Trains and Ferries

TRAINS

Train travel in France is convenient, comfortable and inexpensive. For example, there are 25 scheduled trains from Paris Montparnasse to Bordeaux Saint-Jean – a three hour journey on the high-speed TGV. There are three main train services:

• SNCF - national
• TER SNCF - regional
• TGV – high speed network

Train station - GARE SAINT- JEAN

• Rue Charles Domercq 33800 Bordeaux
• Phone - 36 35 (0,34 €/ min. from a French landline)
• Disruptions:  free no. 0805 90 36 35, 4:30 – 1 AM 7/7

Tickets can be purchased online, at train stations or kiosks – tickets must be validated at punch machines before boarding a train.

• For reservations and schedules in English: http://www.sncf.com/en_EN/flash/
• For reservations and schedules: www.voyages-sncf.com
• For schedules and departure information: www.gares-en-mouvement.com

Train Ticket Centers or kiosks:

• SNCF City Centre Ticket Office
• Bordeaux City Centre : 82-84 Rue Sainte Catherine; Open Mon – Sat, 9am to 7:30 pm
• Mériadeck: Mériadeck Shopping Centre; Open Mon – Sat, 9am to 8pm 
• Lormont: 4 Pavillons Shopping Centre; Open Mon – Sat, 9am to 8pm
• Talence Médoquine: Avenue de la gare; Ticket machine at the University Restaurant; Open Mon-Fri,  9 :15am to 6 :30pm
• Begles: Ticket machine in the Rivers d’Arcins Shopping CentreBordeaux-Lac: Ticket machine in Auchan Bordeaux-Lac shopping centre

Europe-wide train information:

• EUROSTAR   +33 (0) 862 35 35 39
• EUROTUNNEL  +33 (0) 810 63 03 04; UK:  + 44 (0) 8443 35 35 35

You can also take your car by train:

• AUTO TRAIN; 83 bis, rue Amédée Saint Germain; +33 (0)5 47 47 11 77
• English website

Other services at Gare Saint-Jean

• Bordeaux Tourism Office at Saint-Jean station,  +33 (0)5 56 91 64 70
• Lost Luggage – Platform or Quay no.1 –Gate 4, +33 (0)5 47 11 63
• Disabled facilities – Platform or Quay no. 1 Gate 35
• Baby changing facilities – "La Conciergerie" Platform or Quay no. 1 – gate 59