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
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
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
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 or Europe? Voyages SNCF offers TGV tickets without fees with free home delivery of tickets. If you’re from the US, TGV-Europe.com offers online TGV ticket buying without fees … 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
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
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
