Book early and save: Yes
Online bookings open: 4 months ahead of the travel date
When looking for tickets on Oui.SNCF tick the 'direct trains' box -on Trainline tick the 'fastest journeys' box.
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Trains departing at different times can be cheaper than others leaving on the same day, so you may need to look through the day's departures to find the cheapest fares.
There can be particularly big price discrepancies per train on this route.
If tickets aren't on sale yet for your travel date, then this is a journey for which it's worth signing up to the ticket availability notification service on Oui.SNCF.
Do that and you'll receive an email within moments of the tickets being released for sale.
It's worth making an effort as this is a journey on which the very cheapest tickets tend to sell out particularly fast.
Trenitalia does NOT sell tickets for this journey.
Ticket Provider | Approximate Cost | |
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Trainline | from €29 | |
Oui.SNCF | from €29 |
*The first train of the day, which is usually scheduled to depart at 07:35, is fastest becasue it takes the most direct route.
The train usually scheduled to depat at 10:11 now travels via Aix-Les-Bain.
The third and final train of the day, which is usually scheduled to depart from Torino/Turin at 16:11 is the slowest service as it diverts off the direct route, in order to call at Lyon Part-Dieu station.
Note that these trains to Paris only call at Torino Porta Susa station - they don't depart from Torino Porta Nuova station.
Final Destination: Paris
All trains also call at: Chambery
One train per day also calls at: Lyon Part Dieu
Type of Scenery: Mountain
Star Rating: ***
Note that these trains only depart from Torino Porta Susa station, they don't depart from Porta Nuova station
THE JOURNEY:
The combination of epic Alpine scenery and high speed travel has earned this route a place on our list of Most Epic European express train journeys.
On departure from Torino/Turin comes a passage through the western Alps with great views, particularly from the right of the train (when facing the direction of travel).
Then there comes the journey between Chambery and Paris, most of which is on the high speed line.
*The first train of the day, which is usually scheduled to depart at 07:35, is fastest becasue it takes the most direct route.
The train usually scheduled to depat at 10:11 now travels via Aix-Les-Bain.
The third and final train of the day, which is usually scheduled to depart from Torino/Turin at 16:11 is the slowest service as it diverts off the direct route, in order to call at Lyon Part-Dieu station.
Note that these trains to Paris only call at Torino Porta Susa station - they don't depart from Torino Porta Nuova station.
Final Destination: Paris
All trains also call at: Chambery
One train per day also calls at: Lyon Part Dieu
Type of Scenery: Mountain
Star Rating: ***
Note that these trains only depart from Torino Porta Susa station, they don't depart from Porta Nuova station
THE JOURNEY:
The combination of epic Alpine scenery and high speed travel has earned this route a place on our list of Most Epic European express train journeys.
On departure from Torino/Turin comes a passage through the western Alps with great views, particularly from the right of the train (when facing the direction of travel).
Then there comes the journey between Chambery and Paris, most of which is on the high speed line.
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