SNCF train tickets open for early 2025 bookings

French train operator SNCF has now opened bookings for train travel in 2025, with some of the best ‘early bird’ prices now available.

Tickets opened for sale at 06:00 on Tuesday, November 13, for journeys between January 9, and March 30, 2025. The most popular routes, such as Paris-Lyon, Paris-Marseille and

Paris-Montpellier, are included in this offer.

Tickets for “European destinations, Ouigo Grande Vitesse, and certain Inoui TGVs are open for journeys up to July 4, 2025”, said SNCF.

This includes destinations in Belgium, Germany, and the UK, which are taking bookings for journeys until May 17, 2025. Journeys to Spain on the TGV InOui and TGV Lyria services have seats

available until July 4, 2025.

Similarly, many popular skiing destinations are also included. 

This includes direct TGV trains to Bourg-Saint-Maurice, for easy access to the Alps, and Intercités trains serving the Massif Central (Paris-Clermont-Ferrand or Paris-Aurillac), the Alps

(Paris-Briançon) and the Pyrenees (Paris-Tarbes and Paris-Latour de Carol).

As a reminder, school holidays for this period in France (the first holiday after the Christmas and New Year period) are as follows:

Buying your ticket early could enable you to save significantly on travel during popular times, especially at the weekends, said SNCF.

Read more: Calendar: French school holidays for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026

There are other ways to save too, including through the ‘billet de congé annuel’ scheme, which enables you to save 25% on a return journey within France, once a year. The scheme is aimed at

travellers who go away for an annual holiday, including retired people and their families.