France

France · Scenic

Intercités de Nuit: Paris to Nice

Overnight from Paris to the Riviera, in the Train Bleu tradition

11h 30m · SNCF Voyageurs

• Scenic
• Sleeper
• Epic

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France · Scenic

TGV inOui: Paris to Marseille

Paris to the Mediterranean in three hours flat

3h 04m · SNCF Voyageurs

• Scenic
• High-speed

Photo: Jean-Louis Zimmermann · CC BY 2.0

France · High-speed

TGV inOui: Paris to Bordeaux

Two hours and two minutes from Paris to the Gironde

2h 02m · SNCF Voyageurs

• High-speed

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United Kingdom → France · Engineering

Eurostar: London to Paris

Under the Channel, city centre to city centre in 2h16m

2h 16m · Eurostar

• Engineering
• High-speed

Photo: Julian P Guffogg · CC BY-SA 2.0

France · Engineering

TGV INOUI: Paris to Lyon

The line that proved high-speed rail in Europe

1h 43m · SNCF Voyageurs

• Engineering
• High-speed

Photo: Kabelleger / David Gubler · CC BY-SA 3.0

France · Sleeper

Venice Simplon-Orient-Express

Europe’s most famous luxury train, still travelling in restored 1920s carriages.

24h · Belmond

• Sleeper
• Luxury
• Culinary

Photo: Jour-reveur / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

France · Scenic

Chemin de Fer de la Rhune

A vintage mountain train from the Basque foothills to the summit of La Rhune.

35m · Train de la Rhune

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Excursion

Photo: Remontees · CC BY-SA 4.0

France → Switzerland · Scenic

Mont-Blanc Express

A cross-border mountain railway through the Trient and Chamonix valleys.

1h 30m · Transports de Martigny et Régions

• Scenic

Photo: AndrewvdBK / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0

France · Scenic

Train de l’Ardèche

Steam through the Doux gorges on one of France’s great heritage railways.

1h 45m · Train de l’Ardèche

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Steam

Photo: Peter Glyn / Wikimedia Commons · CC0 1.0

France · Scenic

Train des Merveilles

From the Mediterranean behind Nice into the high Roya valley by regional train.

1h 59m · SNCF Voyageurs

• Scenic

Photo: Remontees · CC BY-SA 4.0

France · Scenic

Train Jaune

A little yellow regional train high in the French Pyrenees.

3h 10m · SNCF Voyageurs

• Scenic
• Heritage
• Engineering

Photo: M McBey / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0