Hello
trying to book from Lillie (France) to Basel (Switzerland) but Eurail website is hopeless at all reservations but I can’t find a non eurail company that puts the eurail pass in and accepts Lillie and Basel as options
help please
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reservation help please
Best answer by thibcabe
What is your travel date ? Otherwise we won't be able to help.
There are convenient direct TGVs between Lille and Strasbourg avoiding the Paris transfer. Limited 10€ fare, then 20€.
From Strasbourg 200 km/h TER trains run every 30 min to Basel (seat reservation not possible).
For journeys within France, use this website (4€ booking fee per order compared to 2€ per person per train on eurail.com) : https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish
What is your travel date ? Otherwise we won't be able to help.
There are convenient direct TGVs between Lille and Strasbourg avoiding the Paris transfer. Limited 10€ fare, then 20€.
From Strasbourg 200 km/h TER trains run every 30 min to Basel (seat reservation not possible).
For journeys within France, use this website (4€ booking fee per order compared to 2€ per person per train on eurail.com) : https://travel.b-europe.com/Eurail-GE/en/booking-tgv#TravelWish
Aiming for Friday14th July. There are seats I can book full price on SNCB international but there is no place to put my pass in. The French website won’t recognize Basel as a station (I think because it’s not in France).
and the eurail website is so unstable it cannot complete any bookings
B Turner wrote:
Aiming for Friday14th July. There are seats I can book full price on SNCB international but there is no place to put my pass in.
Please use the complete URL as given above, NOT the regular B-Europe website.
I will try on the computer tomorrow because it doesn’t work on my phone. Still doesn’t recognize Basel as a station when I use that link provided above
B Turner wrote:
I will try on the computer tomorrow because it doesn’t work on my phone. Still doesn’t recognize Basel as a station when I use that link provided above
Please read
It only works for journeys within France as explained above. I’d choose this good connection via Strasbourg :
- TGV Lille-Europe - Strasbourg 15:52 - 18:51 20€ 2nd or 1st class (incl. upgrade)
- TER Strasbourg - Basel SBB 19:21 - 20:38
If you need to arrive earlier, you’ll have to go via Paris (more expensive). For example :
- TGV Lille-Flandres - Paris-Nord 11:12 - 12:14 10€
- transfer (not included)
- TGV Paris Gare de Lyon - Basel SBB 14:22 - 17:26 29€
The last TGV is available on eurail.com or by calling SNCF.
Thank you. The eurail website is so unstable I haven’t met anyone who has successfully booked on it
I will make that booking in the morning
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