How to book Lucerne to Paris tickets
A traveler is planning a train trip from Lucerne to Paris and wants advice on whether to book tickets in advance or buy them on the day. They are considering two options: buying TGV-Lyria tickets from Basel to Paris in advance and purchasing the Lucerne to Basel tickets on the day, or booking the entire journey through the SBB website. They are particularly concerned about having enough time to transfer trains at Basel.
- Consider booking TGV-Lyria tickets in advance for the Basel to Paris portion while purchasing Lucerne to Basel tickets on the day of travel, as those do not require advance booking.
- Using SBB offers optional seat reservations for Lucerne to Basel for a small fee, but you can manage without one.
- Both Rail Europe websites include seat reservations for flexibility in travel times.
- You should have enough time to change trains at Basel regardless of the ticketing option you choose.
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Hi. I need some advise on travelling from Lucerne to Paris by train. Which is a better option? :-
1) Book TGV-Lyria tickets from Basel to Paris in advance. And for the portion of journey from Lucerne to Basel, just purchase the tickets over the counter on the day of departure (since sbb need not be purchased in advance)
2) Book the entire train journey (from Lucerne to Basel to Paris Gare Dy Lyon) through the sbb website. If I take this option, will there be sufficient time given to transfer train at Basel?
Thanks
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Hi Ping17,
You can buy through the SBB, or your local Rail Europe shop (http://www.raileurope.com.sg/ train/tgv-lyria) or Rail Europe World (http://www.raileurope-world.com/train/tgv-lyria). The advantage of your local shop is that you can pay in your own currency (SGD), so you may save some banking fees there.
Other than that there isn’t much of a difference. The SBB offers a seat reservation for Lucerne to Basel for an additional CHF 5, but it’s optional and you do not need it. Both Rail Europe websites have a seat reservation included for that leg, but it’s still an open ticket so you can take an earlier train as well. In any case changing trains should be doable in the proposed time, regardless where you buy.
Indeed you can also just book Basel to Paris through any of the websites and buy Lucerne to Basel locally.
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