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  • 11 July 2023
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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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Best answer by thibcabe 11 July 2023, 23:17

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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

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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 

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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.

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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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 

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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 @thibcabe's post. You only need to book Lille to Strasbourg. From there, you just take a reservation-free fast regional train.

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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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
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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.

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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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