Paris Austerlitz (Paris)

Angers, the gateway city to the western reaches of The Loire Valley, is less than 300km from central Paris, but despite that there is a choice between three different train services when travelling between the two cities

During the day you can only take high speed trains from Paris to Antibes, but both the regular TGV InOui services and low-cost, but more basic, Ouigo services share the route.
It's particularly worthwhile to click on the Train Guides below so that you can compare the two train services.

However, if you need to arrive at a specific time you will often have to take one train service or the other.
The Ouigo services can plug gaps between the TGV InOui departures.

There is also now the option of taking an overnight train, which conveys couchette berths and reclining seats, but no sleeping cabins.
However, it gives the opportunity of arriving in Antibes just before 09:00.

During the day you can only take high speed trains from Paris to Cannes, but both the regular TGV InOui services and low-cost, but more basic, Ouigo services share the route.
It's particularly worthwhile to click on the Train Guides below so that you can compare the two train services.

However, if you need to arrive at a specific time you will often have to take one train service or the other.
The Ouigo services can plug gaps between the TGV InOui departures.

There is also now the option of taking an overnight train, which conveys couchette berths and reclining seats, but no sleeping cabins.
However, it gives the opportunity of arriving in Cannes shortly after 08:30.

There is a choice of three train travel options when making the journey from Paris to Dijon:

1. The faster TGV trains which leave from the Gare De Lyon and if you can book ahead and commit to specific departure, they can be the cheaper option.
2. Slower TER trains, which leave from a station further from the city centre, which can't be accessed as easily.
   So why are they are an option worth considering?
   Two reasons: if you'll be buying tickets last minute at the station they'll be cheaper; or if you will be using Eurail or InterRail passes you can save at least €10.
3. The slowest option of all by taiking the 'Ouigo Classique' trains, is also cheapest/

There is now a choice of five travel options when making the journey from by train from Paris to Lyon:

1. The high speed TGV InOui trains which leave from the Gare De Lyon.
2. The cheaper, but more basic Ouigo services, which also depart from the Gare De Lyon and take the same high speed route as the InOui services.
3. High speed Frecciarossa 1000 trains operated by Trenitalia.
4. Much slower TER trains, which leave from a station further from the city centre, which can't be accessed as easily.
   So why are they are an option worth considering?
   Two reasons:

• if you'll be buying tickets last minute at the station they'll be cheaper; or
• if you will be using Eurail or InterRail passes you can save at least €10.

5. Slowest, but cheapest of all, the Ouigo Classique trains.

You can choose from two different high speed services when travelling from Paris to Nantes by train, but both the regular TGV InOui services and low-cost, but more basic, Ouigo services share the same route.
It's particularly worthwhile to click on the Train Guides, so that you can compare the two train services.
However, if you need to arrive at a specific time you will often have to take one train service or the other.
The Ouigo services can plug gaps between the TGV InOui departures.
There are also trains which don't use the high speed line, so are much slower, but they are also the cheapest option.

There are now three options for taking a train from Paris to Nice.

During the day two of the options are by taking high speed trains, as both (1) the regular TGV InOui services and (2) the low-cost, but more basic, Ouigo services share the route.
It's particularly worthwhile to click on the Train Guides below in the Journey Information for each option, so that you can compare the two train services.

However, if you need to arrive at a specific time you will often have to take one train service or the other.
The Ouigo services can plug gaps between the TGV InOui departures.

The third option (3) is taking an overnight train, which conveys couchette berths and reclining seats, but no sleeping cabins.
However, it typically gives the opportunity of arriving in Nice just after 09:00.

You can choose from two different high speed services when travelling from Paris to Rennes by train, but both the regular TGV InOui services and low-cost, but more basic, Ouigo services share the same route.
It's particularly worthwhile to click on the Train Guides, so that you can compare the two train services.
However, if you need to arrive at a specific time you will often have to take one train service or the other.
The Ouigo services can plug gaps between the TGV InOui departures.
There are also trains which don't use the high speed line, so are much slower, but they are also the cheapest option..

There are four options for taking a train from Paris to Toulouse.

Both the (1_ regular TGV InOui services and low-cost, but more basic, (2) Ouigo services share a route which involves whizzing down the high speed line as far as Bordeaux
It's particularly worthwhile to click on the Train Guides below so that you can compare the two train services.
However, if you need to arrive at a specific time you will often have to take one train service or the other.
The Ouigo services can plug gaps between the TGV InOui departures.

There are also (3) Intercités trains to Toulouse from Paris which still take the older conventional route.
The plus of taking these trains is that they can be the cheapest option when booking tickets.

Users of Eurail and Interrail passes should take the InOui services, the reservation fees for the Intercités services are the same price, but the InOui services are faster.

There is also the option (4) of taking a night train.

There are two very different options for taking the train from Paris to the centre of beautiful Tours

The fastest is to take the high speed TGV trains which depart from Montparnasse station, but the slower trains which leave from Austerlitz station are generally cheaper and also take a more scenic route.