French Train strike question
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French Train strike question
We arrive on Wednesday the 25th of May and have plans for trekking to St. Lazare for a noon train to Caen, where I have a car rental reservation waiting. With the strike information I'm seeing, today, I've begun checking on alternatives. I do not relish renting from CDG and driving up to Caen after a long flight. The cost of the one-way car rental is about 35% higher than my existing reservation too. I assume my train tickets would be refundable, but that isn't really that big of a deal.
A couple of questions really. If I can't get to St. Lazare due to strikes, will I just lose out on the tickets to Caen refund if the train actually runs?
Other than making the rental car reservation from CDG for a pay later option, is there any alternatives that you might recommend?
A couple of questions really. If I can't get to St. Lazare due to strikes, will I just lose out on the tickets to Caen refund if the train actually runs?
Other than making the rental car reservation from CDG for a pay later option, is there any alternatives that you might recommend?
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So apparently even during a strike a few/ some trains will still be running. If I have already have tickets and booked seats ( Paris - St. Pierre- des- Corps ) and if that particular train ( TGV ) is not scheduled then I can hopefully board the next departing train for St. Pierre - des- Corps?
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Good to hear! Now the question is whether I can get to Saint Lazare via the RER. I'm traveling with some newbies to europe, so I am hoping that its not a horrible snafu upon landing.
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A TER train ticket is good for 5 days from date of travel anyway. No need to panic about that.
Of course you can get to the Gare St-Lazare on the métro/RER.
www.ratp.fr
www.parisbytrain.com
Of course you can get to the Gare St-Lazare on the métro/RER.
www.ratp.fr
www.parisbytrain.com
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No trains running" during a strike is Great Britain, Germany or Belgium, not France!>
Are trains that are strike-immune made public as in Italyor do you never know until you get to the station?
From CDG RER stations you take the RER into Paris - get one that says Sans Arret Jusqu'a Gare Du Nord and not the local one that stops everywhere and can get very crowded IME - andat Gare du Nord follow 'correspondance' signs for RER direction of Madeleine - it does not go right into Saint-Lazare last time I took it several years ago but there is a walkway - follow signs for Grandes Lignes - mainline trains on the surface level.
don't forget to compost that TER ticket I believe - self-cancel it in composteurs - little things you stick the ticket in to date stamp it and render it invalid to be used again - not all trains will have conductors on them checking tickets so if you do not compost your ticket you are considered to be riding without a valid ticket and face a fine.
StCirq's sites she gives probably say all this!
Are trains that are strike-immune made public as in Italyor do you never know until you get to the station?
From CDG RER stations you take the RER into Paris - get one that says Sans Arret Jusqu'a Gare Du Nord and not the local one that stops everywhere and can get very crowded IME - andat Gare du Nord follow 'correspondance' signs for RER direction of Madeleine - it does not go right into Saint-Lazare last time I took it several years ago but there is a walkway - follow signs for Grandes Lignes - mainline trains on the surface level.
don't forget to compost that TER ticket I believe - self-cancel it in composteurs - little things you stick the ticket in to date stamp it and render it invalid to be used again - not all trains will have conductors on them checking tickets so if you do not compost your ticket you are considered to be riding without a valid ticket and face a fine.
StCirq's sites she gives probably say all this!
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I saw an article today that implied that there were RER, cab and other strikes going on this week. I assumed that the direct train to GduN and then the line E to Lazare were in it too. I've already got the timetable for the direct trains and we're planning on that method. Glad to hear the scope is a little less!
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