modric14
Traveller
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Posted 14 years ago
I have booked my 22 day interrail pass, and will spend most of it in Eastern Europe. However, I am going via Geneva to meet up with and continue with a friend. I therefore need to get a train on Friday 23rd July that goes to Paris, and then a connection (presumably from the Gare de Lyon) onwards to Geneva. I am finding the reservation and supplements very confusing to understand, particularly as this journey will likely involve TGV travel.
Peter
Traveller
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Hi...
Let me know the time you want to start in Calais?
About the TGV reservations which are usually a bit complicate, read this topic:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/tgv-sncf/42[/u]
Peter :)
modric14
Traveller
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Probably start in Calais at 10-11am.
modric14
Traveller
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Also, I may be being really dense here, but it's not entirely clear to me how you make these reservations, etc in advance. Which is the appropriate website? Also, can you pay the supplement at the same time as the reservation is made online. To be honest I don't mind getting local trains from Calais to Geneva if its going to be that much cheaper and involve a lot less faffing around. Something along the lines of Calais - Amiens - Paris - Dijon - Lausanne - Geneva.
Flo
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Hi,
just a short answer before I go to bed. ;)
- I assume this would be the first leg of your trip? If so, you might will have difficulties getting the reservations you want/need. When travelling with an InterRail ticket you can get TGV reservations only at a counter, not online. However, there would be an alternative method for getting them online, described here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/tgv-sncf/42[/u]
- Doing the whole trip with regional trains might be a little long, maybe not even possible within a day (when starting at 10-11am at Calais). I'd recommend going to Lille first, where you could board a TGV to Paris. They are running at least once an hour and I dont think you will have difficulties getting a reservation for these TGV on the day at Calais or Lille. We got six reservations on the day last year. :)
I'll have a look at detailed schedules tomorrow. :)
Flo 8)
modric14
Traveller
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I mean I've just had a look on the rail europe website, tapping in the reservation for a journey from Paris to Geneva, but I keep being told it's an invalid journey.
modric14
Traveller
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Cheers for that Flo. :)