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Problem purchasing online tickets on the Bahn DE site in the country Paris. advice

We have a Paris trip s scheduled for mid June in Paris. Approximately one month away we have tried to purchase train tickets to get from Paris Gare de Lyon to Arles. There appears to be nowhere to select our train option. Upon soliciting advice from a fellow traveler she noticed that when she clicked on the "Tariff abroad" icon on the "Outward Journey " page it said online ticket purchases were no longer available.
Ive not been able to locate more information on this.

We are looking for a specific train which wasn't available on through the SNCF site.
Any suggestions?

Enjoy your Day!

Posted by
4158 posts

The principal advantage of the DB site is checking routes and schedules ( unless you wish to book tickets as Lola states ) Given what you say in your post ( as per mid June ) , You are bumping into the June schedule changes . Look here for details - https://www.seat61.com/

Posted by
16894 posts

If you search that route at Voyages-SNCF, they only offer the two direct TGVs on the route. But if you break it up to whichever transfer point DB has suggested, such as Avignon or Nimes, then they have plenty of TGVs available for booking. The connection from Avignon to Arles is shorter and more frequent than from Nimes, with no need to book ahead.

Posted by
14580 posts

Hi,

If you are within the 92 days say, going from Paris to Frankfurt, the normal price and Sparpreis are both indicated. I bought my discount ticket on-line this way, booked 1st class Paris Est to Frankfurt Hbf at 0720 hrs. dep on 19 May. The price was 49 Euro.

The price is indicated if one of the two cities (dep or destination) is in Germany. If you don't find that to be the case, then switch the cities around, then you'll see the price.

Posted by
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Many Thanks for all your replies. I've yet to try them(company in town) but am hopeful I can figure it out. I'm a bit new to the planning portion of traveling in different countries so every detail is welcome!