You can purchase your future train tickets throught the website europe-train.net or directly through the sales point, stations or website of SNCF (the French National railway company), it's a company that owns railroad tracks in France.

Indeed it is the official website of a subsidiary company with 50/50 of the French and Swiss railroads(CFF/SBB/FFS)that is in charge of the promotion and the travel distribution.

You can use these railways to go wherever you want. 

The agents of the SNCf company are well placed to guide you.

For those who are not physically located in France, nor in another European country, the only way to get Eurail train tickets is to buy them online by clicking below :

Eurail Passes

Details of all the France Train Passes and options

Or directly on the France National Railway Company called SNCF :

· SNCF train tickets and reservations

· Tgv train timetables (TGV, Corail, Eurostar, Thalys)

· Train travel reduced fare card

· Train travel passengers guide

The TGV (train à grande vitesse, French for "high-speed train") is France's high-speed rail service, developed by GEC-Alsthom (now Alstom) and SNCF, the French national rail operator, and operated primarily by SNCF. Following the inaugural TGV service between Paris and Lyon in 1981, the TGV network, centred on Paris, has expanded to connect cities across France.

The success of the first line led to a rapid expansion of the service, with new lines built to the south, west and northeast of the country. Eager to share in the success of the French network, neighbouring countries such as Belgium, Italy and Switzerland built their own high-speed lines to connect with it. TGVs under other brand names also link to Germany and the Netherlands through the Thalys network, and to the United Kingdom through Eurostar. Several future lines are currently planned, including extensions within France and to surrounding countries. Towns such as Tours have become a part of this "TGV commuter belt".

TGVs travel at up to 320 km/h (200 mph), which is made possible through the use of specially designed tracks, laid down without any sharp curves, and a range of features which make TGV trains suitable for high speed travel. These features include high-powered electric motors, low axle weight, articulated carriages and in-cab signalling which removes the need for drivers to see lineside signals at high speed.

TGVs are manufactured primarily by Alstom, now often with the involvement of Bombardier. Except for a small series of TGVs used for postal freight between Paris and Lyon, TGV is primarily a passenger service. Trains derived from TGV designs also operate in South Korea (KTX) and Spain (AVE).

Travel by TGV has largely replaced air travel between connected cities, due to shorter commuting times (especially for trips taking less than three hours), reduced check-in, security and boarding formalities, and the convenient location of train stations in the heart of cities. Furthermore, the TGV is a very safe mode of transport, with no recorded fatalities due to accidents while running at high speed since operations began.