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France Trains and Eurail Pass reservations

  • 20 April 2023
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maryerath

Hi 

I have been trying for a month to reserve a train from France Gare de Lyon to Milano Central. There are trains on the list and every time I put the reservations in my cart then click to proceed to payment I get an error message. I started trying 90 days in advance so I assumed it was all of the protests and such stopping trains from France being booked. I am still getting the error message. Do my Eurail passes not cover an international train from France to Milan, could that be the issue? I have tried different computers, different websites and I am still not able to reserve a seat on a train that says seat reservations are required. I would so appreciate anyone’s help to try to resolve this. 

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Best answer by thibcabe 21 April 2023, 14:32

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Paris - Milan SNCF TGV are included (with a hefty reservation fee) Trenitalia Frecciarossa are not included.

 

You haven’t said what date you are looking for.

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You haven’t said what date you are looking for.

Nor the departure time or what the error message was, so we can only guess and not check or test.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.
maryerath

Thank you so much for your help. I am trying to book on 6/18/2023 the 9:44 TGV9245 train from Paris Gare de Lyon to Milano P.Garibaldi. The error is “One of your legs could not be booked” and below that is says “one of the legs of your journey is not available any more.” The problem is I have tried different routes that day, different trains, first class, second class, and I still can’t get anything to book. Even tried a month ago so I don’t think it was that the train was sold out, but I am not sure of that. I have 6 people in my family so maybe that’s an issue? We do have the Eurail passes that cover first class seats. Also, it is happening on the page where I agree to terms and conditions and then it should “proceed to payment.”

Thanks so much for your help. I’d hate to mess this up so we couldn’t get any train that day to Milan. 

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I'm able to book that train so I guess it is the 6-people issue (it works for max 4 AFAIK ?)

You can call SNCF though :

https://www.sncf.com/en/customer-service/contact-us/telephone

#85 for English, no booking fees and reservations sent via e-mail

maryerath

Oh my goodness...I figured it out. It WAS the 6 tickets I was trying to book. I split them up and it worked great. Thank you for all of your help! Well, now I know better for next time! Man, this system is easy but only if you know what you are doing! 

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The 6 people may be the problem. For 5 I can get to the payment page but not for 6. IIRC booking SNCF trains this way only works for groups up to 5.

You can probably book them in 2 groups, e.g. 2+4, but you could be in totally different carriages.

You can also book by phone via NS or SNCF. There are no booking fees this way but of course the phone call is not free of charge.

Please ask questions in the community and not via a private message. That's the quickest way to get a response. I don't work for Eurail/Interrail.

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