Graeme
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All of the online information about the Navigo Decouverte pass indicates you can only purchase it from a ticket office at a station in Paris.
However, tucked away on a page on the SNCF Transilien website there is the following:
Yet when you go to the order page it is only for Paris or French residents working in the city.
I take it the ticket office is the only option? And do you get a blank card which then has to be loaded at a separate machine or will the ticket office staff load the card for you?
However, tucked away on a page on the SNCF Transilien website there is the following:
To get your Navigo Découverte card, you can either:
SEE THE LIST OF SNCF TRANSILIEN SALES OFFICESGO TO THE "RELOAD/ORDER" PAGE (IN FRENCH)
- Go to an SNCF Transilien, OPTILE, or RATP sales office, or to one of the "comptoir-club" offices in Paris or in the Paris region, where you can get it right away.
- Or, place on order online on the Navigo site, in the "Reload/Order" section. Your card will be shipped within 3 weeks.
Yet when you go to the order page it is only for Paris or French residents working in the city.
I take it the ticket office is the only option? And do you get a blank card which then has to be loaded at a separate machine or will the ticket office staff load the card for you?