6/7/2023 0 Comments Oneboard ride![]() If you wait at your seat and the conductor comes through checking tickets and finds yours unvalidated, you may be subject to the fine. If you have neglected to validate your ticket before boarding the train and the train has departed, make your way to the rear of the train, find the conductor (Chef de Bord), show him or her your ticket, and the conductor will validate it, saving you from legal and financial embarassment. If you are found riding in a train without a validated ticket, you could be subject to a large fine, or even legal action. (Look for "pas de compostage" on the e-ticket.) You need do nothing else. ![]() If you've bought a ticket valid only for a particular train departure on a particular date, such as when you buy an E-Billet ticket online and print it at home, your ticket is pre-validated. The composteur prints the station code, date, time and some other numbers on the end of your ticket. (There are no validation machines on the platform or on the train.) Validation (compostage) is done by inserting one end of your large ticket (don't insert a little Métro-size ticket) into a yellow validation machine (composteur) at the entrance to the train platform. The validation is the vertical ink imprint at the right end of the ticket. ("TICKET to be validated before boarding the train.") Note: "BILLET à composter avant l'accès au train." This is important! If you purchase a paper train ticket that is valid for any train (that is, not for a particular departure) you must validate it before boarding the train! Validate Your Ticket!Īt large train stations in France you'll scan the barcode or QR code on your ticket (paper, or smartphone e-ticket) to pass the fare gates and board the train but in some smaller stations you may have a paper ticket which you must validate before boarding. You may be able to buy a ticket at the train station just before traveling, especially for local and TER regional trains, but you take the chance that all seats may have been sold and you won't be able to take the train you prefer. You can buy your ticket(s) and reserve your seat(s) online in English or French. Most Intercité and all TGV inOui, Ouigo, Eurostar and international trains require advance reservations and may require seat assignments. Here's how to make your train trip easy and enjoyable: Advance Reservations Train travel in France is, in our opinion, the best way to get around the country: comfortable, fast, reliable, offering good value for money-especially if you know how to buy your ticket.
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