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Timetables DIRECTORY
Schedules and other
information on TGV and Eurostar
Intercité trains can be found Tel (UK) 03448 117 117.
on www.voyages-sncf.com; ∑ eurostar.com
timings for TER services in The Man in Seat 61
Brittany are available only ∑ seat61.com
online through the Brittany Rail Europe
pages of www.sncf.com.
All stations provide leaflets Tel (UK) 0844 848 5848.
∑ uk.voyages-sncf.com
with local timetables and Tel (USA) 1-800 622 8600.
details of other SNCF services.
Tel (Canada) 1-800 361 7245.
Tickets and Passes ∑ raileurope.com
Fares on French trains vary SNCF
Automatic ticket machine at according to the type of train. Tel (France) 3635.
a train station For those that can be booked ∑ sncf.com
online (TGVs, Intercités), there
Booking Tickets are two or three basic fare rates
Train tickets can be bought at for each class, varying mainly
any station and by phone or according to when you want
online (through www.voyages- to travel and whether you can
sncf.com). At most stations change the ticket once booked.
there are both staffed counters When booking, check if there
and automatic ticket machines are any reduced Prem’s
(billetterie automatique) that advance fares available, which
accept cash or credit cards and often give great discounts.
have instructions in English. The Kelbillet website (www. The modern train station in Nantes
Tickets for trains that require kelbillet.com) also offers
reservations (TGVs, Intercités) bargain last-minute tickets. and other groups; however,
can be bought from 90 days in The KorriGo is a credit they are only really useful
advance and until 5 minutes card-sized smart card that to residents who use French
before departure. The Price you charge up with an amount trains regularly. More
Calendar (Calendrier des Prix) of credit and can then use on information can be found
page on voyages-sncf.com is all TER trains and buses and on the SNCF website.
useful for comparing prices nearly all other public transport Foreign visitors intending
available at different times. throughout Brittany, including to make several train journeys
If you book by phone or city buses. Fares work out a in France might find that it
online, you can pick up the little cheaper than if you buy is worth getting one of the
ticket at the station. With ordinary tickets or from www. various multi-journey rail
some online bookings you star.fr; KorriGo cards can be passes, which can only be
need only print your email bought from all SNCF stations bought outside the country.
confirmation. Travellers with in Brittany. SNCF also offers UK and other European
mobility problems can arrange several discount cards that residents can get an InterRail
assistance through the SNCF give reductions of around 50 pass valid for France or for
Accès Plus programme per cent to seniors, families several countries, giving
(see p257). unlimited travel in that area for
There are no ticket controls 3, 4, 6 or 8 days (not necessarily
on station platforms. However, consecutively) within one
you must validate your ticket month. Visitors from outside
at one of the yellow or orange Europe can buy a France Rail
composteur machines in station pass, for 1 to 15 days of
lobbies and on platforms. Insert unlimited travel within one
your ticket and (if you have one) month, or a Eurail pass,
separate seat reservation face covering only France or
up into the machine, which combining it with other
will date-stamp them. Tickets countries. Consider carefully
are checked on the train, and how much you expect to travel
you are liable to a fine if they by train before buying a rail
have not been validated. The pass, because if you do only a
only time this is not necessary is few trips it might be cheaper to
with some online bookings, buy individual tickets. For more
which allow you to print out Validating a KorriGo smart card at one of the information and to purchase rail
your ticket. station machines passes, contact Rail Europe.

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