Take a high speed train from the French capital to the 6th largest city in Stuttgart.
If you will he heading to Augsburg, Munchen/Munich and Ulm and the timing of the one daily direct train doesn't suit, you can connect in Stuttgart.
Note that these trains depart from Gare de l'Est in Paris.
Final Destination: Stuttgart or Munchen
All trains also call at: Strasbourg; Karlsruhe
Sunday - Friday = 5 x trains per day
Saturday = 4 x trains
Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings usually open: 4 months ahead of the travel date
Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day,
Seats will automatically be assigned when booking tickets for this journey, but rail pass users will need to be pay a reservation fee prior to boarding.
On the DB booking site look for journeys that have 0 in the Chg. column
On Oui.SNCF** click the 'Direct Trains' box.
Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
---|---|---|
DB | from €39 | |
Oui.SNCF | from €39 | |
Trainline | from €39 | |
SaveATrain | from €39 | |
Happyrail | from €39 |
Take the morning departure and you will be travelling on a ICE train, travel in the afternoon/evening and the journey will be by TGV train.
This journey is showcase for European international train travel.
Between Paris and Strasbourg the train travels at up to more than 300 km/h on the fastest high speed line in France.
Between Strasbourg and Germany, the train travels on conventional tracks through an urban area, see if you can spot when the train has crossed the border, it won't be announced on the train.
Then once the train has travelled for around 15 mins in Germany it briefly joins another high speed line before calling at Karlsruhe.
Yet another high speed line is used for most of the final 25 mins of the journey, as the train approaches Stuttgart.
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