Need some help from some of the salty dogs on this site. I am planning on going to Vernon from Paris on Monday 10/1. I went to the SNCF boutique today to get tickets but began doubting myself and left. We are in Paris and when I try to book it online it forces me into a French site and I cannot follow the instructions. I know I could but at the train station but last year the line was long and we almost missed our train. The machines on the platform were hard to use, couldn't get them to display in English.
Anyway, what options do I have? The SNCF store is closed tomorrow, as it is Sunday. I am using an iPad and do mot have a printer to print the tickets but could go to Fat Tire if needed, thanks for any help.
Posted by
Minneapolis, MN, USA
8700 posts
If you can get access to a printer, book e-tickets on tgv-europe.com. To keep the site in English without being bumped to the US Rail Europe site, choose Great Britain as your country of residence. Then choose to stick with tgv-europe rather than being re-directed to the UK Rail Europe site. Choose France as your ticket retrieval country and print your own tickets.
Posted by
victoria, Canada
11507 posts
Seems it would be easiest to just go to the train station an hour earilier then you want to catch the train, buy ticket, maybe have time for a coffee.
Posted by
Corvallis OR
7161 posts
I agree with Pat, that's what I did. Just go early enough so you have time to stand in a long line (which may or may not happen - if you go expecting a 15 min line, you'll be there for an hour, if you go expecting an hour line, you may be there 15-20 mins, you never know).
If you must have a ticket ahead of time, there is one SNCF boutique which has Sunday hours (at least it used to, you should check first) 202, rue de la Convention PARIS (75015), open from 8:15-1:30 on Sunday. Not sure where you are in Paris so that may not be convenient.
Posted by
OP
Kansas City
56 posts
Thanks all, we are in the 15th so I my try to find the one on Convention. We are staying on Rue Commerce and there is one literally across the street but closed today. Yesterday there was a bit if a wait and the more I started looking at all the route maps they had the more doubtful I became that I was in the right place. Thanks again.