07-03-2025
French rail tickets to go on sale for peak summer holiday period
Tickets for France's high-speed TGV InOui and Intercités trains will go on sale on Wednesday, March 12th for travel during the peak summer holiday period (between July 5th and August 31st), SNCF announced on its website.
Which tickets are going on sale?
Budget-friendly tickets with France's Ouigo services will be available for the period of July 5 to December 13th, as well as those for the TGV InOui Sud-Est trains.
As for trips on the TGV Lyria and Inoui journeys (to Spain or Italy), you will be able to book trips between July 5th and December 13th.
For travel to Luxembourg, Fribourg or Brussels, you will be able to buy tickets up to August 31st.
Meanwhile, for Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft customers, reservations are possible six months in advance.
The benefits of buying tickets quickly...
According to a study conducted by the ticket sales platform Trainline and reported by Le Parisien, TGV users are better off buying their tickets in the week that sales open to get the best prices, so mark your calendars.
The most popular services – between Paris-Nice, Paris-Cannes, or Paris-Marseille – are known to sell out very quickly.
You can also set up an alert to find out if tickets to your preferred destination have gone on sale via SNCF-Connect.
