hawki1989
Traveller
39 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Good afternoon guys,
Just posting my route for Aug - can you tell me if there are any glaringly obvious things that I've missed or need to be aware of?
Monaco - Nice (Marseilles, Montpellier, Perpignan, Villefranche Vernet, Latour de Carol) - Barcelona - Madrid (Figueres, Cerbere, Perpignan, Montpellier, Valance, Chambery, Modane) - Milan - Venice - Geneva - Lyon - Lille.
Can I just check a few things?
I want to do the Little Yellow train - this is possible with the pass but how early do you think I need to arrive in order to get a seat - do I need to get anything from the ticket office?
I have some seat reservation but are they cheaper if you do them at the station on the day - for example, I have brought my Spanish ones off here, except Fig to Cerbere.
I have been a few times and usually needed to pay 10 euro for the faster trains in Italy - can I check that a reservation isn't needed for Milan to Venice?
Thanks for the help and any comments
Tom
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
that yellow tain is just like any local train: come and see, stand if too late and too many before you. In high-summer it may have an open car-this will be mobbed-or not.
RES for seats cost the same any time-they cost so little, that discounts make no sense. BUT they MAY differ if bought at other countries as used in
For in IT; its 10 eur for the Hi-speed Freccia something and 3 eur for the slower IC and 0 for the slowest (and not direct ( regionale treni. The routeplanner will mostly show the 10 eur trains MLN-VNZ.
hawki1989
Traveller
39 comments
Thank you very much!
Super Economy is 9 euro, where as a seat reservation is 10... could I get that instead?
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Madrid - Milano via Chambery is not a good idea as the TGV on the route via Chambery are very expensive (55€ reservation for Paris - Milano, I dont know the price for Chambery - Milano).
When you are taking the Petit Train Jaune and are coming from Nice, you have to stay overnight at Perpignan first; when changing at Villefranche you have about 40 minutes, enough time to change and get a seat, even though there might be many other travellers coming from Perpignan/starting their trip in Villefranche.
No extra ticket is required.
Reservations at rail.shop/acprail/reservation are more expensive than at a station, there is nothing we can do about that and we also do not earn a thing through selling these.
Milan - Venice direct trains Frecciabianca require a 10€ reservation. You can also take regional trains with changes of trains at least in Verona without reservations.
If you can get a super economy fare ticket you can of course use that instead of a reservation for your IR ticket.
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Thank you! :)
Flo 8)