On board TER trainsWith the new generations of TER trains (Regiolis and Regio2N), you'll benefit from improved accessibility, whatever your disability, as well as autonomously accessible toilets.
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There are two toilets for each pair of coaches. When you book, the tables for 4 are usually shown as family or facing or sometimes in French as carré. For seating plans, see the train seat numbering page.
Tourists and local travelers are regularly shocked to see they must pay to go to the bathroom in train stations in Paris. Even those holding a ticket are not allowed in for free, unlike what was announced in 2021.
On board the train...An internal door opens into a lower deck seating area, and a wide, short & easy flight of stairs leads to a landing at one end of the upper deck. You walk along the train from car to car at the upper level, and the café-bar is also at the upper level. There are toilets both upstairs & downstairs.
TGV is SNCF's high-speed rail service. Carrying passengers across France on trains exceeding 300kmh, TGV train has become one of the most popular modes of transport for travelling around the country.
While modern trains won't litter the tracks with human excrement, the traditional method did just that. This is what was known as a hopper toilet. It could either be a simple hole in the floor (also known as a drop chute toilet) or a full-flush system.
For your journey with TGV, INTERCITÉS and TERTo have plenty of time to find your car, your seat, to store your suitcases etc... we advise you to arrive 20 minutes before departure. Access to the train is guaranteed up to 2 minutes before departure, so avoid arriving at the very last minute!
As a general rule, people travelling on trains are warned not to flush the on board toilet while it's not moving. That's because most trains don't have sewage tanks, meaning anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks. So as you can imagine, if the train is stationary, it can cause huge problems.
For travel on TGV INOUI or TGV France-Italy trainsThere is no weight limit for your luggage, but you must be able to carry your bags and suitcases by yourself*. On TGV INOUI trains: Your cabin luggage or other compact bags should be stowed under your seat, at your feet, or in the overhead compartment above your seat.
Most TGV trains have a bar car serving snacks, sandwiches, coffee and beer and wine. TER trains do not have a bar car. You can bring any food and drink on to the train with you, and many people do this.
Our premium high-speed brands in EuropeSNCF Lyria operates high-speed trains between France and Switzerland, serving Geneva, Basel and Zurich in particular. It carries 4-6 million passengers a year.
While Amtrak does offer free WiFi, it is not available on all of Amtrak's trains. At time of writing, only the following trains are equipped with WiFi: Acela (service between Boston and Washington, DC)