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Paris - Lausanne

  • July 18, 2023
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Meherban Khalsa

Hello!

I just purchased Eurail flexipass 4 days 1st class. I am trying to book those 4 days.   1st trip is Paris to Lausanne. It seems that I should put in my pass order number but haven’t seen an option for that. The system wants to charge us $86.58 for two of us and $4.44 booking fee.   Seat reservations are required. Why this charge?

Best answer by AnnaB

In this link there is information about how make this travel cheaper.

https://community.eurail.com/train-connections-reservations-47/how-to-get-reservations-105/index3.html?postid=37042#post37042

 

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runner.on.rails
Railly clever
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TGV Lyria is a crappy ripoff company. book the reservation only till the last stop within france and take regional trains from there.


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  • Railly clever
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  • July 18, 2023

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  • Full steam ahead
  • July 18, 2023

On the link above it is told to go via Lyon but actually the best and fastest route is via Bellegarde.

- TGV Paris - Bellegarde 10€ limited fare, then 20€

- TER Bellegarde - Geneva

- any train to Lausanne

Not that much longer than the direct train. If you'd like advice let us know your travel date.

Check availability and price here for domestic TGVs : https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish

4€ booking fee per order compared to 2€ per person per train on eurail.com

TGV Lyria has indeed the most expensive seat reservations costs but there are ways to avoid them. :)