Londres à Nice, Bordeaux,
Marseille ou Lyon à partir de € 68 …
… par Eurostar et TGV à grande vitesse. À partir de 120 € aller-retour.
Pas de frais de bagages, pas de
taxes d’aéroport, moins de stress, jusqu’à 90% moins de CO2, directement au
centre ville, enfants de moins de 4 ans
libre. Réservez en ligne ici
La zone d'exclusion aérienne …
TGV à deux niveaux vers Nice,
embarquement à Paris Gare de Lyon.
Prendre un train à grande vitesse pour
France…
C'est l'alternative civilisée au vol. Prenez Eurostar de
Londres à Lille ou Paris, puis un TGV à 186 km / h
à travers la campagne française avec un verre de vin rouge à la main de Lille ou
Paris à Avignon, Marseille, Nice, Nîmes, Montpellier, Perpignan, Lyon,
Bordeaux, Toulouse, Rennes ou Nantes … C'est confortable et abordable: Londres à Lyon ou Bordeaux à partir de 62 €
aller simple ou 110 € aller-retour,
Londres à Nice, Marseille ou Perpignan à partir de 68 € aller simple ou 120 € aller-retour.
C'est centre-ville à centre-ville, non
frais de bagages, pas de taxes d'aéroport,
beaucoup moins d'impact sur le
environnement et les nourrissons sont libres. Apporter
votre propre bouteille de vin si vous aimez, pas de règles à ce sujet
les rails!
Choisissez votre destination:
Londres à …
Aime la
Plagne
Aix en Provence
Aix les Bains
Ajaccio
Amiens
Angers
Angouleme
Annecy
Antibes
Avignon
Bastia
Bayonne
Beaulieu sur Mer
Béziers
Biarritz
Bordeaux
Boulogne
Bourg st maurice
Brive la Gaillard
Caen
Cahors
Calais
Cannes
Carcassonne
Chambéry
Chamonix
Cherbourg
la Corse
Dax
Disneyland
Paris
Etaples
Juan les Pins
Le Havre
le Mans
Les Arcs (Alpes)
Le touquet
Lille
Lourdes
Limoges
Lyon
Marseille
Menton
Méribel
Monaco – Monte Carlo
Montpellier
Mont st michel
Moutiers
Nancy
Nantes
Narbonne
Agréable
Nîmes
Paris (par Eurostar)
Paris (en train +
traversier)
Perpignan
Poitiers
Rennes
St Gervais
St Jean de Luz
St Malo
St Lo
St Rapahel
St. Tropez
Strasbourg
Tarbes
Tignes
Toulon
Toulouse
Trois Vallées
Val d'Isere
Versailles – Chateau Versailles
Villefranche sur mer
Horaires de train, tarifs et billets …
Londres à Paris
Autres villes du Royaume-Uni à
Paris, France
Londres à Disneyland &
Versailles
Londres à Nice, Cannes, S.Tropez, Monaco,
Toulon
Londres à Avignon,
Aix-en-Provence, Marseille
Londres à Nîmes et Montpellier
Londres à Narbonne, Carcassonne,
Perpignan
Londres à Biarritz, Irun, Lourdes et Tarbes
Londres à Lyon et Grenoble
Londres à Bordeaux
Londres à Strasbourg
Londres à Limoges, Brive, Cahors, Toulouse
Londres à Vichy et Clermont Ferrand
Londres au Mans, Angers, Rennes et Nantes
Londres à la Normandie
Londres au Mont St Michel
Londres à
Calais, Lille, Amiens et le nord de la France
Londres à Bourg St M, Chamonix et Alpes françaises
Londres en Corse
Londres vers toute autre destination en France
Informations Eurostar et enregistrement
procédures
Commencez votre voyage depuis d'autres villes du Royaume-Uni
Comment traverser Paris en métro ou en taxi
Changer de train à Lille
Comment acheter des billets de train à partir de
Royaume-Uni à la France
Voyage en train en France …
Voyage en train en France, guide du débutant
Que sont les TGV français
comme?
Que sont les français du jour au lendemain
trains aiment?
Paris à Nice en TGV
Trains internationaux vers et depuis la France …
Trains de Paris à autre
Villes européennes
Trains de Nice à autre
Villes européennes
Trains depuis d'autres villes européennes vers Paris
Les guides de la station …
Guide des stations: Londres
St Pancras
Guide des stations: Lille
L'Europe
Guide des stations: Paris Gare
du Nord
Guide des stations: Paris Gare
de l'Est
Guide des stations: Paris Gare
de Lyon
Guide des stations: Paris Gare
d'Austerlitz
Guide des stations: Paris Gare
Montparnasse
Guide des stations: Paris Gare
de Bercy
Restaurant Train Bleu à Paris Gare de Lyon
Autres informations utiles …
Informations utiles sur le pays – indicatif, informations touristiques …
Informations générales sur les voyages en train en Europe
Bagage
sur les trains et à gauche
bagages dans les gares
Limites d'âge et voyager avec
des gamins
Prendre son vélo et prendre son chien
Prise
votre voiture – motorail
Siège de train
plans de numérotation
Laissez-passer Eurail – pour les visiteurs d'outre-mer
Pass InterRail – pour
Résidents européens
Personnes handicapées
Hôtels et hébergements en France
Courts séjours en France par
train
Vacances et circuits en France par
train
Vacances de ski dans les Alpes françaises
en train
Location de voiture en France
Assurance voyage et cartes de santé de l'UE
Londres à Paris:
Voir la page Eurostar
Eurostar est le
train de voyageurs à grande vitesse de London St Pancras à
Paris Gare du Nord par le tunnel sous la Manche, en seulement 2 heures 15 minutes de marche
à 300 km / h (186 mph). En règle générale, 95% des trains Eurostar circulent sur
temps ou dans
15 minutes, contre seulement 63% à 69% des vols sur les mêmes liaisons, et il n’est pas surprenant que Eurostar ait maintenant
capturé plus de 70% du marché Londres-Paris depuis le
les compagnies aériennes. Pour plus d’informations sur les 3 classes à bord, les procédures d’enregistrement, le rangement des bagages, la nourriture et les boissons,
& conseils pour choisir les meilleures places, voir le London to Paris
par page Eurostar.
Les tarifs Eurostar fonctionnent comme les tarifs aériens, alors réservez
à l'avance pour les places les moins chères. Les tarifs commencent à
44 € aller simple ou 58 € aller-retour en 2e classe, 112 € aller simple ou 169 € aller-retour en première classe (disponibilité limitée, pas de remboursement ni de modification)
plans de voyage). Certains Eurostars s'arrêtent à Ebbsfleet & Ashford dans le Kent,
beaucoup font escale à Lille dans le nord de la France, quelques escales à Calais
Gare de Fréthun à quelques kilomètres de Calais. Vous pouvez réserver en ligne à
www.eurostar.com avec des billets à imprimer à domicile, ou vous pouvez les récupérer à
les distributeurs de billets électroniques au
station. Vous pouvez réserver par téléphone en appelant Eurostar au 03432 186 186 (+44
1233 617575 hors du Royaume-Uni). Les réservations Eurostar ouvertes 120 jours avant
départ, ou à certaines périodes jusqu’à 180 jours. Conseils sur
choisir un siège Eurostar spécifique.
Courts séjours à Paris …
Pour des séjours pas chers du Royaume-Uni
à Paris combinant Eurostar avec un hôtel, vérifiez les entreprises suivantes. UNE
court séjour peut être moins cher que
réserver l’Eurostar et un hôtel séparément – et dans certains cas si vous avez besoin de
voyager à court terme, moins cher que
un billet Eurostar régulier, si le
les tarifs les moins chers sont épuisés.
Chemins de fer,
www.railbookers.co.uk
Eurostar eux-mêmes,
www.eurostar.com
Dernière minute,
www.lastminute.com
French Travel Service, www.f-t-s.co.uk, 0844 84 888 43 (veuillez indiquer «seat61» lors de la réservation).
C'est encore possible
voyager de Londres à Paris en train et ferry si vous
veux, bien que cela prenne 9 heures
et vous devez maintenant acheter des billets de train et de ferry séparés.
Cela coûte aussi
plus qu'un billet aller-retour pas cher sur Eurostar. Mais vous naviguez sur la Manche
des falaises blanches de Douvres, vous évitez de passer par
le tunnel sous la Manche si c'est un problème pour vous, et si vous
voyager très rapidement, il peut parfois être difficile
moins cher. Pour plus d'informations
voir le London to Paris
en train et ferry page.
Centres régionaux britanniques à Paris
avec un billet Eurostar …
Vous pouvez acheter des billets pour Paris à partir de plus de 100 grandes villes britanniques
et les grandes villes utilisant
www.eurostar.com. Tapez simplement le nom de la station dans le calculateur de trajet
et voir si c'est reconnu. Edimbourg, Glasgow, Leeds, York, Manchester,
Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff sont tous reconnus, de même que les grandes villes
comme Reading, Basingstoke, High Wycombe ou Milton Keynes, bien que plus petite
les villes et villages ne sont pas inclus. Un billet Eurostar est généralement
beaucoup moins cher que d'acheter un billet de train séparé pour Londres. Tu dois utiliser
la version britannique de
www.eurostar.com pour que le paiement soit pris en livres – même si vous vivez dans
France et veulent un billet Paris-York!
Voir plus d'informations sur
Eurostar à travers les billets et comment ils fonctionnent ici.
Royaume-Uni villes et villes à Paris
avec billets de train Eurostar et UK séparés …
Alternativement, même si votre station locale ne fait pas partie des 100 + sélectionnés par Eurostar
stations, vous pouvez généralement acheter un billet séparé pour une destination spéciale appelée
London International CIV, conçu pour
utiliser avec des billets Eurostar. Ceux-ci existent dans la plupart des stations de
La Grande-Bretagne, ils comprennent le métro
traverser Londres à St Pancras si nécessaire, ils ont
ont généralement
peu ou pas de restrictions de temps (donc un prix hors pointe s'applique même en période de pointe), et vous êtes couvert par la CIV internationale
conditions de transport donc s'il y a un retard pour le train britannique et vous manquez votre
Eurostar, vous avez le droit d’être réservé à une date ultérieure, sans problème.
Pour plus de détails et pour vérifier les prix et acheter
billets de votre
station locale à London International,
voir le comment
acheter un billet de train britannique.
Toute station de Grande-Bretagne à n’importe où en France avec
www.loco2.com …
À
www.loco2.com
vous pouvez réserver depuis n'importe quelle station britannique vers Paris ou n'importe où en France en une seule transaction.
Il ajoute simplement un billet de votre station britannique choisie au London International CIV
(comme décrit ci-dessus) à un Eurostar ultérieur
Billet de train français.
Ouest de l'Angleterre ou la côte sud jusqu'à Paris …
En ferry + train: Si vous habitez dans l'ouest
Pays ou le long de la côte sud, envisager une traversée en ferry
de Plymouth, Poole, Southampton, Portsmouth ou
Newhaven
en France, puis un train
à partir de Paris. Vérifiez d'abord les itinéraires, les horaires et les tarifs du ferry
Seat61 Ferry shop (toutes les routes et
opérateurs), ou à
www.brittany-ferries.co.uk,
www.ldlines.co.uk
ou
www.condorferries.co.uk. Puis vérifiez au Royaume-Uni
temps de train de votre gare locale au port du Royaume-Uni en utilisant
www.nationalrail.co.uk.
Enfin, vérifiez les horaires de train et les tarifs du port français à Paris et réservez en ligne
à
www.loco2.com.
Prévoyez au moins une heure, de préférence 90 minutes, entre le train et le ferry à la fois
côtés de la Manche.
Par nuit Riviera dormant + Eurostar:
De Devon ou de Cornwall, vous pouvez également utiliser la nuit
Train de nuit Night Riviera à Londres puis un matin
Eurostar à Paris,
pour plus de détails voir ici.
L'Ecosse à Paris …
En train de jour … Vous pouvez
acheter par
billets aller-retour de Glasgow ou Edimbourg à Paris avec un train interurbain de jour
Eurostar au
Site internet Eurostar. Cela arrive parfois (à tort) avec 'pas de train
disponible ', mais vous pouvez toujours acheter un billet séparé entre Écosse et Londres
CIV international comme expliqué ici.
Par Caledonian Sleeper + Eurostar: un moyen rapide d'éviter de voler
est de sauter sur la nuit Caledonian Sleeper d'Inverness, Aviemore,
Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, Fort William, Glasgow, Édimbourg à Londres, puis prenez une matinée
Eurostar à Paris.
Voir le calédonien
Page de dormeur pour plus de détails.
Belfast ou Dublin à Paris …
Belfast ou Dublin à
Paris avec Eurostar, via Londres: vous pouvez acheter un
billet de train + ferry SailRail pas cher de Belfast à Londres pour € 53, ou de Dublin à
Londres pour 50 € aller simple, voir
la page Irlande du Nord ou la page Irlande pour les horaires,
tarifs et détails complets. Réservez ensuite l'Eurostar séparément à
www.eurostar.com, à partir de 45 € aller simple ou 58 € aller-retour. Prévoyez suffisamment de temps pour traverser Londres, y compris
l’enregistrement Eurostar et tout retard dans votre train depuis l’Ecosse ou le
Holyhead à Londres. Lors de la connexion avec un non modifiable, non remboursable
Eurostar, sachez que les ferries de croisière tout temps sont très fiables,
mais les ferries rapides peuvent être annulés par mauvais temps.
Belfast ou Dublin à Paris en utilisant le Rosslare-France
ou les ferries Cork-France,
éviter Londres:
Voyagez en train de Dublin à Dublin puis
Dublin à Rosslare ou Cork (voir
www.irishrail.ie), puis naviguez soit en croisière Irish Ferries
ferry de Rosslare à Roscoff ou Cherbourg en France (voir
www.irishferries.com) ou par les ferries bretons (www.brittany-ferries.co.uk)
de Cork à Roscoff ou Cherbourg pour un train à Paris (voir
www.loco2.com). Pour planifier cela, commencez par
vérifier les dates et heures de navigation du ferry à
www.irishferries.com ou www.brittany-ferries.co.uk. Alors travaillez le meilleur
connexion de Dublin à Rosslare ou Cork en utilisant
www.irishrail.ie, puis la connexion de Belfast également
à
www.irishrail.ie.
Londres à Disneyland
par
Eurostar direct …
Un Eurostar court
direct de Londres à Disneyland Paris les lundis, mercredis, vendredis et dimanches
à des dates supplémentaires pendant les vacances scolaires).
Il quitte Londres St Pancras à 10h14, en appelant à Ebbsfleet
10h34, Ashford à
10h58 et arrivée à Marne la Vallée-Chessy,
la station juste à côté de Disneyland Paris, à 14h03.
L'entrée du parc Disneyland, des studios Disney et de Planet
Hollywood est juste à l'extérieur de la gare sur la droite.
Vérifiez les jours de course et réservez en ligne à
www.eurostar.com.
En revenant, l'Eurostar
quitte Marne la Vallée-Chessy (Disneyland) les vendredis et dimanches à 16h55,
arrivée à Ashford 18h06, Ebbsfleet 18h27 et
Londres St Pancras à 18h47.
Il fonctionne également les lundis et mercredis à 18h01 en arrivant à Ashford
19h04, Ebbsfleet 19h26 et Londres 19h46. N'oubliez pas de permettre
l'enregistrement de 30 minutes à l'Eurostar, au dernier étage de Marne la Vallée-Chessy
station.
Voir
www.disneylandparis.com
réserver des vacances et des courts séjours à Disneyland Paris, y compris le
Eurostar, hébergement à l'hôtel et entrée au parc Disneyland ou acheter
Billets Eurostar séparément à
www.eurostar.com.
Si le direct
Eurostar est complet ou trop cher, ne vous inquiétez pas. Vous pouvez réserver un
Eurostar Londres-Paris régulier à
www.eurostar.com alors
utilisez simplement le RER toutes les 15 minutes entre Paris Nord et Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy
(Disneyland), changement à Châtelet-les-Halles ou à la gare de Lyon, temps de trajet environ
58 minutes, coûte quelques euros OU vous pouvez essayer
www.loco2.com
réserver un voyage de Londres à Marne la Vallée avec Eurostar et
TGV français avec
un changement facile à Lille.
Retour à
Haut
Comment se rendre au château de Versailles …
Le célèbre château
à Versailles (www.chateauversailles.fr) est
30-40 minutes au sud-ouest du centre de Paris en métro express fréquent
train sur le RER C jusqu'à la gare de Versailles-Rive Gauche.
Versailles-Rive Gauche est à 5 minutes à pied de l'entrée
au château. Il suffit d'acheter un billet Eurostar pour Paris à l'adresse
www.eurostar.com alors
achetez un billet RER du centre de Paris (zone 1) à Versailles (zone 4) lorsque vous
Pour y arriver, le tarif est légèrement supérieur à 4 € par trajet. La ligne C du RER dessert directement
Versailles Chateau – Rive Gauche from
diverses stations de RER / métro du centre de Paris, y compris la gare
d'Austerlitz, St Michel Notre Dame, Musée d'Orsay,
Invalides et Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel. Du
Gare du Nord, prenez le RER ligne B deux arrêts jusqu'à St Michel-Notre
Dame, puis changer pour le RER C jusqu'à Versailles-Rive Gauche. Voir
www.ratp.fr pour un plan du
RER et réseau de métro Vous pouvez consulter les horaires du RER C sur cet itinéraire à l'adresse suivante:
www.transilien.com.
Conseil de voyage: un moyen plus agréable d’atteindre Versailles depuis
Paris central pour aller à la gare St Lazare et prendre la ligne L Transilien vers Versailles-Rive Droite. Ces transilien
trains de banlieue circulent toutes les 15 minutes et prennent à peu près le même
comme le RER C, mais contrairement au RER C, presque tous les
voyage est au-dessus du sol avec vue sur les riches parisiens
banlieue, une traversée de la Seine et les tours du financier
quartier à la Défense. Vous arrivez à Versailles-Rive
Droite qui est une promenade un peu plus longue du château, mais
vous vous promenez dans la vieille ville et pouvez entrer dans le
château à travers ses jardins au Bassin de Neptune
plutôt que par le parking comme avec la promenade de
Versailles-Rive Gauche. Voir
www.transilien.com.
Retour
en haut
Détendez-vous en train jusqu'à Nice …
Déjeuner au train
Restaurant Bleu, puis baladez vous vers votre TGV. Il n'y a pas de check-in à s'inquiéter
sur.
Se détendre. Une table pour deux en première classe, pont supérieur sur un
Duplex TGV de Paris à Nice,
parfait…
Chill … Apportez votre pique-nique et du vin ou visitez le café-bar. Vous arrivez au centre de Nice.
Londres à Nice en train à partir de 68 € …
Il est facile de voyager de Londres
ou n'importe où au Royaume-Uni à Cannes, Nice ou Monte Carlo en
Eurostar et
TGV à grande vitesse, une occasion de se détendre avec
un bon livre et un verre de vin, et peut-être même déjeuner à Paris sur le chemin.
C'est aussi abordable, avec des tarifs bon marché si vous réservez à l'avance, centre à centre
sans frais cachés. Malheureusement, le train de nuit Paris-Nice
a été interrompu en décembre 2017.
Quelles sont les options?
Option 1, via Lille:
Par
Eurostar à
Lille Europe, un simple changement de même station, puis
TGV de Lille à Marseille et un train de correspondance à Nice. C’est l’option la plus simple si vous avez
beaucoup de
bagages, enfants ou problèmes de mobilité, car il n’est pas nécessaire de traverser Paris.
Option 2, via Paris:
Par
Eurostar à
Paris Gare du Nord, alors impressionnant à deux étages
TGV Duplex à partir de
Paris Gare
de Lyon à Nice. C'est l'option la plus rapide, avec un plus grand choix de départs
& souvent
des tarifs moins chers que via Lille. Que diriez-vous d'un déjeuner à Paris au fabuleux
Le restaurant Train Bleu?
Option 3, en utilisant le
trains Ouigo à faible coût: par
Eurostar à
Paris Gare du Nord,
puis par la France low-cost haute-vitesse budget-compagnie aérienne sur rails de
Paris Gare
de Lyon à Nice. Les tarifs Ouigo Paris-Nice commencent à 19 € seulement, mais
c'est un train sans fioritures.
Comment est le trajet en train jusqu'à Nice?
Se remettre dans
votre place TGV et regardez le paysage défiler devant un verre
du rouge à la main. De Lille ou de Paris jusqu'à Lyon, le TGV
passe de riches terres agricoles verdoyantes et de pittoresques villages français
jolies églises. Au sud de Lyon, le TGV vole à
niveau du sol le long du Rhône
Vallée, traversée et re-traversée du Rhône
sur des viaducs spectaculaires au-dessus du fond de la vallée,
en passant plus de jolis villages et le sommet occasionnel
château, puis à travers les collines de Provence pour atteindre Marseille. Regarder
pour un énorme viaduc sur le Rhône juste avant
Avignon, avec vue à gauche sur le célèbre Palais des Papes –
mais si vous voyez quelqu'un qui danse sur le pont
d'Avignon tu as une meilleure vue que moi! Vous allez
voir les contreforts alpins au loin à gauche et apercevoir le port de Marseille avec son château d'If
du comte de Monte Cristo célèbre à droite avant
en arrivant à la gare de Marseille St Charles. Si vous êtes
à destination de Cannes, Nice ou Monte Carlo, le paysage le long de la
La Côte d'Azur est magnifique,
le train longe la côte devant un yacht rempli
ports, plages, calanques et villas de millionnaires. Prendre
une bouteille de votre vin préféré avec vous (il n'y a pas de règles
contre cela sur les rails), levez les pieds et profitez de la
balade…
L’homme au siège 61 dit: "Assister à une
conférence
sur la Côte d'Azur, j'ai voyagé de Londres à Nice
en train. Un matin d’Eurostar à Paris, déjeuner à
le restaurant Train Bleu à la gare de Lyon, puis un
après midi
Duplex TGV au sud de
France, avec un siège Club Duo de 1ère classe sur le pont supérieur.
Merveilleux! Je levai les pieds et me détendis, regardai le
Les villages français de la vallée du Rhône passent,
rattrapé ma lecture et mes courriels et
regardé un film sur mon iPhone. A tous ceux qui n'ont connu que le stress de
aéroports, vols et autoroutes, se détendre en train à grande vitesse est un
révélation…"
Regarder
le guide vidéo: A bord d'un TGV Duplex à deux étages (Paris-Nice)
Regarder
le guide vidéo: A bord d'un TGV Christian Lacroix à un pont (Lille-Nice)
Pour plus de photos du trajet en train
de Paris ou Lille à
Nice, voir le
Paris à Nice par train page. Photo gracieuseté de Mike Sloan.
Option 1,
Londres à Nice via
Lille …
C'est l'option la plus facile
pas besoin de traverser Paris, un seul échange facile en gare même à Lille
& Lyon.
Prenez un Eurostar de
Londres St Pancras à
Lille Europe et passez en direct
TGV à
Lyon Part Dieu en contournant Paris,
et changer sur un autre
TGV de Lyon à Toulon, St Raphaël, Cannes,
Antibes ou Nice. Idéal
si vous avez des bagages, des enfants ou des problèmes de mobilité. Mais pour un choix plus large de
et, dans de nombreux cas, des tarifs plus avantageux, consultez également les trajets via Paris en
option 2 ci-dessous.
Conseils pour changer
trains à Lille. Par ailleurs, le TGV Lille-Nice direct était
arrêté en décembre 2018, d’où le changement à Lyon.
Comment
lire ces horaires: c’est facile, vous lisez à la baisse chaque colonne
est un voyage que vous pouvez faire. Vous
changer de train à la barre grise.
Comment acheter des billets
A quoi ressemble Eurostar? Comment sont les TGV?
Conseils pour changer de train à Lille
Comment arriver à St Tropez, Monte Carlo, Juan les Pins, Menton
Aucun Eurostars ne sera exécuté le 25 décembre.
Toujours vérifier les horaires de train pour
vos dates spécifiques en utilisant
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu,
comme les horaires indiqués ne tiennent pas compte des changements d’horaire quotidiens.
Ne réservez aucun billet Eurostar avant d'avoir confirmé les horaires des trains.
Nice ► Londres
TER
train régional, 2e classe seulement
Lun-ven
samedi
dimanche
Nice Ville
partir
08h13
11h23
08h13
11h23
08h13
11h23
Antibes
partir
08h37
11h39
08h37
11h39
08h37
11h39
Cannes
partir
08h50
11h52
08h50
11h52
08h50
11h52
St Raphael pour
St. Tropez
partir
09h18
12h19
09h18
12h19
09h18
12h19
Toulon
partir
10h16
13h16
10h16
13h16
10h16
13h16
Marseille
St Charles
partir
11h02
14h01
11h02
14h01
11h02
14h01
Changer à Marseille en TGV
Marseille
St Charles
partir
12h12
15h14
12h12
15h14
12h12
15h14
Lille
L'Europe
arrivée
16:56
19:56
16:56
19:56
16:56
19:56
Changement facile à Lille sur
Eurostar,
rappelez-vous les 30 minutes d'enregistrement
Lille
L'Europe
partir
18h35
21h00
18h35
21h00
18h35
21h00
Londres
St Pancras
arrivée
19h13
21h33
19h13
21h33
19h03
21h33
Combien ça coûte?
Offre Eurostar combinée
Tarifs Eurostar + TGV à partir de
Londres à Nice, Cannes, Antibes ou Toulon, à partir de
à € 68 aller simple ou € 120 aller-retour en 2e classe, € 134 aller simple
ou € 238 aller-retour en première classe
via Paris ou Lille. Comme les tarifs aériens, les tarifs augmentent à mesure que le moins cher
les places sont vendues, alors réservez tôt et magasinez pour le départ le moins cher.
Vérifiez le système de réservation en ligne
pour voir les prix pour votre date de
Voyage.
Gratuit pour les enfants de moins de 4 ans. Enfants 4 ans et moins
12
63 € aller simple, 111 € aller-retour. Tarifs jeunesse (âge
12-25) à partir de 65 € aller simple, 114 € aller-retour.
Comment acheter des billets …
Le TGV direct Lille-Nice est
d'habitude
TGV à un niveau avec
un intérieur de designer Christian Lacroix comme indiqué ci-dessous, mais vous pouvez trouver ce
Le train est composé de deux unités TGV, dont l’une est une
TGV Duplex à impériale.
Vous pouvez indiquer le type de TGV que vous réservez si vous utilisez
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu
comme les deux sites vous donnera l'option d'un siège à l'étage ou en bas si c'est
un duplex. Si vous n’avez pas ce choix, c’est un bateau à un étage.
2e classe
avec des sièges et des tables mixtes ou unidirectionnels pour 4 personnes. Les sièges sont 2 + 2
sur la largeur de la voiture.
Photo panoramique.
1ère classe
avec une combinaison de sièges unidirectionnels, de sièges solo, de tables pour 2 et 4 personnes.
Sièges 2 + 1 sur la largeur de la voiture.
Photo panoramique.
La gare de Nice Ville était
construit en 1867. Il est à distance de marche du front de mer et
Promenade des Anglais …
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Option 2, Londres à Nice via Paris …
C'est l'option la plus rapide, la moins chère et la plus fréquente, si cela ne vous dérange pas de changer
trains et gares à Paris.
Prenez Eurostar de
Londres St Pancras à
Paris Gare du Nord à
seulement 2h16, changer de station
Paris en métro ou en taxi comme expliqué ici, puis prenez une vitesse de 200 km / h
TGV Duplex à deux étages à partir de
Paris Gare de Lyon à Nice en 5h37. Même si un changement de station identique
Lille est plus facile, vous trouverez un plus large éventail de départs via Paris, et généralement
des tarifs moins chers disponibles. Pourquoi ne pas prendre un Eurostar plus tôt et déjeuner?
au fabuleux Train Bleu
restaurant
à l'intérieur de la gare de Lyon avant de se détendre sur un TGV Duplex de l'après-midi au
Sud ensoleillé de la France? Pour un compte rendu du voyage en images,
voir le Paris à Nice
par page de train.
Londres
► Nice
Eurostar, 30 minutes d'enregistrement
Les lundis et vendredis
les samedis
les dimanches
Londres
St Pancras
partir
05: 40 *
09h22
10:24
20h01
09h24
11h31
20h01
09h24
10:24
11h31
20h31
Paris
Gare du Nord
arrivée
09: 17 *
12h47
13h47
23h17
12h47
14h47
23h17
12h47
13h47
14h47
23h47
Traverser Paris par
métro ou taxi jusqu'au
Paris Gare
de Lyon
et à bord d'un
TGV Duplex Rapide …
Paris Gare de Lyon
partir
10:19
14h11
15h07
09h07
14h11
16h02
09h07
14h11
15h07
16h02
09h07
Toulon
arrivée
14h15
18h22
19h13
11h15
18h22
20h13
11h15
18h22
19h13
20h13
11h15
St Raphael
arrivée
15h10
19h11
20h02
|
19h11
|
|
19h11
20h02
|
|
Cannes
arrivée
15h33
19h41
20h33
14h33
19h41
21h38
14h33
19h41
20h33
21h38
14h33
Antibes
arrivée
15h51
19:53
20h46
12h47
19:53
21h46
12h47
19:53
20h46
21h46
12h47
Nice Ville
arrivée
16h06
20h10
21h04
15h06
20h10
22:08
15h06
20h10
21h04
22:08
15h06
Comment
lire ces horaires: c’est facile, vous lisez à la baisse chaque colonne
est un voyage que vous pouvez faire. Vous
changer de train à la barre grise.
* = L’Eurostar 05:40 à partir de
Londres ne court généralement pas en juillet et août.
Ven = ce TGV circule le vendredi
seulement.
f =
arrive / part à
Gare Lille Flandres,
450m à 6 minutes à pied de Lille Europe
Gare Eurostar / TGV.
Comment acheter des billets
A quoi ressemble Eurostar?
Comment sont les TGV? Comment
arriver à St Tropez, Monte Carlo, Juan les Pins, Menton
Toujours vérifier les horaires de train pour
vos dates spécifiques en utilisant
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu,
comme les horaires indiqués ne tiennent pas compte des changements d’horaire quotidiens.
Ne réservez aucun billet Eurostar avant d'avoir confirmé les horaires des trains.
Agréable
► Londres
Haute vitesse
TGV Duplex …
Du lundi au vendredi
les samedis
les dimanches
Agréable
partir
10h00
10h57
16:57
10h00
10h57
16:57
10h00
10h57
16:57
Antibes
partir
10:17
12h13
17h13
10:17
12h13
17h13
10:17
12h13
17h13
Cannes
partir
10h30
11h26
17h26
10h30
11h26
17h26
10h30
11h26
17h26
St
Raphael pour
St. Tropez
partir
10h54
12:54
|
10h54
12:54
|
10h54
12:54
|
Toulon
partir
11h48
13h47
18h48
11h48
13h47
18h48
11h48
13h47
18h48
Paris Gare de Lyon
arrivée
15h41
16h53
22:53
15h41
16h53
22:53
15h41
16h53
22:53
Traverser
Paris en métro ou RER jusqu’à la gare du Nord et prenez l’Eurostar, 30 min
enregistrement…
Paris
Gare du Nord
partir
17h13
19h13
07h13
17h13
19h13
08h13
17h13
19h13
07h13
Londres
St Pancras
arrivée
18h32
20h39
08h32
18h32
20h39
09h30
18h32
20h39
08h32
Combien ça coûte?
Il sont combinés
Tarifs Eurostar + TGV à partir de
Londres à Nice, Cannes, Antibes ou Toulon, à partir de
à € 68 aller simple ou € 120 aller-retour en 2e classe, € 134 aller simple
ou € 238 aller-retour en 1ère classe via Paris ou Lille.
Comme les tarifs aériens, les tarifs augmentent à mesure que le moins cher
les places sont vendues, alors vérifiez le système de réservation en ligne
pour voir les prix pour votre date de voyage. Réservez tôt et magasinez pour le
départ le moins cher.
Gratuit pour les enfants de moins de 4 ans. Enfants 4 ans et moins
12
63 € aller simple, 111 € aller-retour. Tarifs jeunesse (âge
12-25) à partir de 65 € aller simple, 114 € aller-retour.
Alternativement, vous pouvez acheter
billets Eurostar et TGV séparés. Londres à Paris par Eurostar à partir de
45 € aller simple, 69 € aller-retour. Paris à Nice, Cannes, Antibes ou Toulon
commence à seulement 25 € l'aller.
Comment acheter des billets …
Un Eurostar e320 sur le point de partir
Londres St Pancras …
1ère classe: Standard
Premier ou Business Premier.
TGV Duplex à Paris Gare de Lyon aux nouvelles couleurs InOui …
Café-bar sur
pont supérieur dans la voiture 4, servant du thé, du café, des boissons gazeuses, du vin,
bière, snacks et plats chauds de style micro-ondes ….
Sièges de 2e classe sur le pont supérieur
avec un mélange de tables pour 4 &
sièges unidirectionnels.
Photo 360º.
1er
sièges du pont supérieur de la classe, duo club à gauche, club quatre à droite.
Photo 360º.
Un TGV Duplex à la gare de Nice Ville dans les anciennes couleurs bleu et gris
schème. Une station impressionnante, complète avec des palmiers!
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Option 3, l'option à moindre coût: Ouigo …
En 2013, les chemins de fer français ont lancé une compagnie aérienne sur rail baptisée
Ouigo,
www.ouigo.com.
Ouigo exploite deux trains simples par jour de Paris à Cannes et à Nice avec un TGV Duplex spécial à deux niveaux
trains avec une seule classe de sièges, pas de restauration et pas de 1ère classe. Comme
compagnies aériennes à bas prix, ils ont ajouté un enregistrement de 30 minutes, il y a des limites de bagages
et des frais supplémentaires pour les grands sacs ou des sacs supplémentaires.
Pour plus d'informations sur
Ouigo, y compris des conseils pour l'achat de billets, des conseils de voyage, des photos et l'homme au siège
61 avis de Ouigo, voir la page Ouigo.
Il n'y a aucune raison pour que vous ne puissiez pas
utilisez un billet Eurostar Londres-Paris, puis un billet Ouigo pas cher au départ de Paris
à Cannes ou à Nice, à condition de laisser suffisamment de temps entre les trains pour
Paris, ce qui signifie 2 ou 3 heures, mais pas l’heure habituelle avec les trains réguliers.
En effet, Ouigo est une société distincte, même si elle est détenue à 100% par SNCF French
Les chemins de fer. Vous utiliserez des billets séparés pour l’Eurostar et pour
Ouigo, Ouigo n'a conclu aucun accord avec Eurostar pour garantir la poursuite de son voyage.
s'il y a un retard et une connexion manquée. Donc, si un train est en retard et
vous manquez la connexion. vous vous retrouverez à payer pour un nouveau billet.
C'est votre risque, ce qui signifie que vous devriez prévoir 2 ou 3 heures entre les trains
à Paris, pas un.
Londres ► Cannes, Nice
Étape 1, voyagez de Londres à
Paris par Eurostar,
quittant London St
Pancras à 11h31 et en arrivant
Paris Gare du Nord
à 14h47, ou tout départ plus tôt.
Transfert à partir de
Paris Gare du Nord
à Paris Gare de
Lyon en métro express RER
expliqué ici.
Etape 2, voyagez de Paris à
Nice par Ouigo
train à grande vitesse, laissant
Paris Gare de Lyon
à 17h15 et arrivée à Cannes à 22h33 ou Nice à 23h04. Rappelles toi
Il y a un enregistrement de 30 minutes pour Ouigo dans le hall 3, un niveau en dessous de
niveau de la plate-forme. Il n'y a pas de restauration sur Ouigo, alors apportez nourriture et boisson
avec toi.
Alternativement, vous pouvez prendre
toutes les nuits Eurostar vous aimez à Paris, passez la nuit, puis prenez la
Matin 07:19 Ouigo de Paris à Cannes & Nice.
Nice, Cannes ► Londres
Etape 1, voyagez de Nice à
Paris par Ouigo
train à grande vitesse, départ de Nice à 05h57 ou de Cannes à 06h26, arrivée
Paris Gare de Lyon
à 11h45. N'oubliez pas qu'il y a un enregistrement de 30 minutes pour Ouigo dans le hall 3,
un niveau en dessous du niveau de la plateforme. Il n'y a pas de restauration sur Ouigo, alors
apporter de la nourriture et des boissons avec vous.
Transfert à partir de
Paris Gare de Lyon
à Paris Gare du Nord
par le métro express RER comme expliqué
ici.
Etape 2, voyagez de Paris à
Londres par Eurostar,
au départ de Paris Gare du Nord
à 15h13 arrivée à Londres
St Pancras à 16h39, ou tout départ ultérieur.
Alternativement, vous pouvez laisser
Nice sur la dernière Ouigo à 13h57 ou Cannes à 14h26 arrivée
Paris Gare de Lyon
à 19h43. Passez la nuit à Paris, puis prenez l’Eurostar chaque matin
comme à Londres.
Combien ça coûte?
Londres à Paris par Eurostar
commence à 44 € aller simple ou 58 € aller-retour.
Paris à Cannes ou Nice par
Ouigo commence à 19 € l'aller simple. Plus 5 € de frais de bagages pour les plus grands
sacs, voir le Ouigo
page pour plus de détails.
Comment acheter des billets …
Retour au sommet
Les liaisons
vers d'autres villes de la Côte d'Azur …
St. Tropez…
Pour St Tropez, prenez le train pour St Raphael. Les autobus
quittez la gare routière de St Raphael (juste à côté de la gare) en direction de St Tropez tous les
heure ou deux, durée du trajet 90 minutes, tarif de seulement 3 €. Voir
www.varlib.fr pour les horaires de bus –
cliquez sur Horaires puis cherchez le bus 7601. Vous
devra acheter un billet dans le bus. Soyez averti que la circulation dans St
Tropez en plein été peut être un cauchemar, avec des retards importants.
Il y a aussi un ferry deux fois par
jour d'avril à novembre, voir
www.bateauxsaintraphael.com – beaucoup plus cher que le bus mais un
bon moyen de faire une excursion qui évite tout le trafic estival.
Juan les
Pins, Villefranche sur Mer, Beaulieu sur Mer …
Tous ont des gares sur le
La ligne principale Cannes-Nice-Monaco, desservie par des trains locaux toutes les heures,
mais les trains longue distance
ne vous arrêtez pas là. Donc pour Juan les Pins, allez à
Antibes et changer pour un train local, temps de trajet 5
minutes. Pour
Villefranche et Beaulieu, se rendent à Nice et passent à un
train local là-bas.
Monaco-Monte Carlo, Menton et
Vintimille …
Des trains locaux fréquents relient Nice à Monte Carlo, Menton et
Vintimille à la frontière italienne, environ toutes les demi-heures. Nice à Monte
Carlo prend 21 minutes, Nice à Vintimille prend 48 minutes.
Retour au sommet
Comment acheter des billets de train à partir de
le Royaume-Uni partout en France …
Il est facile d'acheter des billets de train
de n'importe où en Grande-Bretagne à n'importe où en France, ici je vais expliquer le meilleur
options. La réservation en ligne permet d’économiser des frais de réservation téléphoniques, et je recommande
en utilisant
www.loco2.com.
Mais n'oubliez pas qu'il y a
d'autres façons de réserver en ligne aussi. Vous pouvez également
réserver par téléphone ou en personne, ou obtenir un
spécialiste du voyage en train pour organiser un
voyage sur mesure.
Option 1, achat en ligne à
www.loco2.com …
Utilisation
www.loco2.com.
Vous pouvez acheter des billets aller simple ou aller-retour, dans les deux sens, en €, € ou $. Les nourrissons sous
4 aller gratuit sans billet nécessaire, les enfants de moins de 12 ans peuvent voyager avec l'enfant
taux.
Crédit international
cartes acceptées … N'importe qui de n'importe quel pays peut utiliser
www.loco2.com,
comme toutes les cartes de crédit sont acceptées et vous aurez généralement un
imprimer à la maison ou un billet à la gare.
Les réservations commencent habituellement 92
jours à venir.
Eurostar ouvre généralement 120 jours à l’avance et à certaines périodes jusqu’à 180
jours à venir, mais je recommande fortement
en attendant que vos trains français de suite soient ouverts à la réservation, de sorte que
et les prix peuvent être confirmés avant d'acheter un non remboursable non modifiable
Billet Eurostar. Juste pour que vous sachiez, le grand changement d'horaire annuel se produit
le 2
Le dimanche de décembre et la plupart des années, les réservations pour les dates ultérieures jusqu’au
y compris la période de Noël et du nouvel an ouverte vers la mi-octobre, de manière significative
moins de 92 jours à l’avance. Par contre, ces dernières années, les Français
Les chemins de fer ont ouvert leurs réservations plus loin que les 92 jours habituels
pendant les mois d’été, essayez donc certainement une réservation et
voir si les trains apparaissent.
Vous pouvez réserver depuis n'importe quelle station
en Grande-Bretagne…
www.loco2.com
vous permet de réserver depuis ou vers n’importe quelle station britannique (même Little Kimble),
juste de Londres. Cela se fait généralement en ajoutant un ticket
de votre gare locale à Londres International CIV (le cas échéant), ce qui vous permet de voyager à Londres
St Pancras (y compris le métro si vous en avez besoin) et la protection des conditions internationales CIV
si votre train britannique est retardé et que vous manquez votre Eurostar, vous
sont autorisés à voyager sur un plus tard, même si vous avez un non modifiable
billet. In many cases these fares have fewer or no peak-hour restrictions,
too, so they allow Monday-Friday peak-time travel at off-peak prices.
More explanation (and the ability to buy a ticket to London International CIV
separately if you need to) here. Little Kimble to Juan les Pins?
Aucun problème!
You can book to any
station in France. This system can sell tickets to or from any French
station on any French train, including
TGVs, Intercités,
overnight couchette trains or TER local trains, although
it cannot sell the special
iDTGV trains which run
once or twice a day on a handful of
routes.
Fares vary like air
fares, so book as far ahead as you can: Fares for Eurostar & French long-distance trains
are cheaper in advance, more expensive closer to the date
of travel, so book as early as you can and search for the cheapest departures.
Remember that the cheapest tickets mean no refunds, no changes.
Tip: Want to go via Lille
to avoid crossing
Paris? A same-station change in Lille is much easier than
crossing Paris, although you'll
usually find a wider choice of departures and often cheaper prices via Paris.
To filter out the many options via Paris leaving just the ones via Lille, simply
click '+ Add via/stopover' and enter 'Lille Europe'. If you don't see any
journeys, try adjusting the departure time. For some destinations such as
Orleans or Clermont Ferrand there are no direct services from Lille so you'll
really have to go via Paris.
Tip: Choose an upper deck seat on a TGV Duplex: I recommend
an upstairs seat for the best views if you use a
double-decker TGV Duplex in
France. These now operate almost all services from Paris to Lyon, Avignon,
Marseille, Nice, and some services from Lille to the South, too. Unlike
some sites,
www.loco2.com
allows you to choose upper or lower deck. Seat numbers 11-58 = lower deck.
61-128 = upper deck.
Tip: Upgrade to 1st class on French trains often for very little
extra cost! Most booking sites won't let you mix & match 2nd class on Eurostar (on which 1st class
is expensive) with 1st class on your onward French train, on which 1st class
can cost little more than 2nd class and can even be cheaper, because of the way
the pricing quotas work. With Loco2 there's an easy solution:
Before running the enquiry, click '+ Add via/stopover', enter Paris Nord
(or Lille), select 'specific duration' & enter (say) 1 hour. In the search
results, instead of showing a total price for London to your French destination,
it will allow you to select a class & price from London to Paris (or
Lille) and a separate class & price from Paris (or Lille) to your final destination.
See if there's a cheap 1st class fare for your onward French train!
Tip: Don't be afraid to split the booking in Paris! Pour
complete control, first book from your local station
to Paris (or Lille), add to basket, then book from Paris to your final
destination remembering to allow at least 60 minutes to cross Paris
trains southbound, 90 minutes including Eurostar check-in northbound. Add to basket and checkout. You can easily adjust the Paris time
this way, to stop off in Paris or perhaps have lunch at the Gare de
Lyon. SNCF's database now has some sub-standard 40-minute
cross-Paris connections when I'd recommend at least 60 minutes, so this
is the way to avoid those, too (Loco2 cannot edit these sub-standard connections
out, but have thoughtfully added a warning when a sub-60-minute cross-Paris
connection comes up).
Tip: Children under 4
go free, but what if you want them to have their own seat? Babies & infants go free on all European trains (see
age limits here) and don't need a ticket, you just bring them along, but they don't get their own seat.
If you want them to have their own reserved seat on a French long-distance
train, you can pay a fixed fee called Forfait Bambin. This can't
yet be
booked on Loco2, so you'll need to book from your local station to Paris or
Lille using
www.loco2.com,
then book your onward French train separately using
www.trainline.eu.
There's more explanation about Forfait Bambin on
the train travel
with children page.
Tip: If you want sole or dual
occupancy of a couchette compartment on a French overnight train: On French overnight trains you can book sole or dual occupancy of a 4-berth
couchette compartment,
this facility is called
Espace Privatif,
see details of the cost & how to buy tickets here. However, Espace Privatif
can't be booked online at Loco2, you need to use
www.trainline.eu
au lieu.
Train seat numbering
plans: These plans may
help:
TGV seat numbering plans.
Couchette numbering plans.
Who powers Loco2?
www.loco2.com
connects to SNCF's Sabre & Resarail system for prices in euros. Prices
should be the same as you'll find on French Railways' own site en.oui.sncf.
The Man in Seat 61 says:
"Loco2 has been started by two young entrepreneurs who are passionate about
European train travel, and it shows. They use the trains themselves, and
want to make booking them easy. What they have been able to do so far is remarkable. They've added a
connection to UK National Rail so you can book through to or from any British
station, and they've now added a connection to DB (German Railways), Trenitalia
and Renfe with more
connections likely to come. This is the site to watch…"
Option 2, book with Eurostar:
www.eurostar.com
sells tickets from London to around 70 major
French towns & cities, so more limited than Loco2 and it can't book overnight
couchette trains, but it can be worth checking prices at
www.eurostar.com.
It has one potential advantage, after payment you can
choisi ton
specific seat on Eurostar (although not on any onward French trains). It issues print-at-home tickets and accepts all
credit cards so can be used by anyone from any country.
Option 3, split the booking,
using Eurostar.com then Trainline.eu: For complete control and
the maximum choice of seating options, I
myself often split the booking. You can book from London to Paris
(or Lille) at
www.eurostar.com
with an opportunity to
choose your seat on Eurostar,
then book the onward French train at
www.trainline.eu
with a full range of seating options including the ability to select upper or
lower deck on a TGV Duplex or a table for two in 1st class, and on some TGV routes a
forward-facing seat.
Both sites issue print-at-home or collect-at-station tickets and accept all
credit cards so work fine for anyone from any country. Splitting the
booking in this way allows you to adjust your cross-Paris transfer time so that you have at
least 60 minutes between trains and/or can have time for lunch in Paris.
It also allows you to mix and match 2nd class on Eurostar (as 1st class is
expensive) with a cheap 1st class deal on the French train, as this sometimes
costs only a little more than 2nd class, and in some circumstances can actually
be cheaper. Unlike some other sites, Trainline.eu can sell
iDTGV tickets, and
can sell Forfait
Bambin tickets if you have an infant or baby and want them to have their own
seat on a French train, you can see how Trainline's features compare with
other websites for booking French trains
in this comparison table.
Option 4, buy from Rail Europe
in the United States, Canada, Australia, Asia, Africa or South America: If you live outside Europe you can book with
www.raileurope.com
(USA),
www.raileurope.ca (Canada) or
www.raileurope-world.com (Australia, NZ, Asia, Africa, South America).
All these sites charge a booking fee, and at the time I write this, none give seating options. I'd
also recommend a price comparison with the other sites mentioned above, as I
ont connu
www.raileurope.com
suppress the cheapest fares for the US market, meaning you could make significant
savings using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu
au lieu. En outre,
see this table comparing the features of the various sites selling
French train tickets.
Vous pouvez
buy tickets by phone, although a booking fee is charged.
In the UK, try International Rail on 0844 248 248 3, lines open 09:00-17:00
Mondays-Fridays.
Option 5, escorted tours to France by train…
If you'd prefer to go to France on an escorted tour
with a convivial group of travellers rather than travelling solo, here
are the two UK companies which arrange escorted tours by train from the UK to
destinations all over Europe on various dates through the year. Tous les deux
companies are part of the same group.
Great Rail
Journeys,
www.greatrail.com, 01904 527 120…
Retour au sommet
London to Avignon, Aix-en-Provence or Marseille from €68…
It's easy to travel from London
or anywhere in the UK to Avignon, Aix or Marseille by
Eurostar &
high-speed TGV, a chance to chill out with
a good book & a glass of wine, and maybe even have lunch in Paris on the way.
With cheap fares if you book in advance, it's affordable too.
Option 1, by direct Eurostar:
Eurostar run a direct train
from London to Avignon & Marseille up to 4 times a week in summer, no
service dans
winter, leaving just after 7am.
See the Direct
Eurostar to Lyon, Avignon & Marseille page for details.
Option 2, via Lille: By
Eurostar to
Lille Europe, where you
make a simple same-station change onto a direct
TGV to Avignon, Aix or Marseille. No need to cross Paris, so ideal if
you've baggage, kids or mobility problems.
Option 3, via Paris: By
Eurostar to
Paris Gare du Nord, then an impressive double-deck
TGV Duplex from
Paris Gare
de Lyon to Avignon, Aix or Marseille. There's a wider choice of departures and often
cheaper fares this way. How about lunch in Paris at the fabulous
Train Bleu restaurant
inside the Gare de Lyon? Or travel time-effectively with an evening
Eurostar to Paris in 2h20, an overnight hotel then a morning TGV to the south in
2 or 3 hours?
Option 4, using a lo-cost Ouigo TGV from Paris to the South of France.
A cheap option using France's budget airline-on-rails…
Option 1, by
direct Eurostar from London to Lyon, Avignon,
Marseille…
Eurostar run a direct train from London to Lyon, Avignon & Marseille
up to 5 times a week in summer, no service in winter, leaving London around
07:19. If the early departure and days of running suit you, it's the
easiest ooption.
For dates of
running, timetable and full details, see the
Direct Eurostar to Lyon, Avignon & Marseille page.
Option 2,
London to Provence via
Lille…
If the direct Eurostar isn't
running or doesn't suit you, this is the easiest option.
Take a Eurostar from
London to Lille, make one simple same-station change of train
at Lille onto a direct TGV to Provence, by-passing Paris. Ideal if you've
luggage, kids or mobility problems. But for a wider choice of departures
and in many cases cheaper fares, also check out journeys via Paris in
option 2
au dessous de.
Londres
► Avignon, Aix, Marseille
Eurostar, 30 minute check-in
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Londres
St Pancras
partir
10h58
12:58
15:04
10h58
12:58
10h58
12:58
15:04
Lille
L'Europe
arrivée
13:26
15:30
17h26
13:26
15:30
13:26
15:30
17h26
Easy change at Lille onto a
high-speed TGV…
Lille
L'Europe
partir
14:03
17:03
18h26
14:03
17:03
14:03
17:03
18h26
Avignon
TGV
arrivée
19:08*
21h26
22h40
19:08*
21h26
19:08*
21h26
22h40
Aix en Provence TGV
arrivée
19:31*
21:49
23:05
19:31*
21:49
19:31*
21:49
23:05
Marseille
St Charles
arrivée
19:46*
22:09
23:20
19:46*
22:09
19:46*
22:09
23:20
Marseille, Aix, Avignon ► London
High-speed TGV…
Mondays to
Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Marseille St Charles
partir
06:34
12:14
06:34
12:14
06:34
12:14
Aix en
Provence TGV
partir
06:34
12:49
06:34
12:49
06:34
12:49
Avignon
TGV
partir
06:49
12h51
06:49
12h51
06:49
12h51
Lille
L'Europe
arrivée
11:33
16:56
11:33
16:56
11:33
16:56
Easy change at Lille onto Eurostar,
30 minute check-in…
Lille
L'Europe
partir
13h30
17:35
13h30
18h35
12:35
17:35
Londres
St Pancras
arrivée
14h05
18h06
14h05
19:13
12:57
18h06
* On the 14:03 TGV from Lille, you
need to change trains at Lyon Part Dieu as well.
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
How to buy tickets What's Eurostar like? What are TGVs like?
What are Intercités de Nuit
couchette
trains like?
Map of Marseille
Avignon
TGV station is 3 miles from Avignon city centre & Avignon Centre
station. A new rail link from Avignon TGV station to Avignon
Centre station opened in 2013 and shuttle trains now run every 30-45
minutes, journey time 5 minutes, fare around €1.80. If you'd rather travel
to Avignon Centre, simply specify 'Avignon Centre' when booking at
www.loco2.com
and it'll add the shuttle train for an extra €1.50.
Map of Avignon showing stations.
Aix
en Provence TGV station is 10 miles from Aix city
centre.
Always check train times for
your specific dates… The timetables here are simplified, and don't take
account of day to day changes in timetable. Please check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu, times may vary on certain
dates, and remember that booking only opens 92 days ahead. No Eurostars
run on 25 December.
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Avignon, Aix-en-Provence & Marseille, starting
at €68 one-way or €120 return 2nd class, €134 one-way
or €238 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Children under 4 go free. Children 4 but under
12
€63 one-way, €111 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €65 one-way, €114 return.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Nice, Cannes, Antibes or Toulon
starts at just €25 each way.
How to buy tickets…
2nd class
with a mix or unidirectional seats & tables for 4. Seats are 2+2
across car width.
Panorama photo.
1ère classe
with a mix of unidirectional seats, solo seats, tables for 2 & for 4.
Seats 2+1 across car width.
Panorama photo.
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Option 3,
London to Provence via
Paris…
This is the fastest, cheapest & most frequent option, if you don't mind changing
trains & stations in Paris.
Take Eurostar from London to Paris in
just 2h16, change stations in
Paris by metro or taxi as explained here, then take a direct 186mph
double-decker TGV Duplex from
Paris Gare
de Lyon to Nice in 5h37. Although a same-station change in
Lille is easier, you'll find a wider range of departures via
Paris and often cheaper fares available. Why not take an earlier Eurostar
and explore Paris for a while, or have lunch at the fabulous
Train Bleu restaurant inside the Gare de
Lyon before boarding your TGV to the Sunny South of France?
Traverser
Paris by metro or RER to the
Paris Gare
de Lyon
et
board a high-speed TGV Duplex…
Paris Gare de Lyon
partir
10:37
15h07
15:37
17:37
18h37
19h37
20:19*
08:37
15h07
15:37
15:37
17:37
18h37
08:37
Avignon TGV
arrivée
13:26
|
18:17
20h17
21:17
22h17
23:03
11:22
|
18:17
18:19
20h17
21:17
11:22
Aix en Provence TGV
arrivée
13h48
|
18:40
20:40
21:40
22h40
23:26
|
|
18:40
18h47
20:40
21:40
|
Marseille St Charles
arrivée
14:04
18h16
18:55
20h55
21h55
22:55
23h42
11h58
18h16
18:55
18:59
20h55
21h55
11h58
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
* = Times vary, it leaves Paris at 20:37 on Mondays and Fridays arriving
Marseille 00:01.
** = The 05:40 Eurostar from London usually doesn't run in July or August.
How to buy tickets
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
What are Intercités de Nuit
couchette
trains like?
How to buy tickets
Avignon
TGV station is 3 miles from Avignon city centre & Avignon Centre
station. A new rail link from Avignon TGV station to Avignon
Centre station opened in December 2013 and shuttle trains now run every 15-30
minutes, journey time 5 minutes, fare around €1.80. If you'd rather travel
to Avignon Centre, simple specify 'Avignon Centre' when booking at
www.loco2.com
and it'll add the shuttle train for an extra €1.50.
Map of Avignon showing stations.
Aix
en Provence TGV station is 10 miles from Aix city
centre.
Always check train times for
your specific dates… The timetables here are simplified, and don't take
account of day to day changes in timetable. Please check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu, times may vary on certain
dates, and remember that booking only opens 92 days ahead.
Marseille,
Aix, Avignon ► London (Mondays-Saturdays)
High-speed TGV…
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Marseille
partir
07:01
09h06
12:06
14:06
15:04
15h50
20h06
07:01
09h06
12:06
14:06
15:04
20h06
Aix en Provence TGV
partir
07h16
09:21
12:21
14:21
15:21
16:05
19:21
07h16
09:21
12:21
14:21
15:21
19:21
Avignon TGV
partir
07h38
09h43
12h43
14:43
15:43
|
19:43
07h38
09h43
12h43
14:43
15:43
19:43
Paris Gare de Lyon
arrivée
10:19
12:23
15:23
17:31
18h23
19:15
23:23
10:19
12:23
15:23
17:31
18h23
23:23
Traverser
Paris by metro or RER to the Gare du Nord and take Eurostar, 30 min check-in…
Paris
Gare du Nord
partir
12h13
15:13
17:13
19:13
20:13
21h13
07:13
13:13
14:13
17:13
19:13
20:13
08h13
Londres
St Pancras
arrivée
13h30
16:39
18:32
20h39
21h39
22h39
08:32
14h39
15:30
18:30
20h41
21h39
09h30
Marseille,
Aix, Avignon ► London (Sundays)
High-speed TGV…
Sundays
Marseille
partir
07:01
09h06
12:06
14:06
15:04
15h50
20h06
Aix en Provence TGV
partir
07h16
09:21
12:21
14:21
15:21
16:05
19:21
Avignon TGV
partir
07h38
09h43
12h43
14:43
15:43
|
19:43
Paris Gare de Lyon
arrivée
10:19
12:23
15:23
17:31
18h23
19:15
23:23
Traverser
Paris by metro or RER to the Gare du Nord and take Eurostar, 30 min
check-in
Paris
Gare du Nord
partir
12h13
14:13
17:13
19:13
20:13
21h13
07:13
Londres
St Pancras
arrivée
13h30
15:30
18:30
20h41
21h39
22h39
08:32
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Avignon, Aix-en-Provence & Marseille, starting
at €68 one-way or €120 return 2nd class, €134 one-way
or €238 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Children under 4 go free. Children 4 but under
12
€63 one-way, €111 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €65 one-way, €114 return.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Avignon, Aix or Marseille
starts at just €25 each way.
How to buy tickets…
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Option 4,
la
budget option: Ouigo…
In 2013, French Railways launched a budget-airline-on-rails called
Ouigo,
www.ouigo.com. Ouigo operates several
no-frills trains a day from Paris to Lyon, Aix en Provence, Avignon, Marseille,
Nîmes & Montpellier using special double-deck TGV Duplex trains with just one
class of seating, no catering and no 1st class. Like budget airlines,
they've added a 30-minute check-in, there are baggage limits and extra fees for
large or additional bags.
Pour plus d'informations sur
Ouigo including ticketing buying tips, travel tips & photos, see the Ouigo page.
There's no reason why you can't
use a Eurostar ticket from London to Paris then a cheap Ouigo ticket from Paris
to Lyon, Avignon, Aix or Marseille, as long as you allow plenty of time
between trains, meaning several hours not the usual hour to cross Paris you'd
allow with regular trains.
That's because Ouigo has been set
up as a separate company, even though it is wholly-owned by SNCF French
Railways. You will be using separate tickets for the Eurostar and for
Ouigo, Ouigo has no agreement in place with Eurostar to guarantee onward travel
if there's a delay and missed connection. So if one train runs late and
you miss the connection. you'll find yourself paying for a new ticket.
It's your risk, which means you should allow 2 or 3 hours or more between trains
in Paris, not one.
Step 1, go to
www.eurostar.com
and book a Eurostar
from London St Pancras
to Paris Gare du Nord
from €44 one-way, €58 return.
Step 2, go to
www.ouigo.com
and book a lo-cost Ouigo TGV from Paris to Lyon, Aix en Provence,
Avignon, Marseille, Nîmes & Montpellier from as little as €10 each way, but
don't forget you may need to add the €5 extra baggage fee for oversize or
additional bags. Only European & United States payment cards are accepted,
see the Ouigo page for
more information about Ouigo tickets.
Some Ouigo departures leave from
the Gare de Lyon
in central Paris, but some go from Marne La Vallée a 45-minute €8 RER ride
outside Paris. Obviously, pick one leaving from
Gare de Lyon if
you can, allowing at least 2 or 3 hours between the Eurostar arrival and Ouigo
departure.
You can transfer from Paris Nord
to Paris Gare de Lyon by RER express metro in about 30 minutes
as explained here.
If you need to transfer to Marne
la Vallée, allow 3-4 hours between Eurostar arrival and Ouigo departure.
To reach Marne la Vallée, take take RER line B from Paris Nord to Chatelet-les-Halles,
then RER line A to Marne la Vallée-Chessy. Journey time 50 minutes, trains
run every 10-15 minutes.
Retour au sommet
Sponsored links…
What are the options?
Option 1, via Lille:
Par
Eurostar to
Lille Europe, a simple same-station change, then
TGV from Lille to Nîmes & Montpelier. Change at Montpellier for
Carcassonne. Change at Montpellier for Narbonne & Perpignan, although on
certain days you'll find a direct TGV from Lille. This is the easiest option especially if you've
beaucoup de
baggage, kids or mobility problems, as there's no need to cross Paris.
Travelling by high-speed train at up to 186mph, you can leave London in the
afternoon and arrive in the South of France in the evening!
Option 2, via Paris:
Par
Eurostar to
Paris Gare du Nord, then impressive double-decker
TGV Duplex from
Paris Gare
de Lyon to Nîmes, Montpelier, Narbonne or Perpignan, change at Narbonne for
Carcassonne. This is usually the most frequent, fastest and usually
cheapest option, although it involves changing stations in Paris by metro or
taxi. But how about lunch in Paris at the fabulous
Train Bleu restaurant
at the Gare de Lyon between trains?
Option 3, via sleeper train from
Paris: Runs daily from July to early September, and on Friday &
Sunday nights in winter. Prendre
Eurostar to
Paris Gare du Nord,
then sleep in a couchette from
Paris Gare d'Austerlitz to Carcassone, Perpignan or Portbou on the
intercité de nuit overnight train.
This is the most time-effective option of all!
Option 1,
by Eurostar & TGV via Lille…
This is the
most stress-free way to travel from London to the south of France. Prendre
a Eurostar to
Lille and make a simple same-station change of train onto a
186 mph high-speed TGV direct
à
Nîmes & Montpellier with no need to cross
Paris. South of Lyon the TGV runs along the scenic Rhône
Valley, crossing and re-crossing the River Rhône,
flying at ground level through the hills of Provence over some breathtaking
viaducts, passing pretty French villages and the occasional chateau. Si
you're going beyond Montpellier, watch out for your first sight of
the Mediterranean coast and for the flamingos on the various étangs (lakes)
which the train passes or crosses on a causeway.
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
m = Change
trains at Montpellier. Time may vary.
How to buy tickets
About changing trains
in Lille
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
Il y a beaucoup d'autres
journey possibilities changing trains and stations
in Paris.
Always check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com as times
may vary on specific
Rendez-vous.
Perpignan,
Carcassonne, Montpellier, Nîmes ► London
High-speed TGV…
Mondays-Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Perpignan depart
–
–
11:21 m
–
10:51 m
–
–
10:51 m
Carcassonne
partir
06:45 m
–
09:39 m
–
09:39 m
–
–
09:39 m
Narbonne
partir
07:19 m
–
12:11 m
–
11:28 m
–
–
11:28 m
Montpellier Saint-Roch depart
08:56
11h57
14:56
08:56
14:56
08:56
11h57
14:56
Nîmes
partir
09:26
12h26
15:26
09:26
15:26
09:26
12h26
15:26
Lille
Europe arrive
14:21
17:00
20h20
14:21
19:56
14:21
17:00
19:56
Change at
Lille onto Eurostar, 30 minute check-in…
Lille
Europe depart
15:35
17:35
21h00
15:35
21h00
15:30
17:35
21h00
Londres
St Pancras arrive
16:05
18h06
21:33
16:05
21:33
16:05
18h06
21:33
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Nîmes, Montpellier, Agde, Narbonne & Perpignan, starting
at €68 one-way or €120 return 2nd class, €134 one-way
or €238 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Children under 4 go free. Children 4 but under
12
€63 one-way, €111 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €65 one-way, €114 return.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Nice, Cannes, Antibes or Toulon
starts at just €25 each way.
By overnight train, Paris to
Perpignan or Narbonne starts at €18 one-way, €36 return in a
reclining seat, €26.50 one-way or €53 return in a 6-berth
2nd class couchette, or €45.50 one-way or €91 return in a
1st class 4-berth couchette. Like air fares, prices rise as
cheaper tickets are sold.
You can book sole or dual occupancy of a 4-berth compartment, this is called
Espace Privatif,
see details of costs & how to arrange this here.
How to buy tickets…
2nd class
with a mix or unidirectional seats & tables for 4. Seats are 2+2
across car width.
Panorama photo.
1ère classe
with a mix of unidirectional seats, solo seats, tables for 2 & for 4.
Seats 2+1 across car width.
Panorama photo.
Option 2, by Eurostar & TGV via Paris…
This option is usually faster, more frequent and
in many cases cheaper than going via Lille, if you don't mind changing stations
in Paris by metro or taxi. Effectivement,
if you allow an extra hour or two, you can have a meal at the amazing
Train Bleu restaurant
inside the historic Gare de Lyon, making a virtue out of necessity!
You'll see the same great scenery along the rural Rhone Valley then across the
South of France as taking the Lille route.
I won't list all the possible
options here, to find train times and
prices via Paris, simply run an enquiry at
www.loco2.com.
Use the More options
link and enter Paris as a via station with a suitable duration to add in a stopover for lunch or a longer stop.
For help crossing Paris by
metro or taxi, see the Paris metro
page.
Option 3, by Eurostar & sleeper
train…
This is the most time-effective
option. The Paris-Perpignan-Portbou
intercité de nuit overnight train was
discontinued in 2016, but it's now been saved and reinstated in July 2017,
running daily in summer.
On the down side it now only runs on Friday & Sunday nights off-season, and as
il est
attached to the Paris-Toulouse intercité de
nuit it's arrival in Perpignan isn't until almost 10am! But it
provides a useful overnight train from Paris direct to Carcassone and if you
want to use it, here's how…
London ► Carcassonne,
Perpignan
Perpignan, Carcassone
► London
How much does it cost?
London to Paris starts at €44
one-way or €58 return in 2nd class, €112 one-way or €168 return in 1st class
with meal & wine included.
Paris to Carcassone,
Perpignan or Portbou starts at €26.50 one-way or €53 return in a 6-berth
2nd class couchette, or €45.50 one-way or €91 return in a
1st class 4-berth couchette. Like air fares, prices rise as
cheaper tickets are sold. Reclining seats start at €18 one-way, €36
return, but I strongly recommend booking a couchette in a safely-locked
compartment so you can sleep, a seat is a false economy.
How to buy tickets…
The intercité de nuit
overnight train from Paris to Carcassonne, Perpignan & Portbou has 1st class 4-berth
& 2nd class 6-berth couchettes, each with lightweight sleeping-bag &
mineral water…
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There are two options, both
benefitting from the opening of the extension of the Paris-Tours high-speed line
all the way to Bordeaux on 2 July 2017. This knocked another hour off the
journey.
Option 1, via Paris.
This is the most
frequent and usually cheapest option, although it means changing trains and
stations in Paris. You travel by Eurostar to
Paris Gare du Nord, change trains and stations, then take
une
TGV high-speed train from
Paris Gare Montparnasse to
Biarritz or Lourdes. Times via Paris are shown below, but this route has
some seasonal variations so check times for your specific date
online at
www.loco2.com.
Why not take an earlier Eurostar and have lunch in Paris?
Option 2, changing Lille &
Bordeaux, which avoids Paris… You can take Eurostar to Lille and
travel by direct TGV from Lille to Bordeaux, with (usually) another change
Là. This avoids the need to change trains and stations in Paris,
but it usually works out more expensive. I haven't shown this option here,
but you can easily check train times at
www.loco2.com
– it may help to click More options and specify Lille (any station)
in the via box.
London ► Biarritz, Irun, Lourdes,
Tarbes
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Mon-Fri
Sam
Mon-Sat
du quotidien
du quotidien
du quotidien
du quotidien
Fridays
Mon-Fri,
Soleil
du quotidien
Mon-Fri,
Soleil
Sam
Londres
St Pancras depart
05:40*
06:18
07:55
10:24
10:24
12h24
12h24
14h22
20:01
20:01
20:01
20:01
Paris
Gare du Nord arrive
09:17*
09:47
11h17
13:47
13:47
15:47
15:47
17:47
23:17
23:17
23:17
23:17
Traverser
Paris by metro
to the Gare Montparnasse & board a
high-speed TGV…
un hôtel
un hôtel
un hôtel
un hôtel
Paris
Gare Montparnasse depart
11:52
11:52
12:52
15:52
15:52
17:52
17:52
19:52
06:50
09:52
07:52
09:52
Dax
15:16
15:16
16:14
19h14
19:16
21:14
21:14
23:14
10h14
13:14
11:14
13:14
Bayonne
15:47
15:47
16h46
19:47
|
21h47
|
23:47
|
|
11:47
13:47
Biarritz
15:58
15:58
16h58
19:58
|
21:58
|
23:58
|
|
11h58
13:58
St Jean
de Luz
16:14
16:14
17:14
20:14
|
22:14
|
00:14
|
|
12:14
14:14
Hendaye (border, French)
16:31
16:31
17:31
20:31
|
22:31
|
00:31
|
|
12:31
14:31
Irun
(border, Spanish)
|
|
|
|
Pau
20:13
22h13
11h04
14:15
Lourdes
20h41
22h41
11:40
14h52
Tarbes
21:06
23:06
11h58
15:11
Tarbes,
Lourdes, Hendaye, Biarritz ► London
High-speed
TGV
du quotidien
Mon-Sat
du quotidien
Sat, Sun
du quotidien
Mon-Fri,
Soleil
ven
Mon-Fri,
Soleil
du quotidien
du quotidien
Soleil
Tarbes
07:01
13h54
15h48
19:09
Lourdes
07h18
14h18
16:12
19h26
Pau
07h45
14:45
16:45
19:53
Hendaye
(border)
07h19
|
09:19
11:19
13h19
|
14:19
15:19
|
18:19
|
St Jean
de Luz
07h35
|
09:35
11h35
13:35
|
14:35
15:35
|
18h35
|
Biarritz
07:52
|
09:52
11:52
13:52
|
14h52
15:52
|
18:52
|
Bayonne
08:11
|
10:11
12h11
14:11
|
15:11
16h11
|
19:11
|
Dax
08h46
08h46
10h46
12:46
14h46
15h46
15h46
16h46
17h46
19h46
20h46
Paris
Gare Montparnasse arrive
12:08
12:08
14:08
16:08
18:08
19h08
19h08
20h08
21:08
23:08
00:08
Traverser
Paris by metro
to Gare du Nord for
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
un hôtel
un hôtel
un hôtel
un hôtel
Paris
Gare du Nord depart
15:13
15:13
16h13
18:13e
20:13
21h13
21h13
07:13
07:13f
07:13f
07:13
Londres
St Pancras arrive
16:39
16:39
17h39
19:39e
21h39
22h39
22h39
08:32
08:32f
08:32f
08:32
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
* = The 05:40 Eurostar from London doesn't usually run in July & August.
e = the Eurostar connection runs
an hour later on Saturdays.
f = the first Eurostar connection
runs an hour later on Sunday mornings.
Please check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu, as times vary on
différent
Rendez-vous.
How to buy tickets
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Biarritz or Lourdes, starting
at €68 one-way or €120 return 2nd class, €134 one-way
or €238 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Children under 4 go free. Children 4 but under
12
€63 one-way, €111 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €65 one-way, €114 return.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€44 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Lourdes, Biarritz, St Jean de Luz, Hendaye or Irun starts at just €25 each way.
How to buy tickets…
The interior is styled
by designer Christian Lacroix, and there are power sockets at all seats. On the TGV
Atlantique route from Paris to Bordeaux & the Spanish border, one 1st class car has a conventional open plan
layout, the other two have a unique layout with bays
of two seats facing across a table one side of the
aisle, and semi-compartments of 4 seats around a table
on the other, as pictured below. Very civilised! Note that an
increasing number of trains on this route are new
TGV Duplex double-decker trains,
some with the all-new Océane interior.
TGVs to Bordeaux,
Biarritz & Hendaye waiting to leave Paris Montparnasse…
1st class with
semi-compartments.
2nd class on the
TGV. Most seats are unidirectional, there are some tables for 4.
See panorama photo.
The café-bar car,
serving drinks, snacks and microwaved hot dishes.
See a typical
menu here…
Back to
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London to Lyon by train from €62 one-way or €110
return…
The easiest and most painless
way to travel from London to Lyon is to take
Eurostar from
London St Pancras to
Lille and make a simple
same-station interchange in Lille onto a
direct TGV to Lyon, with no need to change trains and
stations in Paris. Relax over a glass or two as you
swish past the French countryside, the green hills just
north of Lyon are especially pretty. It's almost as fast as flying, but
far more enjoyable with no airport security queues in sight. Services with one
easy change at Lille are shown in the timetables below.
Map of Lyon showing station.
Alternatively,
you can take Eurostar from
London St Pancras to
Paris Gare du Nord,
change trains and stations in
Paris, and take a TGV from
Paris Gare de Lyon to Lyon. Bien que
not as simple as the route via Lille, going via Paris offers
an almost hourly departure from London, and cheap fares seem
more plentiful this way. Vous pouvez également
(of course) stop off in Paris. Train times via Paris
are not shown below, but there are
hourly Eurostars from London to Paris
Gare du Nord (journey 2 hours 40 minutes) and hourly TGVs from Paris
Gare de Lyon to Lyon (journey 2 hours). Almost all
Paris-Lyon TGVs and a few Lille-Lyon services are now
impressive double-deck
TGV Duplex.
If you want to go via Paris, just check times using either
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu.
Direct London-Lyon Eurostar:
Eurostar
now offer an early-morning direct train from London to Lyon running between 1
and 5 days a week for much of the year,
see the Direct
Eurostar to Lyon, Avignon & Marseille page for details.
London ► Lyon & Grenoble
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Londres
St Pancras depart
06:47*
10h58
12:58
15:04
06:57
10h58
12:58
17h04
10h58
12:58
14:04
15:04
Lille
Europe arrive
09:30*
13:26
15:30
17h26
09:26
13:26
15:30
19h26
13:26
15:30
16h26
17h26
Easy change at Lille
onto a high-speed TGV…
Lille
Europe depart
10:43
14:03
17:03
18h26
10:43
14:03
17:03
20:02
14:03
17:03
17:03
18h26
Lyon Part Dieu arrive
14:00
17h04
20h00
21h30
14:00
17h04
20h00
23:24
17h04
20h00
20h00
21h30
For Grenoble, change at Lyon:
Lyon Part Dieu depart
14:14
16:14
19h14
22:14
14:14
16:14
19h14
–
16:14
19h14
20:14
22:14
Grenoble arrive
15:38
17:38
20:38
23h38
15:38
17:38
20:38
–
17:38
20:38
21:38
23h38
Lyon & Grenoble ► London
Local TER train…
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Grenoble depart
–
06:22
09:22
12h22
15:22
–
09:22
12h22
15:22
–
06:22
09:22
12h22
15:22
Lyon Part Dieu arrive
–
07:46
10h46
13:46
16h46
–
10h46
13:46
16h46
–
07:46
10h46
13:46
16h46
High-speed TGV…
Lyon Part Dieu depart
05:50
08:30
11h00
14:00
17:00
05:50
11h00
14:00
17:00
05:50
08:30
11h00
14:00
17:00
Lille
Europe arrive
08:59
11:33
14:21
16:56
20h00
08:59
14:21
16:57
20h00
08:59
11:33
14:21
16:56
20h00
Easy change at Lille
onto Eurostar, 30 minute check-in…
Lille
Europe depart
09h30
13h30
15:35
17:35
21h00
09h30
15:35
17:35
21h00
09h30
13h30
15:30
18h35
21h00
Londres
St Pancras arrive
09:57
14h05
16:05
18h06
21:33
09:57
16:05
18h06
21:33
09:57
14h05
16:05
19:03
21:33
* On Mondays May-September the Eurostar leaves
London 07:19 arriving Lille at 09:51 (this is in fact the
direct Eurostar
to Lyon). Still leaves 06:47 on Tue-Fri.
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at each grey bar.
How to buy tickets
About changing trains
in Lille
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
Map of Lyon showing station
Please check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com as times vary
significantly by
rendez-vous amoureux.
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Lyon or Grenoble, starting
at €62 one-way or €110 return 2nd class, €129 one-way
or €228 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Children under 4 go free.
Children 4 but under 12 €59 one-way, €104 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €60 one-way, €106 return.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Lyon or Grenoble starts at just €20 each way.
How to buy tickets…
2nd class
with a mix or unidirectional seats & tables for 4. Seats are 2+2
across car width.
Panorama photo.
1ère classe
with a mix of unidirectional seats, solo seats, tables for 2 & for 4.
Seats 2+1 across car width.
Panorama photo.
Back to
Haut
London to Bordeaux by train in as little as 5h45…
Option 1, via Lille,
easiest… The easiest and most painless way to travel from London
to Bordeaux is to take Eurostar to
Lille Europe in 1h30 and make an
facile
interchange in Lille onto a direct double-decker
TGV Duplex to Bordeaux now taking as little as 4h26
with no need to change
trains and stations in Paris (although you may need to walk 500m between
Lille Europe and
Lille Flandres stations). Relax over a glass or two as you swish
past the French countryside. However, although this avoids the need to
change trains and stations in Paris, there are only a few options each day,
as shown below, and most involve a short 500m 6-minute walk between
Lille Europe and
Lille Flandres stations, as shown by the little 'f'.
You can easily check times and buy tickets at
www.loco2.com
– Tip: Click More options and enter Lille (any station).
If necessary, book London-Lille first, add to basket, then add Lille to
Bordeaux..
Option 2, via Paris, most
frequent & quickest, London to Bordeaux in as little as 5h45… There are hourly Eurostars to
Paris Gare du Nord in 2h20,
take the metro or a taxi to
Paris Gare Montparnasse and hop on a TGV to Bordeaux
St Jean taking as little as 2h04 since the new Tours-Bordeaux high-speed line opened
in July 2017. The train
times via Paris aren't shown here, but you can easily
check times and buy tickets at
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu.
Some of these TGVs are single deck, others are double-deck
TGV Duplex.
London ► Bordeaux
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Londres
St Pancras depart
06:47*
10h58
12:58
06:57
10h58
12:58
10h58
14:04
Lille
Europe arrive
09:30*
13:26
15:30
09:26
13:26
15:30
13:26
16h26
Change at Lille
onto a
high-speed TGV…
Lille
Flandres depart
10:20 f
14:48 f
17:16
F
10:20 f
14:49 f
17:16
F
14:49 f
17:16
F
St Pierre des Corps (Tours)
12:58
17:58
19:58
12:58
17:58
19:58
17:58
19:58
Poitiers
arrivée
13:32
18:32
20h32
13:32
18:32
20h32
18:32
20h32
Angoulême arrive
14:13
19h14
21:14
14:13
19h14
21:14
19h14
21:14
Bordeaux
St Jean arrive
14h52
19:52
21:52
14h52
19:52
21:52
19:52
21:52
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
* = On Mondays & Fridays the Eurostar leaves London earlier, at
06:13 or you can use the 07:19 when running.
f =
This train arrives/departs
Lille Flandres station,
not Lille Europe, an easy 500m
6-minute walk from Lille Europe
Eurostar/TGV station.
How to buy tickets
About changing trains
in Lille
What is Eurostar
comme?
What are TGVs like?
Always check train times for
your date of travel at
www.loco2.com or
www.trainline.eu (anyone), as times vary on certain
Rendez-vous.
Only journeys
via Lille are shown here. There are many other journey
opportunities changing trains and stations in Paris, check
times and prices at
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu.
Bordeaux ► London
High-speed TGV
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Bordeaux
St Jean depart
06:08
09h08
15h08
06:08
09h08
15h08
09h08
15h08
Angoulême depart
06:46
09:46
15h46
06:46
09:46
15h46
09:46
15h46
Poitiers
partir
07:28
10:28
16:28
07:28
10:28
16:28
10:28
16:28
St Pierre des Corps (Tours)
08:03
11:02
17:02
08:02
11:02
17:02
11:02
17:02
Lille
Europe arrive
10:40 f
13:54 f
19:42 f
10:40 f
13:55 f
19:42 f
13:55 f
19:42 f
Easy change at Lille
onto Eurostar, 30 minute check-in…
Lille
Europe depart
13h30
15:35
21h00
13h30
15:35
21h00
15:30
21h00
Londres
St Pancras arrive
14h05
16:05
21:33
14h05
16:05
21:33
16:05
21:33
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Bordeaux or Angoulême, starting
at €62 one-way or €110 return 2nd class, €129 one-way
or €228 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Children under 4 go free. Children 4 but under
12
€59 one-way, €106 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €60 one-way, €106 return.
Combined Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Tours, St Pierre des Corps or Poitiers, start at €49 one-way or €89 return 2nd class, €118 one-way
or €209 return 1st class.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Alternatively, you can buy separate
Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at €45 one-way,
€58 return. Paris to Bordeaux starts at just €20 each way, Paris to
Poitiers from €15 each way.
How to buy tickets…
On board the TGV to Bordeaux…
TGV info & tips
Most Lille-Bordeaux are double-deck
TGV Duplex, see the photos here.
Some Paris-Bordeaux TGVs are single-deck with the
Christian Lacroix
interior, see the photos here. Others are
TGV Duplex, and some of these
ont le
excellent new Océane interior.
Hello Bordeaux!
A 186 mph TGV Duplex double decker has arrived in Bordeaux from
Lille.
Bordeaux St Jean is a beautiful station, superbly renovated. Remarque
the map of the French rail network on the far wall!
Back to
Haut
London to Strasbourg in 5 hours by train from €57 one-way, €100
revenir
There are two good options:
Option 1, via Lille, the
fastest & easiest way… There are two or three departures every day with
one same-station change at
Lille. I have shown times for these easy options below. Ça peut
take as little as 5h03 centre to centre, virtually as fast as flying. Train times for both routes are
shown here, you can check train times for specific dates and buy tickets at
www.loco2.com.
Option 2, via Paris, the
most frequent way… You can travel by
Eurostar from
London St Pancras to Paris Gare du Nord in 2h20 with departures almost every hour,
it's just an easy 10-minute walk over to the
Gare de l'Est
next door, then you take one of the frequent
high-speed TGVs from Paris to Strasbourg
taking as little as 1h47 now that the final section of high-speed line opened on 3
July 2016. This is the most frequent route and with the widest choice
of departures. I have not bothered to show times via Paris here as
there are so many departures and it's easy just to run an enquiry to see
times, prices & buy tickets at
www.loco2.com.
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
Check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu as times vary on certain
Rendez-vous.
* = On some dates, depart Lille
19:35, arrive London 20:05.
How to buy tickets
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Strasbourg or Nancy, starting at €57 one-way or €100 return 2nd class,
€123 one-way
or €218 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Children under 4 go free.
Children 4 but under 12 €55 one-way, €97 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €54 one-way, €96 return.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Strasbourg starts at just €20 each way.
How to buy tickets…
2nd class
with a mix or unidirectional seats & tables for 4. Seats are 2+2
across car width.
Panorama photo.
1ère classe
with a mix of unidirectional seats, solo seats, tables for 2 & for 4.
Seats 2+1 across car width.
Panorama photo.
Strasbourg's remarkable
railway station, where a glass 'bubble' has been built over the original
historic facade…
Back to
Haut
There are two rail routes from
Paris to Toulouse: The classic direct route from
Paris Gare d'Austerlitz to
Toulouse via
Limoges & Brive uses conventional 125mph trains, most now
stylish and comfortable Téoz carriages, see
the photos below.
The high-speed route from
Paris Gare Montparnasse to Toulouse via Bordeaux uses
186mph TGVs, this is a longer way round but it's still faster, especially since 2 July 2017 when the Tours-Bordeaux high-speed line opens.
London ►
Limoges, Brive, Toulouse
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Mon-Sat
Mon-Sat
du quotidien
du quotidien
du quotidien
du quotidien
Mon-Fri
ven
du quotidien
Daily *
du quotidien
Londres
St Pancras depart
07:55
07:55
09h24
10:24
12h24
12h24
13:31e
14h22
14h22
16:31
20:01
Paris
Gare du Nord arrive
11h17
11h17
12:47
13:47
15:47
15:47
17:17e
17:47
17:47
19:47
23:17
Traverser
Paris by metro from the
Gare du Nord to the
Gare d'Austerlitz or
Gare Montparnasse…
Sleeper
Hotel
Paris
Austerlitz depart
12:29
TGV
14h38
TGV
17:41
TGV
18:38
TGV
19:38
22:08
06:37**
Paris
Montparnasse dep.
|
13:52
|
16:52
|
18:52
|
19:52
|
|
|
Limoges
15:57
|
17h55
|
20:56
|
22:00
|
22:57
|
09:55**
Brive-la-Gaillarde
17:00
|
18:57
|
22:00
|
23:07
|
00:01
|
10:57**
Cahors
18:12
|
20h08
|
23:11
|
–
|
–
|
12:11**
Toulouse
–
18:12
21h18
21h15
–
23h15
–
00:11
–
06:01
13:21**
Comment
to read these timetables: It's easy, you read downwards, each column
is a journey you can take. Vous
change trains at the grey bar.
How to buy tickets
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
What are French
overnight trains like?
* By
Intercités de Nuit couchette train
between Paris & Toulouse, with 2nd class 6-berth couchettes,
1st class 4-berth couchettes, reclining seats.
Watch the Intercités de Nuit
video. Times may vary.
** Runs an hour later on Sunday
mornings and doesn't go beyond Brive. Check alternatives online.
e = Eurostar
connection varies on certain dates or days of the week.
Trains marked TGV are
186mph
TGV trains. Trains running via Limoges are 125mph
Intercité (formerly Téoz) trains, see photos below.
Please check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu, as times may vary on certain
Rendez-vous.
Toulouse,
Brive, Limoges ► London
TGV or
Téoz…
du quotidien
Mon-Sat
Mon-Sat
Mon-Sat
Soleil
du quotidien
Mon-Fri, Sun
du quotidien
Mon-Sat
Soleil
Mon-Sat
du quotidien
du quotidien
Daily *
Toulouse
–
–
06:47
–
–
08h46
11h48
13:51
07:40
–
–
16:32
18:48
22h30
Cahors
–
–
|
06:45
07:46
|
|
|
08:50
12h40
–
17h46
|
|
Brive-la-Gaillarde
04:58
05h55
|
07:58
08h58
|
|
|
10:02
13:52
13:55
19:06
|
|
Limoges
06:04
06:58
|
09:04
10h04
|
|
|
11:02
14:57
15:00
20h06
|
|
Paris
Montparnasse arrive
|
|
11h08
|
|
13h08
16:08
18:08
|
|
|
|
23:08
|
Paris
Austerlitz arrive
09:21
10h20
TGV
12:21
13:21
TGV
TGV
TGV
14:32
18:21
18:21
23h27
TGV
06:52
Traverser
Paris by metro to the Gare du Nord for Eurostar, 30 minute
check-in…
Hotel
Hotel
Sleeper
Paris
Gare du Nord depart
11h13
13:13
13:13
15:13
15:13
15:13
18:13
20:13
16h13
20:13
20:13
07:13e
07:13e
09:13
Londres
St Pancras arrive
12h30
14h39
14h39
16:39
16:39
16:39
19:39
21h39
17h39
21h39
21h39
08:32e
08:32e
10:39
How much does it cost?
There are combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Toulouse, starting
at €68 one-way or €120 return 2nd class, €134 one-way
or €238 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Children under 4 go free. Children 4 but under
12
€63 one-way, €111 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €65 one-way, €114 return.
Combined Eurostar+TGV fares from London to Limoges start at €57 one-way, €100 return
2nd class, €123 one-way, €218 return 1st class. Children under 4 free.
Children under 12 €55 one-way, €97 return. Youths (aged 12-25) from €54
one-way, €96 return.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Limoges starts at €20 each way,
Paris to Toulouse starts at just €25 each way.
How to buy tickets…
On board an
Intercité from Paris
to Limoges, Brive & Toulouse…
Intercités, formerly Téoz:
Although merely 125mph trains, not TGVs, most Paris-Limoges-Brive-Toulouse trains
now use stylish air-conditioned Téoz
coaches like this, with a unique interior design.
1st class seats have power-recline and are fitted with
power-points for laptops/mobiles. There's a small
children's play area in 2nd class, & baby-changing room.
There is usually a cafe-bar or at least a refreshment trolley service.
Watch the
video.
Seating
plan.
1st class seats…
2nd class seats…
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Just hop on a Eurostar from
London St Pancras to
Paris Gare du Nord, change stations by taxi or metro to the
Gare de Bercy, and catch a
southbound express to the Massif Central… Trains between Paris and
Clermont are usually Intercités with the Téoz-style interior,
see the photos above.
London ►
Vichy, Clermont Ferrand
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
du quotidien
du quotidien
ven
du quotidien
Mon-Fri
Soleil
du quotidien
Londres
St Pancras
08:31
09:22
10:24
11h31
12h24
13:31
14h22
Paris
Gare du Nord arrive
11:47
12:47
13:47
14:47
15:47
16h47
17:47
Traverser
Paris by metro to the
Gare de Bercy for a Intercité Téoz train…
Paris
Gare de Bercy depart
13:01
14h01
15:01
16h01
16:57
17:57
18:57
Vichy
15:58
16:59
18h00
18:59
19:56
20:57
22:03
Clermont Ferrand
16:33
17h33
18h34
19:33
20h30
21h30
22:37
Eurostar times may vary at
weekends, so please check times online for your specific date.
Clermont Ferrand, Vichy ► London
InterCité
Téoz train…
Mon-Fri
Sam
du quotidien
Mon-Sat
du quotidien
Soleil
Clermont Ferrand
05:27
06:27
08h27
10:27
13:23
14:27
Vichy
06:01
07:01
09h01
11h01
13:57
15:01
Paris
Gare de Bercy arrive
08:57
10h01
11h57
13:57
16:57
17:57
Traverser
Paris by metro to the
Gare du Nord for Eurostar, 30 minute
check-in
Paris
Gare du Nord depart
11h13
12h13
15:13
16h13
19:13
20:13
Londres
St Pancras
12h39
13h30
16:39
17h39
20h39
21h39
How much does it cost?
Eurostar offer combined
Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Clermont Ferrand starting at €57 one-way or €100 return 2nd class, €123
one-way or €218 return 1st class. Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so book early & shop around for the cheapest departure.
Check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel.
Children under 4 go free.
Children 4 but under 12 €55 one-way, €97 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €55 one-way, €97 return.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Vichy or Clermont starts at €20 each
way.
How to buy tickets…
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Take the train to Brittany…
London ►
Nantes, Rennes & Brittany
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Mondays to Fridays
Londres
St Pancras depart
08h55
08h55
15:04
15:04
Lille
Europe arrive
11h27
11h27
17h26
17h26
Easy change at Lille onto a
high-speed TGV…
Lille
Europe depart
11h46
11h46
17:52
17:52
Le Mans
14:25
14:25
20h26
20h26
Rennes
15:23
|
21:17
|
Angers
15:14
21:10
Nantes
15:54
21:50
London ►
Nantes, Rennes & Brittany
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Saturdays
Sundays
Londres
St Pancras depart
08h58
08h58
12:58
12:58
08h58
08h58
15:04
15:04
Lille
Europe arrive
11h30
11h30
15:30
15:30
11h30
11h30
17h26
17h26
Easy change at Lille onto a
high-speed TGV…
Lille
Europe depart
11h46
11h46
17:52
17:52
12:46 f
12:46 f
17:52
17:52
Le Mans
14:25
14:25
20h26
20h26
15:26
15:26
20h26
20h26
Rennes
15:23
|
21:17
|
16:14
|
21:17
|
Angers
15:14
21:10
16:14
21:10
Nantes
15:54
21:50
16:54
21:50
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read these timetables… Each column is a
service you can take. You read downwards, changing
trains where you come to the grey bar.
How to buy tickets
What is Eurostar like?
What are TGVs like?
About changing trains at
Lille
* = runs
Monday-Thursday. Does not run on Fridays.
** = On Mondays the Eurostar connection leaves London 07:19 arriving Lille at 09:51.
It still leaves at 06:50 on Tuesdays-Fridays.
f = departs
from Lille Flandres station, an easy 500m
6-minute walk
from Lille Europe
Eurostar/TGV station.
Please check train times for your date
of travel using
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu, as times may vary on certain
Rendez-vous.
Nantes, Rennes & Brittany ►
Londres
High-speed TGV…
Mondays to Fridays
Saturdays
Sundays
Nantes
06:03
12:03
06:03
12:03
08:06
12:03
Angers
06:44
12h44
06:44
12h44
08:48
12h44
Rennes
06:26
|
12h26
|
06:26
|
12h26
|
|
10:35
|
Le Mans
07:33
07:33
13h33
13h33
07:33
07:33
13h33
13h33
09:33
11:33
13h33
Lille
Europe arrive
10h06
10h06
16h07
16h07
10h06
10h06
16h07
16h07
12:09 f
14:11 f
16h07
Easy change at Lille onto Eurostar, 30 minute
check-in
Lille
Europe depart
13h30
13h30
17:35
17:35
13h30
13h30
17:35
17:35
15:30
15:30
17:35
Londres
St Pancras arrive
14h05
14h05
18h06
18h06
14h05
14h05
18h06
18h06
16:05
16:05
18:05
How much does it cost?
There are combined Eurostar+TGV
fares from London to Nantes, Rennes, Quimper, Brest or Lorient, starting
at €62 one-way or €110 return 2nd class, €129 one-way
or €228 return 1st class via either Paris or Lille.
Children under 4 go free.
Children 4 but under 12 €59 one-way, €104 return. Youth fares (aged
12-25) start at €60 one-way, €106 return.
Combined Eurostar+TGV fares from
London to Le Mans start at €51 one-way or €90 return 2nd class, €117 one-way
or €208 return 1st class.
Like air fares, fares increase as the cheaper
seats are sold, so check the online booking system
to see prices for your date of travel. Book early & shop around for the
cheapest departure.
Alternatively, you can buy
separate Eurostar & TGV tickets. London to Paris by Eurostar starts at
€45 one-way, €58 return. Paris to Nantes or Rennes starts at just €20 each way.
How to buy tickets…
2nd class
with a mix or unidirectional seats & tables for 4. Seats are 2+2
across car width.
Panorama photo.
1ère classe
with a mix of unidirectional seats, solo seats, tables for 2 & for 4.
Seats 2+1 across car width.
Panorama photo.
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A great way to go: Brittany Ferries' excellent ship,
the Bretagne waiting to sail overnight from Portsmouth to France…
There are two ways to reach Normandy, for example St Malo, Caen,
St Lo, Arramanches, Cherbourg. You can travel by Eurostar and
connecting trains via Paris, or you cross the Channel by
ferry with
Brittany Ferries.
Caen makes a good base for visiting the D-Day beaches, although you can't
get to the beaches by train,
you'll need to use buses or a hire car.
By Eurostar…
By ferry…
To go by ferry,
you take a train
from London (Waterloo) or your local station to Poole, Southampton or Portsmouth,
then a taxi from the station to the port, then you cross the English Channel by ferry to Normandy.
Premier,
check out the ferry routes, times and prices, using the
Seat61 Ferry Shop or
www.brittany-ferries.co.uk. Routes include Portsmouth-St Malo,
Portsmouth-Caen (Ouistreham) & Poole-Cherbourg. Many of
the ferries run overnight with comfortable cabins, allowing
you to spend a full day at work on one day, sail overnight
and arrive in
Normandy for breakfast next morning.
ensuite
check UK train times and fares from your local station to
Portsmouth, Southampton or Poole using
www.nationalrail.co.uk. Remember to allow plenty
of time to connect between train and ferry, at least 60-90
minutes, preferably more, plus the ferry check-in time, usually 30-60 minutes
depending on the ferry operator. If taking a ferry from
Portsmouth Continental Ferry Port, remember the station you
want is Portsmouth & Southsea, not Portsmouth Harbour,
taking a taxi to the ferry terminal.
If arriving at Ouistreham (the
ferry terminal for Caen), there's a special bus from the ferry terminal to
Caen station in central Caen which leaves after the ferry arrives and
passengers disembark – it costs just a euro or two. In the return
direction there's no special bus, but the last regular town bus usually
leaves Caen station around 20:00 for Ouistreham town, where you can have a
meal then walk to the ferry.
Visiting
the D-day beaches…
Bayeux makes a
good base, as many of the tours depart from there, and it's
easily reached by train from either Cherbourg, Paris or Caen
(and don't forget to visit the Bayeux tapestry, showing a
much earlier battle from 1066!).
www.viator.com
has a selection of tours, including ones starting in Bayeux.
Or try these links for
private or group tours of the D-Day beaches:
www.overlordtour.com,
www.guided-normandy-tours.com,
www.normandybattletours.com,
www.dday-guide.com,
www.ddaybattletours.com,
www.firstnormandybattlefieldtours.com.
Feedback would be very welcome…
How to get to Mont St Michel…
Mont St Michel has no station, so you must either take a train to Pontorson-Mont St Michel station which is about 5 miles
away (bus and taxi available) or take a train to Rennes and a
connecting French Railways bus from there.
If you enter
'Mont St Michel' as your destination into
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu it will offer you both 'Pontorson-Mont
St Michel' and 'Mont St Michel'. If you select the
latter, it will offer combined train+bus times and fares
direct to Mont St Michel via Rennes.
Tip: When selecting your seating
options on
www.trainline.eu,
don't panic when it says 'no places available' against the bus (or in French
'car'). That just means there are no allocated seats, you can sit where
you like. It does not mean the bus is full!
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London ► Calais & Lille by Eurostar…
Ordinaire
Eurostars link
London St Pancras with
Lille Europe station, an easy
800m walk from Lille city
centre. A handful of Eurostars link London with Calais Fréthun, which is 9 km (5
miles) outside Calais town.
Aller à
www.eurostar.com
to check times & fares from London to Lille Europe or Calais Fréthun and to
book online.
In Calais, taxis are available
between Calais Fréthun and Calais town centre, journey time 15-20 minutes,
the cost likely to be around €30. Alternatively, there's a regional (=
TER) train service between Calais Fréthun & Calais Ville station which costs
around €2, you can check train times using
www.loco2.com
and simply buy a ticket at the station in Calais.
You can also travel from
London to Calais is by train & ferry via
Dover, see the London to
Paris by train and ferry page for full details. You can travel from
London to Calais one-way for €38.90 using a
Calais Day Tripper
Ticket, even bought on the day at Charing Cross station, no reservation
necessary. This is significantly cheaper than Eurostar if you have to
travel at short notice.
London ► Boulogne, Etaples, Le Touquet, Amiens & Northern France…
The easiest way to reach any of these
places is to take Eurostar from
London St Pancras to either Calais
Fréthun (though only a handful of Eurostars call here) or Lille
(served by regular Eurostars throughout the day), and change
there onto a French regional train. The good news is
that the online system at
www.loco2.com
(in English, tickets printed, collected at the station or sent to any UK address,
can book tickets starting at any British station not just London) or
www.trainline.eu (in
English & French, tickets printed or collected at the station) can book both the Eurostar and the
regional French train. The not-so-good news is that
neither of these websites is very good at identifying journey
Opportunités. By all means just see what train times they give you, but the best way to check train times and
buy tickets is this:
Go to the German Railways all-Europe
online timetable, www.bahn.de/en. This system is excellent at identifying journey
opportunities, even ones which involve several changes of train.
You can rely on the Germans!
Enter 'London' and your final
destination, for example 'Boulogne', 'Amiens', 'St Quentin',
Le Touquet, Montreuil-sur-Mer or 'Etaples', whatever…
Find a journey option that looks
convenient for you, and make a note of the trains. Certains
suggested journeys will have a change of train in Lille (often
involving an easy 500m walk between
Lille Europe station where
the Eurostar arrives and Lille Flandres station), some a
change at Calais-Fréthun and occasionally even a change in Paris (via
Paris is admittedly a long way round, but it can sometimes be
a better bet).
The fastest and cheapest option is
usually to take a Eurostar from London to Calais-Fréthun and change there onto a
TER local train to Boulogne, Etaples, Le Touquet and so on, but it's not
the most frequent option as only a handful of Eurostars stop at Calais-Fréthun
so you may have to seek these departures out amongst the search results (or put
'Calais-Fréthun' in the 'via' box). Rather than stabbing in the dark using
a journey planner, you can easily see the whole train service between London &
Calais-Fréthun at a glance if you
download the PDF-format Eurostar timetable linked from the Eurostar page.
Changing trains at Calais-Fréthun
is easy, the Eurostar arrives at platform 4 (platforms 3 & 4 are the two
high-level high-speed platforms) and regional TER trains leave from platforms 1
& 2 which are the two low-level classic line platforms, lifts are available.
Going via Lille is more frequent, but means doubling-back and so usually costs a
bit more.
Now go to at
www.loco2.com
(in English, tickets printed, collected at the station or sent to any UK address) or
www.trainline.eu (for
any user, tickets printed or collected at the station), and first book the Eurostar from
London to Calais Fréthun or Lille & back. Add this to your basket.
Still at
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu,
now book
the regional train from Calais Fréthun or Lille to your final
destination and back, add to your basket and check out.
Regional TER train tickets
can be used on any train that day, not just the specific one you book.
Eurostar & TGV tickets come with a seat reservation and can only be used on that
specific train.
The train & ferry alternative…
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French Alps ski resort
connections…
Dark blue line = stations served by Eurostar ski train &
Rail Europe Snow Train
Light blue lines = bus or taxi transfers from rail stations.
Il y a
two ways to reach
the French Alps by train, getting your holiday off to a good
start stress-free…
1. Eurostar ski train every winter Saturday,
London to the French Alps,
cliquez ici pour plus de détails
A direct
daytime Eurostar runs from London to the French Alps every Saturday from late December to
early April.
It leaves London & Ashford in the morning and arrives
early evening at Moutiers, Aime & Bourg
St Maurice in the French Alps,
see the map opposite for the resorts it serves. This is the easiest and most
civilised way to reach the Alps from London during the
skiing season, and its available both to independent
travellers and as part of many skiing holidays.
There's also an overnight Eurostar on Friday
nights, although without any sleeping berths!
See the Ski by Train page for
détails.
2. Daily
prévu
trains to the Alps, all-year round…
Alternatively, you can take regular, scheduled trains
running daily, year-round to destinations all over the
French Alps. You can travel by day, taking Eurostar to
Paris, crossing Paris by Metro, then a high-speed TGV to the
Alps, or overnight, taking Eurostar to Paris, crossing Paris
by Metro, then taking an overnight train with couchettes.
You'll find additional direct Paris-Bourg st Maurice trains on Fridays &
Saturdays in the skiing season.
Unfortunately, the overnight couchette trains between Paris & Bourg St
Maurice & St Gervais were discontinued from 1 October 2016.
London ► French Alps
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
du quotidien
toute l'année
Mon-Fri & Sun
toute l'année
du quotidien
toute l'année
Fridays
toute l'année
Londres
St Pancras depart
10:24
11:31*
10:24
10:24
Paris Gare du Nord arrive
13:47
14:47*
13:47
13:47
Traverser
Paris by metro
to the Paris Gare
de Lyon
for high-speed TGV
Paris Gare de Lyon depart
15:11
16h11
14:41
15:49
Chambéry
|
|
17:38
19h08
Albertville
|
|
18:42
g
19:52
Moutiers-Salins
|
|
19:10
g
20:22
Aime la Plagne
|
|
19:28
g
20:38
Bourg st Maurice (for Les Arcs)
|
|
19:52
g
20:58
Annecy
|
|
St Gervais arrive
19:56 b
21:56 b
Chamonix arrive
20:48 c
–
French Alps ► London
High-speed
TGV…
Daily all year
Mon-Fri
toute l'année
Saturdays
en hiver
du quotidien
toute l'année
Saturdays
en hiver
Sat & Sun
toute l'année
Chamonix depart
07:15 c
09:15 c
09:15 d
10:15 d
St Gervais depart
08:04 b
10:04 b
10h14
12h43
Annecy
|
|
|
|
Bourg st Maurice (for Les Arcs)
|
|
|
12:14 g
13:15
|
Aime la Plagne
|
|
|
12:29 g
13:37
|
Moutiers-Salins
|
|
|
12:43 g
13:57
|
Albertville
|
|
|
13:24 g
14:28
|
Chambéry
|
|
|
15:37
15:04
|
Paris Gare de Lyon arrive
12:49
14h52
14:49
18:45
18:11
17h49
Traverser
Paris by metro
to the Gare du Nord for
Eurostar, 30 min check-in
Paris Gare du Nord depart
15:13
17:13
17:13
21h13
20:13
19:13
Londres
St Pancras arrive
16:39
18:32
18:32
22h39
21h39
20h39
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read these timetables Each column is a
service you can take. You read downwards, changing
trains where you come to the grey bar.
Important:
Trains to the Alps vary enormously by date & time of
year, in fact I'd call SNCF's timetable on these routes a
shambles, so use these times as a rough guide, and check for your
own date of travel
en utilisant
www.loco2.com
ou
www.trainline.eu.
b = change at
Bellegarde.
c = change at
Bellegarde & St Gervais.
d = change at St
Gervais.
e = Eurostar leaves London at
09:31 on most Saturdays.
g = change at
Chambéry.
Les Arcs
is linked to Bourg St Maurice station by a funicular railway
which runs every 20 minutes.
Comment acheter
tickets…
French Alps ski resort
connections…
Dark blue line = stations served by Eurostar ski train &
Rail Europe Snow Train
Light blue lines = bus or taxi transfers from rail stations.
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UK to Corsica by train &
ferry…
Arriving in Ajaccio at sunset on Corsica Ferries Mega Express II from Nice…
Corsica is a
fantastic destination, with Mediterranean beaches, great
mountain scenery and excellent hiking opportunities – check
en dehors de
GR20 walking route across the island. la Corse
doesn't get overcrowded, either, even in summer. le
Corsican tourist office website is
www.visit-corsica.com. UK to Corsica
without flying? Aucun problème! Just take Eurostar and a high-speed TGV or
overnight couchette train from London to the south of
France, then a ship or fast ferry
across the sunny Mediterranean to Corsica. Two ferry
companies, Corsica Linea (www.corsicalinea.com)
& Corsica Ferries (www.corsica-ferries.co.uk),
sail from Marseille, Toulon or Nice on the mainland to Bastia, Ajaccio
on Corsica. There are also ferries from Italy (Savona & Livorno,
www.moby.it). The crossing from Nice to
Bastia takes 5½ hours by comfortable ship.
There are daily overnight ferries from Marseille & Toulon to Ajaccio
& Bastia with comfortable cabins. Here are two
suggested ways to reach Corsica, though naturally they
aren't the only options:
London to
Corsica, via overnight ferry from Marseille…
Laisser
London St Pancras by Eurostar at
10:58, make one
easy change of train at Lille and
arrive Marseille St Charles at
19:51.
See the train times
above for details. London-Marseille starts at €68 one-way or €120 return,
book the trains as
shown above.
On arrival at
Marseille St Charles
station, either take a taxi to the Corsica Linea
(formerly SNCM) ferry terminal,
or use the Marseille Metro (www.rtm.fr)
from St Charles station 2 stops to Place de la Joliette, you
want line 2, direction Bougainville, and the fare is around
€1.80. Place de Joliette metro station is just 50m
from the entrance to the ferry terminal. You can walk
from the station to the ferry terminal via Marseille's famous Vieux Port, but it's a fair
old way and not an attractive or easy walk once past the Vieux Port.
Sail overnight
from Marseille to Ajaccio or Bastia, Corsica's first and
second cities respectively. Corsica Linea (www.corsicalinea.com,
successor to defunct state-owned SNCM) sails overnight daily to both cities.
Sailing times vary, but the ship usually sails from Marseille at around
19:00-21:00 arriving Bastia or Ajaccio around 07:00-08:00. Cabins have en suite toilet & shower, and even
satellite TV if you don't mind watching Midsomer
Murders in French! The best way to book the
ferry is online at
www.corsicalinea.com,
you simply print out your own ticket and show it at the
port, or you can book most ferry routes & operators to
Corsica on the Seat61
online ferry booking page. Alternatively, you can book by phone with
their UK agent, Southern Ferries, on 020
7491 4968.
In the return
direction, there are daily overnight ferries from both
Ajaccio & Bastia to Marseille. Allow at least 2 hours
next morning to make the connection in Marseille, then
choose one of the TGV and Eurostar services from Marseille
to London shown above. You'll arrive in
St Pancras in the early evening, less than 24 hours after
leaving Corsica.
London to
Corsica, via Corsica Ferries' afternoon sailing from Nice…
Step 1, travel from London to Nice by daytime trains
and spend a night and morning in Nice.
See the train times
& fares above, and book the trains online as shown above. Spend the morning exploring Nice.
At lunchtime, walk or take a taxi past the Old Town and
around the headland to Nice's old port from where the
ferries leave.
Step 2, Corsica Ferries
(www.corsica-ferries.co.uk)
have a more or less daily afternoon sailing from Nice to
Bastia, and on some days another one to Ajaccio, leaving
Nice around 14:00-15:00 and arriving in Bastia or Ajaccio
around 19:30-20:30 (all on day 2 from London). Haut
tip: Even though it's a daytime ferry, spend an extra
€30 on a private day cabin, so you can snooze, take a
shower and freshen up. Corsica Ferries ships are
modern and very comfortable. The easiest way to book
the ferry is online at
www.corsica-ferries.co.uk,
you simply print out your own ticket and show it at the
port, or you can book most ferry routes & operators to
Corsica on the
Seat61 ferry booking page. The price varies depending on the season.
In the return direction there's
normally a morning sailing from Bastia (and on some days Ajaccio) to Nice,
leaving around 08:00. Stay overnight in Nice then travel to London via
Paris or via Lille,
see the train times
& fares above.
Corsica Ferries Mega Express Four about to sail from Nice…
A cosy cabin on a Corsica Ferries ship…
Custom-made holidays from the UK to Corsica, by train &
ferry…
If you'd rather leave all the
organisation to someone else, rail travel specialists
www.railbookers.co.uk
(020 3327 0761) can tailor-make a holiday to Corsica
by train and ferry for any length of time, leaving on any
date you like, using a variety of train and ferry options.
Train travel in Corsica: Ajaccio,
Corte, Bastia, Ile Rousse, Calvi…
A delightfully scenic
narrow-gauge train links Bastia, Ponte Leccia,
Corte, Vizzavona & Ajaccio (four trains per day), with a
branch from Ponte Leccia to Ile Rousse & Calvi (two trains
per day). The line winds right up through Corsica's
dramatic central mountains, which explains why the 152km
from Ajaccio to Bastia takes 3½
hours! Highly recommended, although it can get hot and
crowded in summer. It's run by French Railways (SNCF)
though is branded CFC – Chemins de Fer de la Corse. For a route map and timetables, see
site officiel
http://cf-corse.fr or
unofficial site
Chemins de Fer de la Corse. You may find
more up-to-date timetables, as well as bus timetables, at
independent website
www.corsicabus.org. Nw air-conditioned trains with
panoramic windows are now in service, linking
Bastia & Ajaccio in under 3 hours at up to 100 km/h even on
Corsica's narrow metre-gauge tracks.
New panoramic trains
finally in service on Corsica… Courtesy of Nigel
Edmund-Jones.
Vizzavona: An Ajaccio-Corte-Bastia train at
Vizzavona…
The Viaduc du vechju, in central
la Corse
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London to Dijon, Reims, Metz, La Rochelle, Versailles, Orléans, Blois…
You can get to just about anywhere in France by train from
London. Dijon, Reims, Clermont Ferrand, Versailles, Orleans,
Blois, and so on.
Aller à
www.loco2.com or www.trainline.eu (residents of any country).
You can book from London to your final destination in one go. Chercher
journeys with an easy-same-station change in Lille if there are any shown.
If you are offered this option, it's simpler than crossing Paris.
However, for journeys via Paris, it's often better to split the journey in Paris
comme suit. This is so you can allow longer in Paris for a meal, or if an
earlier Eurostar has cheaper fares available, it also allows you to avoid some
sub-standard 40-minute cross-Paris connections which have unfortunately been
pre-programmed into SNCF's database. I recommend nothing less than 60
minutes for any cross-Paris connection between Paris Nord and Paris Gare de
Lyon.
Step 1, book from Paris to your final destination at
www.trainline.eu.
Step 2, allowing at least 60 minutes to cross Paris southbound, 90 minutes
northbound (as this includes the 30 minute Eurostar check-in), book from London
to Paris and back at
www.eurostar.com. Vous pouvez
choose an exact seat on Eurostar if you book this way too,
see tips on choosing a seat here.
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If you've time for lunch or dinner
à
Paris Gare de Lyon…
I highly recommend eating at the famous
and remarkable Train Bleu restaurant inside the Gare de Lyon, on the main
concourse, see the Train
Bleu restaurant page for more details.
…or at the Gare du Nord, try the Brasserie Terminus
Nord…
If you'd like a decent meal near
the Gare du Nord rather than the Gare de Lyon, try the
typically French Brasserie Terminus Nord (www.terminusnord.com),
just across the road from the front of the Gare du
Nord. It's good quality French cuisine in classic
Parisian brasserie surroundings, and so handy for Eurostar.
Main dishes cost around €18-€20.
For Motorail car-carrying trains
to the south of France,
voir le
motorail page.
French Motorail
from Calais no longer operates, but a French Railways Auto
Train car carrying service operates from Paris to major
French cities including Nice and Narbonne. For details
voir le
motorail page.
Plenty of companies offer
combined Eurostar+hotel deals for an economical short break in
Paris or Lille. There are times when a combined
Eurostar+hotel offer can be cheaper than a normal Eurostar
ticket! Try:
www.eurostar.com
– Eurostar's own short break packages to Paris & Lille
www.railbookers.co.uk
– tailor-made breaks to Paris and cities all over France
www.lastminute.com
– short breaks to Paris
www.greatrail.com
– 5-day escorted short breaks to the Champagne region, to the Dordogne, to the
Chateaux of the Loire or to Strasbourg & Alsace, all overland by train from the
UK, from around €695-€795.
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020 3327 0761 (UK)
1-888-829-4775 (USA)
1-855-882-2910 (Canada)
1300 971 526 (Aus)
0800 000 554 (NZ)
01904 730 727
01904 527120
Several good companies organise holidays & tours
to France by Eurostar & high-speed TGV, with regular departures, no airport
hassles and no whole days spent in cramped coach seats on motorways. Rail
Discoveries & Great Rail Journeys offer escorted tours where you travel as a
group with a tour manager and all the legwork done for you. Railbookers
can tailor-make a holiday to key French cities to meet your
own requirements, with departure on any date you like.
Railbookers for custom-made tours, holidays & breaks to France
by train….
Railbookers can tailor-make a
flight-free holiday or short break to France for you, with train travel,
transfers & hotels included, leaving on any date you like. Par exemple,
they offer a 2-night break to Avignon or a 6-night holiday to Nice & Cannes with
daytime train travel by Eurostar & TGV. If you tell them what you
want, they'll advise you on the best trains, routes & hotels and sort it all out
pour vous. They get a lot of repeat business!
UK call 020 3327 0761,
www.railbookers.co.uk.
US call free 1-888-829-4775,
see website.
Canada call free 1-855-882-2910,
see website.
Australia call toll-free 1300 971 526,
see website.
New Zealand call toll-free 0800 000 554 or
see website.
Great Rail
Journeys,
www.greatrail.com, 01904 527 120…
GRJ offers
five-star escorted tours to France by train, with 1st class train
travel and 5* or 4* hotels.
Tours include an 8-day tour to Nice & the Cote d'Azur, the Pyrenees or Lake Annecy &
Mont Blanc, all with overland travel from London by train.
Great Rail Journeys also offer
holidays by train to other European countries. Check
the tour details & prices online, then call 01904 527120 to
book or use their
en ligne
booking form.
Rail Discoveries
offers escorted tours to France by train, with 3* or 2* hotels and travel
by Eurostar & TGV. For example, they offer a 6-day
tour to Annecy & Chamonix in the French Alps, or a 7-day holiday from London to
Nice & the French Riviera. Check prices at
www.raildiscoveries.com,
then book online or call 01904 730 727.
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Prendre
the train to France, then hire a car:
www.holidayautos.com
City centres and
cars don't mix well, so stick with the train for city-based
tours. But if you want to get out of the cities and into
the countryside, hiring a car can be a great idea. Début
by trying
Holiday Autos,
www.holidayautos.com, they're part of Lastminute.com so are reliable and have a wide range of
locations and very good prices.
Compare
50 different car hire companies:
www.carrentals.co.uk
The award-winning
site Internet
www.carrentals.co.uk compares many different car hire
companies including Holiday Autos, meaning not only a cheapest
price comparison but a wider choice of hire and drop off
location.
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le
European Rail Timetable (formerly the Thomas Cook European
Timetable)
has train & ferry times for every country in Europe plus
currency & climate information. It is essential
for regular European train travellers and an inspiration for
armchair travellers. Published since 1873, it had just
celebrated 140 years of publication when Thomas Cook decided
to pull the plug on their entire publishing department, but
the dedicated
ex-Thomas Cook team set up a private venture and resumed publication of the
famous European Rail
Timetable in March 2014. You can buy it online with worldwide shipping
à
non plus
www.stanfords.co.uk or
www.europeanrailtimetable.eu.
More information
on what the European Rail Timetable contains.
A Traveller's Railway Map of
Europe covers the whole of Europe from
Portugal in the west to Moscow & Istanbul in the east, Finland in the north
to Sicily & Athens in the south. On the back are detailed maps of
Switzerland, Benelux & Germany, plus city plans showing stations in
major cities. Scenic & high-speed routes highlighted.
Buy it online for €14.50 + postage worldwide (UK addresses €2.80) at
www.stanfords.co.uk/Continents/Europe-A-Travellers-Railway-Map_9789077899090.htm
or (in the Netherlands) for €13 + €5.50 postage from
www.treinreiswinkel.nl.
Paying
for a guidebook may seem an unnecessary expense, but it's a
tiny fraction of what you're spending on your whole trip.
You will see so much more, and know so much more about what
you're looking at, if you have a decent guidebook. je
recommend the Lonely Planet or Rough Guides as the best ones
out there for independent travellers. Click the images
to buy the books – if you buy anything at
Amazone
through these links, Seat61.com gets a small commission (at no
extra cost to you) to help support the site. My own
book, an essential handbook for train travel to Europe based
on this website called "The
Man in Seat 61", was first published in June 2008 and
revised April 2010, and is available from Amazon with
shipping worldwide.
Click the images to buy at
Amazon.co.uk…
Alternatively, you can download just the
chapters or areas you need in .PDF format
from the Lonely Planet Website, from around €2.99 or
US€4.95 a chapter.
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Favourite hotel search & price comparison:
hotelscombined.com
www.hotelscombined.com
checks all the main hotel booking sites at once to find the widest choice of
hotels & the cheapest seller. It's been named as the World's Leading Hotel
Comparison Site in the World Travel Awards and I recommend it
to find hotels in even the smallest places and to check that another retailer
isn't selling the same hotel for less.
► Favourite hotel
booking site: www.booking.com
www.booking.com
is my favourite hotel booking site, and unless HotelsCombined throws up major price
differences I prefer doing my bookings in one place here.
You can usually book with free
cancellation – this allows you to confirm your accommodation at no risk before train
booking opens. It also means you can hold accommodation while you finalise
your itinerary, and alter your plans as they evolve – a feature I use all
the time when putting a trip together.
Hotels near the Gare du Nord, Gare de l'Est, Gare de Lyon & other Paris stations:
If you need to stay over between trains,
here are some suggestions that are both very close and get
good reviews:
Hôtels
near the Gare du Nord with good reviews:
Libertel Gare du Nord Suede (5 min walk from Gare du
Nord, 2-star, doubles €135),
Mercure Terminus Nord (3-star, doubles €180,
directly across the road from the Gare Du Nord);
Art Hotel (3-star,
€120 weekdays, €95 Fri/Sat/Sun);
Avalon Hotel (2-star, doubles €110);
Hotel Cambrai
(5 min walk from Gare du Nord, 1-star, doubles €65).
Hôtels
near the Gare de 'Est with good reviews:
Libertel Gare de l'Est Français (opposite the
station, 3-star, doubles €89);
Libertel Gare du Nord Suede (350m from the Gare de
l'Est, 2-star, doubles €135).
Comfort Hotel Gare de l'Est
(2-star, doubles €90).
Hôtels
near the Gare de Lyon with good reviews:
Hotel Terminus Lyon (right in front of the station,
3-star, doubles €139);
Mercure Paris Gare de Lyon (on the station itself,
4-star, doubles €120);
Novotel Paris Gare de Lyon (opposite the station,
4-star, doubles €139);
Mistral Hotel (800m from Gare de Lyon, 1-star,
doubles €68);
Hotel de Reims (5 min walk from Gare de Lyon,
2-star, doubles €86);
Hôtels
near the Gare Montparnasse with good reviews:
Mercure Paris Gare Montparnasse (150m from the Gare
Montparnasse, 4-star, doubles €175);
Best Western Sevres Montparnasse (15 minute walk to
Gare Montparnasse, 3-star, doubles €170);
La Maison Montparnasse (10 min walk from station,
2-star, doubles €98);
Hotel du Maine (5 min walk from station, 2-star,
doubles €92).
Special hotels for a romantic break in Paris…
There's the famous & flashy
Paris Ritz in the Place Vendôme of course (over
€900 a night) or the similarly-priced
Le Meurice, but if you want a really special hotel for a
luxury break or romantic weekend and can afford to splurge
around €290 a night, I'd recommend the small, sumptuous
and intimate
L'Hotel. It's on the bohemian left bank, walking
distance from the Seine, the Ile de la Cité & Notre Dame.
Oscar Wilde spent the last days of his life here in room 16,
and the hotel has been used by many famous people from
Sinatra to Mick Jagger. Rooms are on the cosy side,
but they are beautifully decorated and have character that
other hotels lack.
Other hotel sites
worth trying…
www.tripadvisor.com
is a good place to browse independent travellers' reviews of the main hotels,
and it has the low-down on destination sights & attractions,
aussi.
www.accorhotels.com: If
you want a consistently good-quality hotel at a reasonable price,
rather than unique character, try the Ibis, Mercure & Sofitel
hotels run by Accor group in almost all French cities, with
online direct booking. A city-centre Ibis hotel booked
in advance online can be a very good deal.
www.hostelworld.com: If you're on a tight budget,
don't forget about backpacker hostels. Hostelworld
offers online booking of cheap private rooms or dorm beds in backpacker hostels in Paris and most other European
cities at rock-bottom prices.
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Take out decent travel insurance, it's essential…
Never travel without proper travel insurance from a reliable insurer
with at least €1m or preferably €5m medical cover. It should also cover
loss of cash & belongings (up to a limit), and trip cancellation. An annual
multi-trip policy is usually cheapest even for just 2 or 3 trips
a year – I have an annual policy myself.
However, don't expect travel insurance to bail you out of every missed
connection, see
the advice on missed connections here. Here are some suggested insurers,
Seat61 gets a little commission if you buy through these
links, and feedback from using
insurance for rail & ferry travel is always welcome.
Dans
the UK, use
www.confused.com to compare prices & policy features across
major insurance companies.
If you have a pre-existing medical condition or are over 65, see
www.JustTravelCover.com
– 10% discount with code seat61.
If you live in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland or the
EU, try
Columbus Direct's other websites.
If you live in the USA try
Travel Guard USA.
Get an
EU health card, it's free…
If you're a
UK citizen travelling in Europe, you should apply for a free
European Health Insurance Card, which entitles you to free or
reduced rate health care if you become ill or get injured in
many European countries, under a reciprocal arrangement with
the NHS. This replaced the old E111 forms
as from January 2006.
The EHIC card is available from ww.nhs.uk. It doesn't remove the need for
travel insurance, though.
Carry a spare credit card, designed for travel with no
currency exchange loading & low/no ATM fees
Taking out an extra credit card costs nothing, but if you keep it in a different part of your luggage you
won't be left stranded if
your wallet gets stolen. En outre,
some credit cards are better for
overseas travel than others. Martin Lewis's
www.moneysavingexpert.com/travel/cheap-travel-money
explains which UK credit cards have the lowest currency
exchange commission loadings when you buy something
overseas, and the lowest cash withdrawal fees when you use
an ATM abroad.
When you're travelling you often use free WiFi in public places which may not be
secure. A VPN means your connection to the internet is encrypted & always
secure, even using unsecured WiFi. In countries such as China where access
to Twitter & Facebook is restricted, a VPN gets around these restrictions.
And lastly, you can select the geographic location of the IP address you browse
with, to get around geographic restrictions which some websites apply – for
example one booking site charges a booking fee to non-European visitors but none
to European visitors, so if you're not located in Europe you can avoid this fee
by browsing with a UK IP address using a VPN.
VPNs & why you need one explained.
ExpressVPN
is a best buy and I use them myself.
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