but the food is superb and the surroundings are perhaps the most spectacular you will ever eat a meal in. It's an experience in itself, and well worth it! The restaurant's website is www.
ouigo. com or at www. com or www. com. Ouigo is a budget airline on rails, with check-ins, luggage restrictions, no first class, no catering, and on some routes an out-of town Paris station. SNCF's previous attempt at budget TGVs, iDTGV, has been discontinued. See the Ouigo page for more information. Maps of the French rail network... Map of the French railway network (please let me know if the link stops working) Advice on finding other European rail network maps Do you need to buy in advance? TER regional, local & suburban trains, no.
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For local journeys such as Paris-Versailles or Nice-Cannes, you just turn up, buy a ticket and hop on, no reservation necessary. You can buy tickets from the multi-lingual self-service machines at main stations. Just touch the UK flag for English. The machines only accept Chip and PIN cards, so if you don't have one of those, you'll need to go to the ticket office instead. For long-distance trains including all Intercitйs & Intercitйs de Nuit overnight trains, reservation is compulsory, but there are usually seats available even on the day of travel and you can buy a ticket immediately before the train departs. But there are much cheaper fares if you pre-book.
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