Getting around by train France

Built from 1978 to 1983, this railway station replaced that of the Brotteaux, especially for the liaison with Paris in TGV. It is "connected" to all the means of public transport (bus, metro, tram and the Rhône Express in direct connection with the airport of Saint-Exupéry). It is the first station in Lyon in terms of travellers and allows many connections. With TER, it links Grenoble, Saint-Etienne, Annecy, Chambéry, Clermont-Ferrand and Switzerland. Its TGV lines offer the proximity of large destinations such as Paris, Marseille or Lille. They also allow to directly reach Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle airport. Finally, the TGV Rhine-Rhône places Strasbourg and Germany within a few hours of journey. To follow: The station of the Part Dieu, designed to receive 30 000 passengers a day, while it welcomes more than 120 000 currently, is in the process of complete redevelopment to become 2021 to the image of the neighborhood surrounding it (high towers and work of Garibaldi), modern and more functional.

Strasbourg's famous train station, with its beautiful glass roof, offers travelers easy access by train to major cities such as Paris, Aéroport CDG2 TGV, Munich and Marseille. The Entzheim airport is also connected four times an hour. Thanks to its TER network, it also offers easy access to the whole of Alsace. There's a wide range of services on offer, and this historic site is also a great place to visit and discover, thanks to a range of applications.

Superb station in the Parisian style, and for good reason: it is the former Gare du Nord of the capital, completely dismantled and rebuilt in Lille. It hosts all the TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais, the Belgian connections to Ostend, Antwerp, Tournai, Mons... Almost all the TGV trains to the Gare du Nord in Paris leave from there. The metro is free to the Lille-Europe station upon presentation of your SNCF ticket. Modern and pleasant, the station is home to many stores including the famous Fnac and Nespresso.

Located on the left bank of the Tarn, Place Stalingrad, Albi-Ville station is served by several regional lines. You can easily reach the station from Rodez, Toulouse or Montauban. The station is open every day and offers a wide range of services, including ticketing, bus connections, drop-off points, parking and cabs, as well as a press dispenser, photocopiers, passport photos and lifts. The reception area has been renovated to optimize passenger comfort.

The micheline makes its way from Bastia to Ajaccio and from Bastia to Calvi at a speed that's not at all what you'd expect from this means of transport! The Corsican train serves the interior of the island with the Bastia-Ajaccio line, which takes in unexpected tunnels through sublime landscapes. It also links Balagne with other micro-regions, and provides students at Corte university with a free means of transport.

It is the station for trains linking central and southern France: Orléans, Limoges, Montluçon, Toulouse, Brive, Cahors, as well as night trains to Nice and the Alps, in particular. The station's facade has been renovated, and its interior is the subject of a vast redevelopment project that has been ongoing for years. The only Parisian station to still have a few free platforms while the other stations are saturated, the Gare d'Austerlitz is set to grow in importance in the near future. In the meantime, it's the station of permanent works!

Ideal for easy summer travel, but also for exceptional views of the Quiberon peninsula, this summer train - still known as the Tire-Bouchon - links Auray to the peninsula throughout the summer. Departing from Auray, it serves Belz-Ploermel, Plouharnel-Carnac, les Sables Blancs, Penthièvre, l'Isthme, Kerhostin, Saint-Pierre Quiberon and finally Quiberon. It's a sightseeing trip that's well worth taking, and one that avoids the many annoying traffic jams that quickly arise in July and August...

Here is a smart, free and easy to use website, which is specialized in the resale of train tickets at low prices, neither exchangeable nor refundable. You can either search for a ticket or post one and offer it to other users. All transactions are guaranteed without bids, fees or commissions! Good to know too, the Troc de Trains site checks the validity of the train tickets offered for sale and indicates the reliability of the ticket. Finally, there is a handy alert service.

The work of electrification of the railway line between Saint-Etienne and Firminy enabled it now six years to accompany a modernisation of the stations located in the communes of Saint-Etienne, La Ricamarie, Le Feugerolles and Firminy. The reorganisation of these exchanges promotes the transport of the inhabitants. The Bellevue train station has been transformed: it saw its hub of exchanges, which gave rise to a more functional link with the station and Bellevue Square. In fact, the work focused on urban installations and public spaces in proximity (of the railway station, pedestrian zones…) and in particular the demolition and reconstruction of the bridge which spans the tracks. This gateway now has elevators, allowing passengers with reduced mobility to travel more easily and more easily.

Arrive directly in the Gulf of Morbihan and enjoy your stay without further delay, with a city center accessible on foot. With the LGV, Vannes has never been so close to Paris! 2 hours 18 minutes! You can also use the station to link up with other Breton towns: Questembert, Quimper, Saint-Brieuc, Lorient... Petit Futé's little extra: don't miss the organic vegetable stall and the tube of flowers on Friday afternoons! On the car park on the other side of the street, buses and inter-regional coaches(low cost) are easily accessible.

In the modern district of Euralille, the Lille-Europe station welcomes international TGV trains to and from Northern Europe, the Thalys and Eurostar, TGV trains from all over France and inter-regional TGV trains. The metro is free of charge between Lille-Flandre and Lille-Europe stations on presentation of your connecting SNCF ticket - even if it takes only ten minutes on foot to get from one station to the other. On site, newspapers, snacks and other practical services are waiting for you to wait for your train to arrive.

The Lyon train station is served by RER lines A and D, and the line R of the Transilien (Montargis and Montereau). It serves all the great quarter East/Southeast of France, including the TGV to Burgundy, Rhône-Alpes, Franche-Comté, Provence-Alpes-Côte d 'Azur, Languedoc, Côte d' Azur, Languedoc, and also the night trains for Italy. In work, it grows to receive 45 million broad-line travelers annually by 2020, or $ 10 million more than today.

Linked to the main stations in France and Europe, Saint-Charles station offers more than 15 Marseille/Paris journeys per day, in about 3 hours 30 minutes. You can compare fares and discounts at the ticket offices and terminals or on the website. You will find all the information on the TER lines on site, not forgetting the bus station in the heart of the station. To wait, think of the heated waiting room with seats, the sunny terraces, the commercial shops, bars and fast food restaurants, luggage lockers...

In a superb 19th century building designed by Victor Laloux, the Tours train station offers many services: ticket offices, ticket machine, press, snacks, Avis rental agency, not to mention the self-service piano. TER-Rémi trains to join the cities of the Centre region, TGV... At the exit you will find cabs, the tramway and about ten bus lines, without forgetting the bus station and its Rémi coaches. You can also get to Tours from the Saint-Pierre-des-Corps train station, 5 minutes away by SNCF shuttle, bus or cab.

The Montpellier-Saint-Roch railway station, a glass and steel capital, seduces by its imposing structure and its astonishing practicality. A veritable anthill, every day thousands of people flock to the station to wait for their final destination. From 4.45 a.m. to midnight, TER, TGV, Intercités and Ouigo follow one another in its bowels at a cadenced rhythm, leaving for the most part for Paris, Avignon, Narbonne or Barcelona.

On its display panels, you'll find Transilien line P trains, TERs to Champagne, the Ardennes and the Marne valley, TGVs to Alsace, Lorraine, Luxembourg and Germany, and night trains to Hanover, Berlin, Munich... A wide range of destinations. The Gare de l'Est, considered by many to be the capital's most beautiful, is the gateway - or exit - from the capital to the East. There are plenty of stores here, and the Gare du Nord is an easy 500-meter walk away.

Since 2013, the SNCF has been offering a low-cost formula called Ouigo: low-cost TGVs departing from Marne-la-Vallée, Lyon, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nîmes and Valence. It has thus become possible to travel by TGV for unbeatable prices. However, in return for these very attractive prices, you will have to comply with a few small constraints: only a few trains per week, late or very early departure times, presence at the platform half an hour before departure, etc.

The city's central station is the Châteaucreux station. Built between 1885 and 1886 by the architect J. Bouvard, it was renovated almost a century later. The beautiful red brick facade has been rejuvenated, revealing a remarkable 19th century architecture. Châteaucreux has become a strategic place of exchange for the Saint-Etienne conurbation since the development of the district's tertiary and administrative activities. An aerial parking of 600 spaces on five levels is available! The station hall was revamped in 2010. In the heart of a changing neighbourhood, the building has become a symbol of the city's renewal.

The main line crosses the whole island, from Ajaccio to Bastia, passing by Corte. A variant at Ponte Leccia leads to Calvi, passing by Ile-Rousse. From Bocognano to Corte, the route is magnificent, crossing inaccessible landscapes with numerous engineering structures and tunnels. There are five daily round trips between Ajaccio and Bastia, from Monday to Saturday, and two on Sunday. You will benefit from unobstructed views to apprehend the island's panorama!