francophile03

Hi, does anyone know if it's possible to retrieve the rail tickets at a ticket counter instead of at the ATM machines?

Also do you have to retrieve them just before you are ready to board the train as it mentions on the SNCF site? I was thinking of picking them up at least a day before my journey.

Thanks!!

ira

Hi franc,

Yes, you can get your ticket at the ticket counter.

You can get your ticket as soon as you arrive in Paris.

StCirq

It's impossible to retrieve a train ticket at an ATM machine - are you thinking of the automatic ticket dispensers?

You can pick your ticket up any time you want from the ticket counter - a week before you travel, or five minutes before.

francophile03

Thanks very much for the advice. It's good to know there is the option of picking up the tickets at the counter and in advance of your journey which the website doesn't tell you. Ira, this time I will not be in Paris unfortunately. Haha, yes, St. Cirq, I know it's not possible to retrieve tickets from an ATM machine that dispenses cash. But "ATM" is what the SNCF calls their machines as per their site: "To collect your ticket from an Automatic ticket machines (ATM) or in an SNCF station (in France only)"

Travelnut

If one of these offices is closer to your hotel than a train station, you can get your tickets there:

(there are more, I just posted the most likely ones)

Boutique SNCF
99, rue de Rivoli - 75001 Paris

Boutique SNCF
Salle d'échange RER de Châtelet les Halles Niveau -4 - 75001 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 9h à 19h45
Samedi : de 9h à 18h15

Boutique SNCF
Luxembourg - 54 Bd St Michel - A côté de la gare RER B - 75006 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au vendredi : de 8h à 19h
Samedi : de 10h à 12h30 et de 14h à 18h

Boutique SNCF
Rennes-St-Sulpice - 79, rue de Rennes
Angle de la rue de Mézières - 75006 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à samedi : de 10h à 19h

Boutique SNCF
Centre ville - 78 rue St Dominique - 75007 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 9h à 19h
Samedi : de 9h à 12h30 et de 14h à 18h

Boutique SNCF
Les Ternes - 229, rue du Faubourg St-Honoré - 75008 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi au vendredi : de 9h à 19h30
Samedi : de 10h15 à 13h et de 14h à 18h

Boutique SNCF
32, 34 rue Joubert - 75009 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 8h à 19h

Boutique SNCF
Centre commercial Italie 2 - Place - Avenue d'Italie - 75013 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à samedi : de 9h à 20h

Boutique SNCF
Denfert-Rochereau - 4 avenue du Général Leclerc - 75014 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à Samedi : de 9h30 à 19h

Boutique SNCF
Paris Gaîté - Centre commercial Gaîté
Avenue du Maine 75014 Paris

Boutique SNCF
Commerce - 33 rue du Commerce - 75015 Paris

Boutique SNCF
Javel - 1, Rue Balard - Face à la gare de RER C - 75015 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 9h30 à 19h
Samedi : de 9h à 12h30 et de 14h à 16h30

Boutique SNCF
Ancienne Gare - 76, rue d'Auteuil - 75016 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 7h15 à 20h
Samedi : de 8h à 18h30

Boutique SNCF
Neuilly - Porte Maillot - Place Porte Maillot
Angle Bd Péreire - 75017 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 8h à 19h
Samedi : de 9h à 18h

Boutique SNCF
116 Bd Péreire - Face à la gare RER C - 75017 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 8h à 19h
Samedi : de 10h à 12h30 et de 14h à 18h

Boutique SNCF
27 rue Lepic - métro Blanche - 75018 Paris
Horaires d'ouverture : Lundi à vendredi : de 9h à 18h45
Samedi : de 9h à 18h15

francophile03

Hi travelnut, thanks for the listing. It's very helpful to know. However, I won't be able to make use of it on this trip as I will be picking up my tickets in eastern France.

Travelnut

Here is the full city listing for boutiques:

http://www.voyages-sncf.com/info_res...e_Adresses.htm

francophile03

Merci!

francophile03

I checked the listing and my departure city is not on the list of SNCF boutiques. I thought it's allright to pick up the tickets at the train station itself or am I wrong?
Thanks.

StCirq

Yes, you can always pick up your tickets at any train station.

francophile03

Thanks!

ira

Hi franc,

In the event that your train station doesn't have a ticket machine and the ticket counter is closed, bring your confirmation to the conductor - don't et him comme to you - and explain that you do not have a ticket in order to avoid a fine.

MargrietVanderBanck

Yes; just go to the ticket counter with the booking reference number and the credit card you used to pay for the ticket. The advantage of using a boutique is that it's quicker--I've waited in line for 15 minutes at the Charles de Gaulle TGV station, and I saw a very long line-up at Gare de Lyon a couple of weeks ago.

M.

francophile03

Thanks again to all for the additional help. Margriet, you gave me an idea about the CDG ticket booth, but I'll only have about an hour's connection time.