Take the fabulous rail journey from north-west Italy to central France, which involves a passage through the Alps.
Trenitalia has now introduced its ultra smart Frecciarossa 1000 trains to this route and they have in effect replaced the TGV trains when travelling city centre to city centre.
Final Destination: Paris Lyon
These trains also call at: Modane and Chambéry
Note that these trains depart from Torino Porta Susa station and not from Torino Porta Nuova station.
These trains are now usually scheduled to depart from Torino/Turin at 07:11 and 16:40.
2 x trains per day
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings usually open: around 4 months ahead of the travel date.
Frecciarossa 1000 trains on the domestic routes within Italy convey 4 classes of accommodation, but the Standard Premier service is not available on this international route.
Also 'Allegro' has been introduced as the branding for the Standard and Business Class, SMTJ isn't certain as to the reason for this, other than to make a distinction with the tickets on the domestic routes.
Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
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Trenitalia | * | |
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These Frecciarossa 1000 trains are now the only direct trains from Torino/Turin to Lyon, the TGV trains on the Torino to Paris route now pass through the city without calling there.
This train travels through The Alps on either side of the France/Italy border - as it follows the Mont-Cenis route.
The best of the views are from the right of the train, when facing the direction of travel, so hope that your assigned seat(s) is on that side of the train.
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