Train stations
Sep 24th, 2011, 09:18 PM
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Yes. Check http://www.voyages-sncf.com/
The stations in Paris aree quite logical. Basically, the Gare du Nord handles northern locations, Gare De Lyon handles southern locations, like Lyon ( Austerlitz also goes south, but that's another story.)
TGV goes from Gare de Lyon to Marseilles Gare st Charles.
The stations in Paris aree quite logical. Basically, the Gare du Nord handles northern locations, Gare De Lyon handles southern locations, like Lyon ( Austerlitz also goes south, but that's another story.)
TGV goes from Gare de Lyon to Marseilles Gare st Charles.
Sep 24th, 2011, 09:23 PM
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www.voyages-sncf.com tells you which Paris station the train leaves.
Eurostar and Thalys use only Paris Nord.
TGV Paris departures use Nord, Est, Montparnasse, and Lyon that I know of. You don't get to choose the station. The destination determines which station the TGV uses.
If you are really looking for how to travel from London to Marseilles by train (I think flying is a better choice,) plug in London and Marseilles into http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query2.exe/en and it will tell you to change from Eurostar to TGV at Lille if you don't want to move from Paris Nord to Paris Lyon. Your other thread mentions you are traveling UK-France-UK.
Eurostar and Thalys use only Paris Nord.
TGV Paris departures use Nord, Est, Montparnasse, and Lyon that I know of. You don't get to choose the station. The destination determines which station the TGV uses.
If you are really looking for how to travel from London to Marseilles by train (I think flying is a better choice,) plug in London and Marseilles into http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query2.exe/en and it will tell you to change from Eurostar to TGV at Lille if you don't want to move from Paris Nord to Paris Lyon. Your other thread mentions you are traveling UK-France-UK.
Sep 25th, 2011, 02:07 AM
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Sep 25th, 2011, 08:40 AM
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<<TGVs always leave from GDLyon to the south...>>
NOT!!!!! Ignore this.
Who listens to this fount of misinformation?
TGVs to Bordeaux, for example,leave from the Gare Montparnasse. Regular trains to the southwest leave from the Gare d'Austerlitz.
TGVs to the SOUTHEAST leave from the Gare de Lyon. As Carlux says, it's all very logical.
NOT!!!!! Ignore this.
Who listens to this fount of misinformation?
TGVs to Bordeaux, for example,leave from the Gare Montparnasse. Regular trains to the southwest leave from the Gare d'Austerlitz.
TGVs to the SOUTHEAST leave from the Gare de Lyon. As Carlux says, it's all very logical.
Sep 25th, 2011, 09:49 AM
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In maybe 25 years, there may be some main line tunnels under Paris. Until then, every main line station in Paris is a terminus where the tracks end.
However, for people not in Paris itself, there are TGV routes that go around Paris, stopping at places like CDG airport and Disneyland, before continuing south or north.
However, for people not in Paris itself, there are TGV routes that go around Paris, stopping at places like CDG airport and Disneyland, before continuing south or north.
Sep 25th, 2011, 11:13 AM
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Another helpful guide to the wonders of rail travel in France is this blog www.parisbytrain.com
Ben's tours of the major Paris train terminals are illustrated with his own photos.
Ben's tours of the major Paris train terminals are illustrated with his own photos.
