France Railways: timetable, route map, fares and information

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03/17/2011 Railways in France: timetable, train fares and route map
France Railways - TGV is one of the best in the world, trains of TGV - are high-speed, comfortable and safe.
TGV connects more than 230 cities in France. Railway stations, served by the TGV - are located downtown, this distinct advantage of rail transport to the aircraft. Total, in France are 400 trains, which make 650 daily flights at an average speed of 300 km per hour.

TGV website offers the following pricing for rail service in France in the second class carriages provided booking:

Lille-Bordeaux -from 22 Euro.

Paris-La Rochelle -from 22 Euro.

Airport Charles de Gaulle Paris - Lyon- 22 Euro.

Lille-Paris -from 17 Euro.

When you order and pay for tickets on the Internet, there are three options they received:

1.When the presentation of armor with a code book in hand in France (any booking office, not necessarily the station, from where you are going);

2.In the machine;

3.On mail -to your home address.

When you select option 1 is best printed book (she comes to you via e-mail) as a whole, including booking code - cashiers explain what you want from them is very difficult, but in English they do not say. Upon receipt of tickets required to carry a card, you pay for tickets when you order.

BOOKING TICKETS AND TIMETABLE OF TRAINS:

High-speed train TGV:

http://www.tgv.com/

http://www.tgvesteuropeen.com/

http://www.idtgv.com/fr/index.php

http://www.sncf.fr/

http://www.voyages-sncf.com/leisure/fr/launch/home/

http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/d

Regional trains TER:

http://www.ter-sncf.com/index.asp

Regional trains Transilien:

http://www.transilien.com/web/site

http://idf.sncf.com/web/site/

High speed train Eurostar (London - Paris, Brussels):

http://www.eurostar.com/dynamic/index.jsp

High-speed train TGV Lyria (France - Switzerland):

http://www.tgv-lyria.fr/

http://www.tgv-lyria.com

High speed trains Thalys (France - Belgium - Netherlands, Germany):

http://www.thalys.com/

High speed trains Artesia (France - Italy):

http://www.artesia.eu/

High speed trains Elypsos (France - Spain):

http://www.elipsos.com/

Travel tickets travel to France - InterRail One Country Pass:

http://www.interrailnet.com/one_country_pass_france

http://www.europeanrailguide.com/railpasses/index.html

In the days of French railways are divided into white, blue and red.

Blue days - from noon Monday until noon Friday and from noon Saturday to 15.00 Sunday, which provide the greatest discounts.

White Days - from noon Friday to noon on Saturday and Sunday from 15.00 until noon on Monday, discounts half.

About twenty days a year are considered red when the discounts do not give a (Christmas and other holidays).

Ticket offices at railway stations, tend to fall on cash and cash daily on trains that depart in a short time. At ticket offices accept payment cards. Check tickets on the spot! If you find a bug in the ticket directly at the counter, the clerk will renew it for free, if you moved away - the same procedure will cost 2 euros.

Tickets are sold and through the ticket machines, but the machine only accepts payments by card. Buying tickets is easy: choose the language of communication with the device, where from and where you need a train, the date and time of departure, class of car, how many people, and if they have any benefit or discount card (for each person to indicate whether benefits). Tickets purchased from the machine, it is worth as much, or bought at the box office. Vending machines are bad just by selling tickets to clear the date and exact time of departure, if you need a ticket with an open date or time, you have to go to the ticket office and buy a ticket there.

Tickets must be validated. Punched all the tickets, but tickets for high-speed trains, which clearly indicated your train, the time of his departure, and your place.

Tickets are checked! If you are going to e-ticket, then the inspector considers the barcode on your ticket and may request proof of identity or produce a card, that you paid for this ticket. To exit the train, you need at the site click on the door or the side, but only when the train stopped.

At the end of the car are trash and toilet, on the light board shows it is busy or not.

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In Lille launched the art train

During the summer, tourists coming to Lille, can make a trip to the Louvre-Lens - the so-called "second Louvre", one of the largest museums in France. Convenient and fast shuttle will depart daily from the tourist office in Lille on Saturday.

Louvre-Lens was opened in 2012 and boasts an impressive collection of works of art. In its halls are constantly exhibited masterpieces of the Louvre in Paris exposition, as well as temporary exhibitions of famous paintings and sculptures. The museum is located in a vast landscape park, which is pleasant to walk in the summer, according to GSS. corr. Travel.ru.

The shuttle will make an extra stop in the center of the Lance, so that everyone could walk around the city. Moving time: from June 28 to August 30. Ticket for the shuttle will cost 29 euros.

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France: Eurostar connects London and Marseille

Starting next year, Eurostar will start operating on the route London - Marseille on a permanent basis.

Last year, Eurostar has launched a trial route London - Lille - Lyon in the summer months. As the spokesman said in an interview with Eurostar Vusiness Traveller: «Due to the popularity and demand for the test route in Lyon and Provence in the summer of 2013, the company decided to launch a year-round permanent route in 2015."

Tickets for the new train will appear at the end of this year, and the first train will come to a permanent route in the spring of 2015.

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France: Eurostar storms Alps

Train tickets Eurostar, which will operate on the route from London to the French Alps, go on sale from August 1, according to The Telegraf.

Weekly train London - Bourg-Saint-Maurice will run from December 19 until April 11. The cost of a round trip ticket starts from 149 pounds. The train will depart from the station to San Pancras on Friday at 19:39 and arrive at the final station at 6:32 am.

Tickets for the train in the Swiss Alps: London - Geneva will go on sale in October

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By the end of 2015, from London to Paris can be reached by rail in two hours

The company presented its new Eurostar high-speed train, designed to reduce the journey time from London to Paris for 15 minutes, that is up to 2 hours.

New trains built by Siemens and accommodates 900 passengers, will run at a speed of 322 km / h, while the current speed only develop up to 300 km / h. Total route will operate 17 new compositions.

In May 2015 Eurostar will also launch flights from London to Provence with stops in Lyon, Avignon and Marseille, and in 2016 - to Amsterdam with stops in Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol.

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Railways France

Railway transport in France is the most economical and versatile way to move around the country. Network w / d paths connects both large and small cities and villages. Travel by train is faster and nicer than the bus.

Railroads in France - it's a great option for travelers who do not like to fly airplanes and prefer a comfortable ride. Trains in the country in time give way to air travel, also cost quite expensive. Railway transport in France is a reliable and varied. Most used vehicles are produced by national manufacturers.
Which trains are used

If desired, the passenger can get anywhere in the country using the train. There are high-speed, night, local, and other compounds. From Russia to France can be reached by train, which follows from Moscow to Paris. A second train sent from the Russian capital, arriving in Nice. Departure of the train going from Belorussky railway in any season.

In Paris, there are six stations, where you can go to any part of France and beyond. The railway network of the country is subject to French company SNCF (national railway company. Part of the railway park is speed trains GV, which are used on long-distance routes. They are almost without stopping, accelerating up to 350 km / h. The older trains run at a speed of about 250 km / h. ensure quick trip type RER train or regional express trains. They are equipped with comfortable seating places and can accelerate to 200 km / h.
Features fare for passengers

According to the French railways ply passenger train cars of three classes: luxury, first and second. The luxury car each room is equipped a single shelf and double bed, TV, table, chair, shower and toilet. Coupe first and second classes do not differ much.

Train tickets are sold at the box office SNCF, the company's website and in vending machines. Looking at sncf.com, the tourist can choose the route and rail / train tickets. To order a ticket online, do not need to register on the site. Passengers can enjoy a variety of discounts on train tickets. Increasingly popular is the ticket EurailPass, which shall be valid in 17 European countries. It allows the owner to make numerous trips to the site of the first class. For the two there is a special ticket Eurail Saverpass, which offers travel discounts pairs.