Intercités (IC)
Interrail train reservations
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
Interrail and Intercités (IC). How to buy a reservation or can I travel for free. Train information, photos and videos.
Intercités are long distance trains in France running on the conventional lines (unlike TGV trains who also run on high speed lines) throughout the country. A variety of trains is used for these services, usually having comfortable seats in 2nd and 1st class with air-condition. Plugs are not common on these services.
Please also have a look at the "Intercités ex Teoz" train type for details on the services with compulsory reservation on the lines from Paris to Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges and Toulouse as well as from Nice via Marseille and Toulouse to Bordeaux.
reservation possible but not required
2nd class: EUR 1,50
1st class: EUR 2
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