I am living in Germany. I wanted to travel from Cologne to Brest. The Global Pass allows a one-day inbound and outbound journey in the country of residence.
So, can I start my journey from Cologne(Germany) to Paris(France) by counting one travel day? Or do I need 1 for inbound in the home country and another (same day) for France?
In France, can we travel without seat booking on the TGV?
Best answer by zagmund
“A travel day” is a day that starts at 00:00 and ends at 23:59.
If you leave Cologne at 08:00, get to Basel and then take a TGV to Paris at 14:00, and then take a local train to Brest at 18:00 then this is all still one single travel day. It is a day that you are traveling on.
The fact that it includes your “own country” day from Cologne to Basel is incidental.
If you were to stay in Paris overnight and get the first train out to Brest at 06:00 the next day then this would be a second travel day. The fact that you started the day before at 08:00 and took your last train within 24 hours doesn’t count for anything. The travel day ended at 23:59 the day you left Cologne.
Now, if you got the night train to Nice and left Paris at 21:00, arriving at 08:00 the next morning this would still count only as a single travel day - because you boarded your last train before the end of the travel day.
There are no sleeper trains to Brest though . . .
seat reservations are mandatory on TGVs in France (and cost arround 10/20€ depending on demand) Booking early makes sense as you can then still get the 10€ reservations
1 day is just one day, no matter how many countries(inbound/outbund just means you can use your pass on 2 of your travel days also in Germany)
Also avoid Eurostar if possible because they have some of the most expensive reservations (but not sure if avoiding it makes sense on your route)
“A travel day” is a day that starts at 00:00 and ends at 23:59.
If you leave Cologne at 08:00, get to Basel and then take a TGV to Paris at 14:00, and then take a local train to Brest at 18:00 then this is all still one single travel day. It is a day that you are traveling on.
The fact that it includes your “own country” day from Cologne to Basel is incidental.
If you were to stay in Paris overnight and get the first train out to Brest at 06:00 the next day then this would be a second travel day. The fact that you started the day before at 08:00 and took your last train within 24 hours doesn’t count for anything. The travel day ended at 23:59 the day you left Cologne.
Now, if you got the night train to Nice and left Paris at 21:00, arriving at 08:00 the next morning this would still count only as a single travel day - because you boarded your last train before the end of the travel day.
There are no sleeper trains to Brest though . . .
+11no there are no nighttrains between Paris and Brest
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