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Does anyone know what the train times from Paris to Moutiers are likely to be, next February? With my very rusty school french I've bumbled around the SNCF website enough to find one overnight train that arrives at about 7 in the morning. Is there a later sleeper, or just the one each night? I've searched the forums but not found a definitive answer...can anyone help?
Thanks!
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If you are talking about the sleeper, then there is normally (ie last 10 years) one Corail service that leaves Gare D'Austerlitz at 2230 and arrives at about 0700. During the season there will be a number of daytime TGV services from Gare du Lyon, more at weekends. The tickets normally go on sale 3 months in advance.
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There are, at weekends, usually 2 sleeper trains. They set off at different times (one around 9pm, the other around 11pm, from memory) but arrive at fairly similar times.
Good places to get the info you want are:
http://www.seat61.com/France.htm#London to the French Alps by train
http://snowcarbon.co.uk/ski-resorts
Both will still be showing last year's timetable (the one for the coming winter probably won't be available till around November) but should give you an idea of what's typical.
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Thanks all, I am looking at the overnight trains. I thought I'd seen somewhere a reference to a train that arrived slightly later (8 ish) which would work slightly better for us. But perhaps not. Are there places open in Moutiers at 7am to get breakfast and kill some time before getting a transfer up to the mountains? Going direct at 7 would get us up to our chalet before the previous week's guests leave which wouldn't be ideal...
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There are a number of cafes within a couple of 100 metres of the station in Moutiers. Also check with your chalet - they may be able to put your bags in a room so you can than walk round the resort and get orientated (or even a ski??)
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mgrolf, yes, there are hotels and bakeries open at that time who will all be happy to provide some breakfast.
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does anyone know when the snow train start as i need to in val d'isere on the 29th / 30th on november....
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which resort you staying in ? in Meribel and Mottaret you can get an early breakfast and I am sure the others will have someplace open... Better to get up the hill on the earliest transfer coach to beat the rush up the hill rather than having breaky in Moutiers imv
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ajc2260626, Not sure of the start dates for the snow train but as the EK opens on the 29th Nov and Les Arcs and 3V are 2 weeks later (Val T aside) there may not be much market for it. Might be worth booking a TGV to Bourg and hitching/catch the bus to Val. Altibus from GVA is very sporadic at this time of year.
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ajc2260626, by snow train, do you mean the direct Eurostar, or something else? Regular French trains run all year round to Bourg St Maurice. The direct Eurostar train runs from the week before Christmas I think.
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which resort you staying in ?
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skimottaret, staying in Reberty. We can drop bags off, but arriving before 8:30 or so risks overlapping with the departing guests which just doesn't sound like a great idea. But breakfast up the mountain rather than in a tired cafe does 
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The restaurant attached to the hotel le Terminus opposite the station in Moutiers is quite a reasonable place for breakfast if you have to wait for the bus or transfer coach.
You sometimes have to pay extra for an early transfer and there is usually a bit of a wait between the train arriving and the local buses running so it is always an option.
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