 Poster: A snowHead
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HI
has anyone taken the overnight sleeper train from Paris to Briancon? we are looking at it but our change over day is Sunday and the hire car company is closed on Sundays in Briancon, so we are trying to find out how much a taxi would be for 4 to Sauze d'oulx - anyone done this?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The TGV between Lyon and Milan stops at Oulx / Sestriere, from where it can only be a short taxi ride up the hill?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I think you would be able to get the Resalp bus from Briancon to your resort. Snowcarbon website has quite a lot of train info.
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You may be better with TGV from Paris rather than the sleeper service. Is it actually running next winter, because it was unavailable for much of last year. Which hire company is it? There may be a key drop service for Sundays.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi,
We've done this route a couple of times to stay in Briancon. Annoyingly, the Briancon sleeper wasn't running the night we wanted to go last year so ended up staying in Paris overnight and getting the early TGV (departs about 06.30) to Oulx (arrives about 11:30) and getting the Resalp bus back to Briancon.
The sleeper is a bit of an adventure, and I love the idea of travelling while I'm asleep - seems a sensible use of time - but to be honest, the daytime TGV to Oulx worked out really well.
Looks like SADEM run a regular bus service up to Sauze from Oulx station, so if you can get to the station, the last bit up the hill should be a piece of cake.
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Buses run on a regular* basis from all villages in the valley to Oulx
Couple of days ago on FB there were some posts about the overnight train but I didn't read them, something about being the last one in France
*presumably to meet the train
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@Weathercam, so they're renovating the rolling stock on the last two remaining sleeper services... pretty sure the cost of renovation was one of the reasons cited for canning the other sleeper services a couple of years ago. Hey ho, I'm sure they know what they're doing.
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Message James at sauzeonline. Top chap and very helpful.
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