Reserving a ticket from abroad (excluding North America, Australia, Asia and New Zealand).

Click on the flag of your choice (at the bottom left of the home page) to access the corresponding foreign language version of the site :

To reserve your train at the best price, you should :

Enter the information about your journey (departure, arrival, dates, times, passengers, service class).
Select "Express reservation at the best price".
Click on "Search".
Click on "Advanced search".
Fill in the reservation form then validate.

To receive your train tickets at home in a country other than France :

Follow the reservation procedure indicated above.

Select your country of delivery to receive your train tickets at home :

Select "receive your ticket free by post" in the order confirmation page.

To reserve, pay on-line and collect your train tickets when you arrive in France :

Follow the reservation procedure indicated above.

Select France (ticked by default) as the country in which to collect the tickets.

For an "express reservation at the best price":

For an "advanced search":

You can also collect a train ticket paid for on-line :

Select "collect your ticket from an automatic ticket machine or from station ticket offices and Boutiques " in the order confirmation page.

You must present the file reference and the banker's card used for the on-line payment with the associated PIN in order to collect your train tickets.

If the on-line payment has been made with a foreign card without a chip (ex.: American Express) the tickets cannot be collected from automatic ticket machines but only from SNCF ticket offices.

To reserve your train tickets the collect and pay for them on the spot

Follow the reservation procedure indicated above.

Select the country in which you wish to collect your train tickets. Payment on collection is only available in France, Great-Britain (London), Belgium (Brussels), Switzerland (Geneva) and Germany (Cologne).

Choose your country's currency (outside the Euro zone) once you have selected your journey :

Click on the choice "Choose a single option to be confirmed later". You will be given a limit collection / payment date and time at your country's SNCF boutique :

Order placed	Collection/payment up to
< 3 days before departure	30 minutes before departure
Between 3 and 10 days before departure	2 days before departure
Between 11 and 62 days before departure	7 days before departure

After this time, your ticket is automatically cancelled.

To print your train ticket at home :

If you pay on-line and select one of these fares: Prem’s, Last Minute Offer, Smilys, Print & Go or iDTGV only, you can choose "Billet Imprimé" as the ticket collection option and print your ticket at home.