I am trying to book my ticket online and there is a note to check the station because we may have to take a bus to Mantes La Jolie. Has anyone tried this recently? Can you explain?
Posted by
Salt Lake City, UT
110 posts
Which site are you using and which dates?
Posted by
OP
Wareham, MA
3 posts
www.raileurope.com for May 29th. I have the tickets, I just want to make sure we make the train!
Posted by
San Francisco
14980 posts
Hi,
Going from Paris to Rouen you depart from Gare St Lazare. You can take the Metro to reach Gare St Lazare. I've done it both by bus and Metro from Gare du Nord ie, where I stay.
Posted by
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
4088 posts
Why not go to the source, which is not RailEurope: https://en.voyages-sncf.c It shows plenty of direct trains although without your travel date it impossible to know if there is might be a disruption to the service. If there is, for instance for maintenance and repairs, a bus will be provided. But you can keep track on the company's site provided above (a better place to buy your ticket too.)Sorry, I posted while you were putting up your date. But the advice holds.
Posted by
Rick Steves' Europe
16895 posts
I see that note on Rail Europe's ticket search, but it's odd and I think doesn't ring true.
I don't find anything similar on the French page for "real-time news" at http://www.sncf.com/fr/horaires-info-trafic. You can check that again on the day of departure or before.
Monday is not a popular day for railway repairs. If they can help it, they tend to do them on the weekend. And in those cases, SNCF will normally substitute a free bus departing from the same station, or will publish a timetable for a detour route.
P.S. I'll alert Rail Europe that this looks strange.
Posted by
Myrtle Beach, USA
12313 posts
There are two stations in Rouen. The trains from Saint-Lazare, as far as I know, all stop at the Rive Droite station. If you have to catch a bus, it could be from there or from the other station south of the river (maybe a mile or so from Rive Droite).