I'm traveling to London, Paris and Italy in two weeks. I've only been to Italy in the past and am well aware that you have to validate your train tickets. I was wondering if this was also a fact in London and Paris.
Posted by
Ottawa, Ontario,, Canada
521 posts
It is certainly a requirement if you are using a rail pass. Is that what you meant?
Posted by
Manchester
497 posts
British train tickets don't need validating as they have their dates of validity printed on the ticket.
I'm not sure about Paris or France.
Posted by
Eastern Iowa, USA
8058 posts
If you are taking the Eurostar (chunnel), boarding is handled about the same as an airplane, so validation is done by the attendant. The only tickets I had in France were either a railpass (validated at the start) or a ticket for a specific train and time that I do not recall validating.
Posted by
Atlanta
3262 posts
You need to validate in France.
Unfortunately, it's so easy rush onto a train and forget to validate your ticket!
Posted by
Chicago, IL, USA
473 posts
As Sharon noted, train tickets need to be validated in France. The validation machines look very much like the Italian ones, except that the French machines are orange.