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Take a day
trip outside of Paris
If you would
like to take a day trip, the easy way to find out times and rates is through the
Transilien
SNCF website
(French or
English).
For voyages to
the Loire and other parts of France use the
Voyages-SNCF.com website.
In the end,
you will have your route, hours of departure, how long it takes and how
much it will cost.
Another
alternative is to type in the name of the city into your search engine,
you must know the complete name of the city. I used Google for example
and typed jouy en josas plan.
HINT!
Using the train
SNCF/ Ter is the regional train system. I have provided
two website links when looking up information for the Day trips (French
and
English). If the English website is not fully functional, the French
site will fill in the missing links. My
Transilien page help you
with vocabulary.
"Acces" means
access.
Mon Trajet
Click on "horaires
et itinéraires, train, RER, métro"
Lieu de
départ
Type in the
closest metro stop
Lieu
d'arrivée
Where are you
going? Make sure you know the complete name of the location.
Date and
Heure (hour)
For example,
the Jouy fabric museum located in the Château d'Eglantine - you have to
know that it is in the town of Jouy-en-Josas (use your search engine).
Click
Rechercher
If you see the
words "plusieurs lieux d'arrivée....", click on one of their choices
that comes closest to your town.
For example,
they gave three: Jouy en Josas (78), Gare de Vauboyen (Jouy en Josas)
and Gare de Jouy en Josas.
At least you
know there will be several trains going that way!
If I click
on Jouy en Josas (78) then "valider" I see that this time the
train goes to Gare de Vauboyen.
Voir détail
trajet (this will give my route of travel)
If I catch the
16:31 (4:31 p.m.) train, the journey will take 58 minutes and I arrive
at 17:29 (5:29 p.m.).
I catch the
RER C from Gare d'Austerlitz in Paris and travel in the direction of
Versailles Chantiers.
Prix du
billet (price of the ticket) |
May 2008
