Techniquest
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Alrighty then, time I got these irritating questions asked I think...All to do with France and rail travel.
Query #1: TGVs from Poiters to Paris, which route would an early afternoon TGV into central Paris take? Only thing I recall about this trip was it was very fast, I fell in love with the TGVs on this occasion, as we had some seriously lush seats (I think we may have ended up in First Class somehow, not sure anymore!) and we stopped hardly anywhere if at all! This is how UK express rail travel should be!
Looking at my rail map of Europe (I've finally found a need for it, after having it for circa 2 years!), I can find Poiters (which is somewhere near the South West of France) and a black line leading towards Paris. No problem, then there's the black line continuing onwards, with a red line leading off not long after Poiters. Would it be this red line my service would have taken? That is my query.
Query #2: Eurostar's website's route map shows that the 373 I will be travelling on in July will, thankfully, not go anywhere near Paris, nice and direct to Disneyland Paris. From Calais and Lille, I'm unsure which route this 373 will take. Any ideas on this one lads and lasses?
Query #3: Food and drink on-board 373s, anyone know if they sell anything decent to eat on here a la Travelling Chef-kind of thing? Or am I better off making sandwiches to take with me?
Query #4: During this trip, we plan to hit Paris for a bit to do a bit of sightseeing and, naturally, the Eiffel Tower. My query is this; Are there any fast direct services to Paris from Disneyland Paris we can purchase on the day for this? Rough prices, routing information and changes, as well as rolling stock information will all be welcome information. Of course, rough ideas on frequencies would be cool (we're looking at going on a Monday morning, returning lunchtime/early afternoon).
Query #5: Food and drink provision on local French trains and/or TGVs, and at stations. Any ideas on this one guys?
Query #6: Route maps and other stuff relating to the Metro, RER and SNCF services. Anyone got a (useful) link to this sort of thing, or know anything about it?
Thanks in advance for any and all help with this lot. Quite a few queries, but I would much rather know this in advance.
I look forward to your replies,
WSXFan
Query #1: TGVs from Poiters to Paris, which route would an early afternoon TGV into central Paris take? Only thing I recall about this trip was it was very fast, I fell in love with the TGVs on this occasion, as we had some seriously lush seats (I think we may have ended up in First Class somehow, not sure anymore!) and we stopped hardly anywhere if at all! This is how UK express rail travel should be!
Looking at my rail map of Europe (I've finally found a need for it, after having it for circa 2 years!), I can find Poiters (which is somewhere near the South West of France) and a black line leading towards Paris. No problem, then there's the black line continuing onwards, with a red line leading off not long after Poiters. Would it be this red line my service would have taken? That is my query.
Query #2: Eurostar's website's route map shows that the 373 I will be travelling on in July will, thankfully, not go anywhere near Paris, nice and direct to Disneyland Paris. From Calais and Lille, I'm unsure which route this 373 will take. Any ideas on this one lads and lasses?
Query #3: Food and drink on-board 373s, anyone know if they sell anything decent to eat on here a la Travelling Chef-kind of thing? Or am I better off making sandwiches to take with me?
Query #4: During this trip, we plan to hit Paris for a bit to do a bit of sightseeing and, naturally, the Eiffel Tower. My query is this; Are there any fast direct services to Paris from Disneyland Paris we can purchase on the day for this? Rough prices, routing information and changes, as well as rolling stock information will all be welcome information. Of course, rough ideas on frequencies would be cool (we're looking at going on a Monday morning, returning lunchtime/early afternoon).
Query #5: Food and drink provision on local French trains and/or TGVs, and at stations. Any ideas on this one guys?
Query #6: Route maps and other stuff relating to the Metro, RER and SNCF services. Anyone got a (useful) link to this sort of thing, or know anything about it?
Thanks in advance for any and all help with this lot. Quite a few queries, but I would much rather know this in advance.
I look forward to your replies,
WSXFan