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interrail.eu shows OUIGO trains

  • July 26, 2022
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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?

Best answer by mcadv

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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  • Al_G
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  • July 26, 2022

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

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  • tagru
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  • July 26, 2022

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.).

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  • mcadv
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  • July 26, 2022

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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