Paris -Zurich trip

[DoubleD55]

My wife & I will be traveling from Gare Lyon to Zurich on Friday 13th
I was wondering what type of TGV we would be traveling on
Thanks in advance for any information

Dale

 

[themiller]

The services are operated by 'Lyria' which is a joint SNCF/SBB company formed to manage and run the trains between the two countries. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TGV_Lyria for some background info. Bon voyage/Gut reise!

 

[Squaddie]

My wife & I will be traveling from Gare Lyon to Zurich on Friday 13th
I was wondering what type of TGV we would be traveling on
Thanks in advance for any information

Dale

I frequently see these trains standing in Zurich Hauptbahnhof and have noticed (with disgust!) that even in first class the seats do not line up with the windows. There seems to be quite a large number of "window" seats with a severely restricted view or even just a blank wall alongside them.

 

[DoubleD55]

Thanks for the information
We'll just have to hope that we get decent seats

 

[Squaddie]

Thanks for the information
We'll just have to hope that we get decent seats

Please do come back and report on your experience. I've not used TGV Lyria in over two years because of the very poor seat layout, and I'd be interested to know how busy the train was and whether it was easy to move to a better seat.

 

[Gordon]

Please do come back and report on your experience. I've not used TGV Lyria in over two years because of the very poor seat layout, and I'd be interested to know how busy the train was and whether it was easy to move to a better seat.

I saw one yesterday - double deck TGV but still in normal non Lyria livery

The trains are quite busy. Last time I travelled we got put a lower deck in the compartment with a doorless bulkhead at one end. Very claustrophobic.

 

[DoubleD55]

Paris to Zurich was fine on a single deck TGV Lyria

Good seats - nice travelling experience

The Thello sleeper back from Rome was another story - not a journey I would like to do again

 

[LNW-GW Joint]

Please do come back and report on your experience. I've not used TGV Lyria in over two years because of the very poor seat layout, and I'd be interested to know how busy the train was and whether it was easy to move to a better seat.

I used one on the Nice-Geneva run last week.
Very crowded Toulon-Marseille-Lyon, but plenty of space Nice-Toulon and (especially) Lyon-Geneva.
My reserved seat was unfortunately next to a deadlight (single deck TGV-R).
Luckily I was able to move to a good seat on the last lap into Geneva (and what a nice run that is; we passed 2xEurocargorail class 66 in EWS colours in Culoz yard).
Highlight was a clear view of Mont Blanc at 90 miles range, just before turning off the LGV for the run into Lyon.

 

[Gordon]

I used one on the Nice-Geneva run last Highlight was a clear view of Mont Blanc at 90 miles range, just before turning off the LGV for the run into Lyon.

Under the right atmospehirc conditions, Mont Blanc can be seen from central Lyon , and from places as far away as the Beaujolais hills (120 - 130 miles)

 

[davetheguard]

We travelled from Basel SBB to Paris Lyon on the 10.34 departure last week (it was a through working from Zurich).

Having consulted the "wagenstandenzeiger" board on the platform at Basel to be in the right place when the train ran in, we then found the TGV arrived in reverse formation, and everyone had to dash about to the opposite end. However, it had arrived at the station ten minutes before its departure time, so no delay resulted.

I hadn't expected a double-deck TGV, so that was a nice surprise: we were on the top deck in second class. There was nothing on the DB UK-issued ticket to indicate a double decker; SNCF-issued tickets tend to show "en haute" or "en bas" in my experience.

The automated display in the coach was interesting; as well as showing the usual next stop, train number etc. it also showed our speed once we got on the brand new Rhine - Rhone high speed line. We hit 320 kph briefly a couple of times, but there was no sustained travelling at exactly that speed. Nonetheless, we were bang on time into Paris which gave us a relaxed hour to get across to Gare du Nord for Eurostar check-in.