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I was looking for a connection from Lyon to Madrid in October. By default if shows me this one:

07:06 LYON PERRACHE (France) OGV 7811 Low Cost High Speed Train (not sold via Hermès) 
08:08 AVIGNON TGV (France)
0h 32m Change trains
08:40 AVIGNON TGV (France) RSC 9731 Renfe SNCF Cooperation
15:45 MADRID-PUERTA DE ATOCHA (Spain)
 
I even enabled “only trains included in Pass network” but it still shows me this one. Only when I change the layover time I get another connection with another SNCF train.
 
Since I cannot use OUIGO with interrail, why does the timetable tool still show this train? It is a bit confusing, because I thought that I only get valid trains especially with the option activated.
 
If someone from the team is reading this, is this maybe an error and should be solved?

A Ouigo fare can be cheaper than the interrail reservation fees on normal TGV services though.

True, but still it should not show if “only trains included in Pass network” is activated.

 

Also in my case, right now the reservation (10€ p.P.) is still cheaper than OUIGO ticket + luggage (18€ p.P.).

I assume things like this-there are isolated similar warnings for some other trips in the past-sometimes even for a short connecting bus ride between 2 stops-have all the be done manually by deleting from the masses of data the normal national railways send in or have available for others as ´free roaming;´

The normal planners for most countries do not differentiate at all between the dozens of tuypes of passes they may also offer.

It can get even stranger: I am now in DE and in its far south its planner-very well looked at and praised-sometimes shows trips as short-cut via Swiss- where the normal inland tickets would not be valid.

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