1st Class vs. 2nd Class on TGV from Paris to Lyon?
Mar 14th, 2006, 01:08 PM
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If you printed the tickets yourself at home then you dont need to validate them. Otherwise you do. Car number 3 could be anywhere. Often two train sets are attached and the numbers are not always in the same order. For example the first train set could be cars 18-9 with 18 at the front of the platform. Then when you get to the second set rather than it starting with 8 it starts with 1. You just have to read the digital display on the side of the car.
Mar 14th, 2006, 01:44 PM
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They dont have those in Paris because it is the beginning of the line always. However in places like Lyon where the train might only stop for 3 minutes there is a screen that displays the location of the cars so you know where to stand while waiting.
Mar 17th, 2006, 12:46 PM
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I'm not so sure about "quieter" in 1st class: on our trip from Avignon to Paris on the TGV, 4 men were playing cards (and drinking) and they were raucous. That was farther down the car. The older man sitting opposite us talked loudly on his cellphone for 1/2 hr., even though cellphone use is frowned upon (signs posted. The trip to Avignon, 1st class, was, however, peaceful. It's the luck of the draw, IMO.
