Travel in Paris safely & securely by being aware of common scams run on tourists & travelers. This Paris safety & security guide focuses on scams run by pickpockets and thieves in and around Paris Metro (subway), Paris RER, and intercity trains and Paris train stations. If you have a story you’d like to share … Read more
How and where to buy Paris Metro, RER, Train and bus tickets & passes.
TGV Pro train ticket exchange & refund policies are unique. I’ll attempt to explain the conditions of sale for these business class TGV train tickets below. First misconception: Pro tickets are first class train tickets. This is not true. Pro tickets can be bought for seats in either the first class or second class train … Read more
A TGV train from CDG to Disneyland® Paris offers a direct, high-speed train (200mph) connection between CDG Airport Terminal 2 and the Disneyland Paris park gates in less than 12 minutes with ticket prices as little as 15€. Notes: Disneyland Paris 30% sale + kids free. Sale ends March 28, 2013. Already in Paris and … Read more
77€ est le prix d’un billet aller-retour par Eurostar TGV train entre Paris et Londres (Gare du Nord à St. Pancras International/King’s Cross). Comment trouver le moins cher prix pour un billet Eurostar (77€/59£)? Acheter le billet en avance, au moins un mois, sur Eurostar.com. Eviter les weekends qui sont le plus populaire. Utiliser le … Read more
Here I’ll show you how to buy TGV tickets online, without fees, with tickets you can print from home, even from USA and Canada. From the UK? RailEurope.co.uk offers TGV tickets without fees with free home delivery of tickets (and is actually easier to use than TGV-Europe.com). If you’re from the US or European countries … Read more
This rail map from TGV-Europe.com shows high speed train lines in France & Western Europe along with: Cities connecting TGV / Highspeed Rail Lines Countries included are France, Spain, England, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Italy (the Railteam partner countries). The high speed rail networks for each country include: TGV (Trains à Grande Vitesse) serving … Read more
Translation: OFFBEAT A train ticket for the snail. The SNCF will reimburse the 5,10€ charged to a passenger transporting live snails, without tickets, on a TGV train. The ticket checker wanted the snails to pay their fare for the train. (From 20 Minutes)
This is a visual guide to using ticket vending machines found in and around Paris for purchasing train tickets and carnets (books) of tickets for station to station travel (between cities) around the Ile-de-France region, serviced by Transilien, Ter, and RER train networks. For ticket machines selling tickets for the Paris Metro, Bus, Tram and … Read more
This is a step-by-step visual guide to ticket vending machines for the Paris Metro, Bus, Tram and RER. Ï In the above photo we see a Paris Transit Authority ticket vending machine. You’ll often find these machines just beside manned Metro ticket windows. At large Metro stations such as Chatelet Les Halles or Gare de … Read more
A Billet Ile-de-France is a small coupon like train ticket for Paris and surrounding Ile-de-France region priced for the length of the trip, calculated from departure station to arrival station. For example, if you were to buy a train ticket from Charles de Gaulle Airport to Paris, you’d buy a billet Ile-de-France, at a cost … Read more
To purchase £69 round trip Eurostar train tickets from London to Paris (or Paris to London): 1. Go to Eurostar.com and click on the “Eurostar Deals” tab, top right highlighted below. (image updated March 28, 2013). If you end up on the French site, you can switch languages at the top right: Next, on the … Read more
This is a detailed guide of how to buy Eurostar tickets and how to take the Eurostar high speed train from Paris to London. Tickets for the Eurostar start at £69 return and travel time between central Paris (Gare du Nord) to central London (St Pancras/King’s Cross) is 2 hours 15 minutes. Overview Line => … Read more
Tips on buying tickets for TGV trains for Paris, London, France and Europe. Buy online (web sites listed below) Buy early (at most 60 – 180 days before departure) Think about seat placement Vary departure times/days for the best ticket price Choose home delivery for your TGV tickets (if possible) Or pick up your tickets … Read more
The ticket t (mauve color) or ticket t+ (white color) is the current single ticket for use on Paris regional transport methods including: Metro RER (within Zone 1) Tramways, RATP buses Noctilien buses (night bus) Optile buses (Paris suburbs) Cable car of Montmarte (Funiculaire de Montmarte) Ticket t is currently priced at 1,70€ for a … Read more
Train ticket validation for TGV/Grande Ligne trains is required before boarding and can be done with machines that look like this: The grey mouth-like slot near the bottom allows you to insert one end of the ticket (length wise). Use the left end of the ticket, where there is usually a bar code and an … Read more
Validating or punching your train ticket or “billet” [bee-yay] is required when traveling on the Transilien, Ter, and various other Paris regional trains (not Metro) going to other cities in the Ile-de-France region that contains Paris. The machines to validate or “composter” [com-post-ay] the little purple or white Billet Ile-de-France tickets look like this: (Photo … Read more
