So I think we have decide to do the train from Milan to Paris. Out of curiosity does anyone know what direction the direct train would take to get there? We are trying to figure out what part of France we will get to see. or would it go up through Switzerland?? Thank you. (I'm hoping that it is just a standard route)
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Lakewood, Colorado
19240 posts
Looking at the Bahn website, I see various routes, from Milan to Geneva to Paris, from Milan (through Switzerland) to Basel to Paris, or from Milan only through Italy to France to Paris. It looks like the most direct route (no changes) goes through Italy (Torino) to France to Paris, avoiding Switzerland.
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Vernon, Canada
32327 posts
Leslie, Are you interested in scenery, or the quickest route?
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Vernon, Canada
32327 posts
Leslie, The quickest trip I found on the bahn.de website (using an arbitrary date) was a departure from Milano Centrale at 12:25, arriving Gare de Lyon at 19:45 (time 7H:20M, one change in Geneve. Most of the other trips are ~45M longer, but will get you to Paris by about 16:45. The trip from Geneve to Paris is only about 3-hours via TGV (not surprising as it travels at 300 kmH when it has "clear stretches" of track that don't pass through a town).
Posted by
OP
Lewiston, ID
99 posts
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The quickest route I believe. without connections would be nice so we aren't tempted to really mess up our schedule =)
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
The timetables on the German Rail site allow you to see all the intermediate stops for each route and you also can click on a map link for each route.