SNCF March Tickets to the Alps

Mike Jacoubowsky wrote:
Thanks for the info; my information is based on my travels during July &
September, and on the trains I rode, they most certainly didn't allow
"extras" to board.

But as you said, it is a pretty good way to travel, just need to get to
the station in good time and book in advance. Normally any extras are
confined between the carriages so are not a big issue to those seated.
the 'overbooked' passengers in theory have seats between the carriages,
not the most comfortable but not standing which I maybe implied. Apart
from that there are usually 2 or 3 people per carriage who just jump on
at peak times... again not a big problem if you can stay put for 3 hours.

And just think, every time a non-French taxpayer travels about 25% of
their ticket is paid for by people like me!

Michael MacClancy wrote:
I can't think of a single French town that has a different
English name.

Lyons, Marseilles, Rheims to name but three.

"Michael MacClancy" wrote in message
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Should one now refer to those dogs as Beijingese?

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Regards

Jonathan

"Mike Jacoubowsky" skrev i meddelandet
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I am using the SNCF site very regularly (5 to 10 times a year) for
travelling from Brussels to either Paris, Geneva or Cluses, and always
found them very professionnal. I would encourage you to go through
them. You can probably choose to have your tickets delivered by mail
to you in NYC or waiting you in Paris.

The SNCF site lists a zillion countries you can have tickets sent to...
but
*not* the US. It appears they may have a contract with RailEurope to
handle
sales to the US. If there is a way to deal with SNCF directly (from the
US), please let me know... I'd love to take advantage of it!
Not a contract but AFAIK SNCF is the owner of,at least part of it,
RailEurope which explains why they don't want to compete with their daughter
company ?

"Lennart Petersen" wrote in
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"Mike Jacoubowsky" skrev i meddelandet
m...
I am using the SNCF site very regularly (5 to 10 times a year) for
travelling from Brussels to either Paris, Geneva or Cluses, and
always found them very professionnal. I would encourage you to go
through them. You can probably choose to have your tickets
delivered by mail to you in NYC or waiting you in Paris.

The SNCF site lists a zillion countries you can have tickets sent
to...
but
*not* the US. It appears they may have a contract with RailEurope to
handle
sales to the US. If there is a way to deal with SNCF directly (from
the US), please let me know... I'd love to take advantage of it!
Not a contract but AFAIK SNCF is the owner of,at least part of it,
RailEurope which explains why they don't want to compete with their
daughter company ?




Never the less one can easily buy tickets from NA through SNCF either
over the phone or on the web site (indicate France as country of sale
and ticket pick up in France)

"David Off" wrote in message
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Michael MacClancy wrote:
I can't think of a single French town that has a different
English name.

Lyons, Marseilles, Rheims to name but three.


Well done but those hardly count. It's only a change of one letter.
Anyway, I think the French spelling is very commonly used in English, but I
could be wrong.
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Michael MacClancy

"Mike Jacoubowsky" wrote in message om...
The SNCF site lists a zillion countries you can have tickets sent to... but
*not* the US. It appears they may have a contract with RailEurope to handle
sales to the US. If there is a way to deal with SNCF directly (from the
US), please let me know... I'd love to take advantage of it!

Perhaps there's a way to order on-line and pick them up in France?


Indeed... you can order your tickets online and have them waiting you
in your Paris departure station (Gare de Lyon). Just use the "pick-up
tickets in France" option.

Best Regards,
Dominique Foucart
www.samoens.int.ms - hiking, skiing and appartment rental in Haute
Savoie

"Michael MacClancy" wrote in
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"David Off" wrote in message
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Michael MacClancy wrote:
I can't think of a single French town that has a different
English name.

Lyons, Marseilles, Rheims to name but three.


Well done but those hardly count. It's only a change of one letter.
Anyway, I think the French spelling is very commonly used in English,
but I could be wrong.

Isn't this where we came in? I submit that "Alpes" is slightly commonly
used in English (there is proof of this at the beginning of this thread).
Or are we to be told off for referring to Lyon?

Jeremy

"Jeremy Mortimer" wrote in message
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"Michael MacClancy" wrote in
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"David Off" wrote in message
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Michael MacClancy wrote:
I can't think of a single French town that has a different
English name.

Lyons, Marseilles, Rheims to name but three.


Well done but those hardly count. It's only a change of one letter.
Anyway, I think the French spelling is very commonly used in English,
but I could be wrong.

Isn't this where we came in? I submit that "Alpes" is slightly commonly
used in English (there is proof of this at the beginning of this thread).
Or are we to be told off for referring to Lyon?

Jeremy

Heehee. You may be right, I may be wrong but I don't think that 'Alpes' is
even slightly commonly used in English except for Les Deux Alpes. And,
looking at the spellings again, Lyon and Marseille seem distinctly odd when
written in English.
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Michael MacClancy

Carl_M schrieb:

I am going to Val D'Isere in March and was planning on beginning and
ending my trip in Paris. I am likely going to take the TGV down and
back on the twin Saturday's that bookend my trips.

Sorry if this is a dupe I got an error when I tried to post.

True error - can't see any dupe.

Consider going overnight, it is generally cheaper and gets to to Val
before the lifts open,

The are overnight TGVs (only seats!) and clasic overnighters with
couchettes.

Regatds, ULF