French Ski Resorts accessible by train

Prompted by our news of the threat to French Sleeper trains, including those serving a number of ski resorts, here are some of the best known ski areas close to mainline railway stations.

The name in brackets is the station, followed by the approximate time for a taxi ride to the resort.

Avoriaz (Cluses) 60 mins
Avoriaz via Prodains (Cluses) 45 mins
Brides les Bains (Moutiers) 15 mins
Courchevel (Moutiers) 60 mins
Flaine (Cluses) 50 mins
La Clusaz (Annecy) 30 mins 
La Plagne (Aime la Plagne) 40 mins
La Rosiere (Bourg St Maurice) 40 mins
La Tania (Bourg St Maurice) 45 mins
Le Grand Bornand (Annecy) 30 mins 
Les Arcs (Bourg St Maurice) 35 mins
Les Carroz (Cluses) 25 mins
Les Contamines (St Gervais le Fayet) 20 mins
Les Gets (Cluses) 25 mins
Les Menuires (Moutiers) 40 mins
Megeve (Sallanches) 20 mins
Meribel (Moutiers) 30 mins
Morillon (Cluses) 15 mins
Morzine (Cluses) 45 mins
Peisey-Vallandry (Landry) 20 mins
Sainte Foy (Bourg St Maurice) 20 mins
Samoëns (Cluses) 25 mins
St Gervais (St Gervais le Fayet) 7 mins
Tignes (Bourg St Maurice) 50 mins
Val Cenis (Modane) 30 mins 
Val d'Isere (Bourg St Maurice) 50 mins
Val Thorens (Moutiers) 75 mins
Valmorel (Moutiers) 40 mins 

Information kindly provided by SnowCarbon

There's a bus service from Cluses. We used it to get to Les Carroz. Cheaper than a taxi but I'm not sure how regular or frequently it runs.

Some of these are just wrong ...
La Tania should be 30 mins from MOUTIER not 45 mins from Bourg St Maurice.
Courchevel should be 30 mins from Moutier not 60 mins.
La Plagne should be 20 mins not 40 mins.
Les Arcs should be 20 mins. from Bourg.
Les Menuires should be 30 mins.from Moutier
Valmorel should be 30 mins from Moutier not 40 mins.
Val Thoren should be max 40 mins from Moutier not 75 mins.

I am not saying all the others are right ... I don't know. But the ones I have listed are definitely wrong.

I'd like to add

Serre Chevalier 10 minutes from Briançon sleeper and
Montgenevre 20 minutes from Oulx TGV

... but sadly as usual, no mention of the good old Maurienne resorts (my home), despite 6 years now since Peter Hardy in the Telegraph revealed its "Outstanding skiing ... prices almost half their famous neighbours at resorts like Orelle and St Francois-Longchamp which few British skiers have even heard of".

He might also have mentioned the Orelle skiing from the Maurienne (train 9 mns) is actually part of Val Thorens + 3V; so accommodation half-price, but not your lift-pass! And that St Francois (train 20 mns) is combined with Valmorel, and 8½ or 10 hours total from S-E England (or road transfer from Chambery airport only 1½ hrs).

So - taxi drive times to resort from train (TGV on ski weekends, UK 8½ hrs; or daily TGV to Chambery + inter-city, 10 hrs)

Notes 'Pass' is 1-day adult high season; insurance 2.80€, wave-it card deposit may be 2€
All resorts offer usual discounts for families, age, longer periods, and...
* = discount/s for restricted area; and most offer reductions for part-day / weekends / on-line booking / off-season / etc.
Piste lengths (from Wiki) now seem to be per the FIANET/Schrahe criteria (e.g. 3V now 600 Km, not 650)

Taxi from station of St Avre - La Chambre to:

Resort Train Top-bottom Pistes Pass

♥ St Francois Longchamp 20 mns 1650-2550m 65Km 35€
(with Valmorel 1250m - 2550m 165Km 44€* )
St Colomban les Villards 20 mns 1100 - 2620m 30Km (with 'Les Sybelles' 310Km 43€)
(nearest resort to trains in 'Les Sybelles' domain below),

From station of St Jean de Maurienne to:
Other 4 resorts of 'Les Sybelles' domain, world 6th largest, 310Km 43€* (all 6 resorts)
Les Bottières 21 mns 1300m 45Km (with La Toussuire)
La Toussuire 38 mns 1750m 45Km (with Les Bottières)
Le Corbier 38 mns 1550m 90Km (with St Jean d'Arves)
St Jean d'Arves 32 mns 1250m 90Km (with Le Corbier)
St Sorlin 38 mns 1550m 120Km

Albiez 27 mns 1500 - 2200m 40Km 25€
(linking to Les Karellis ~2019)
♥ Les Karellis 33 mns 1600 - 2520m 60Km 26€
46Km/bed; 3V,200Km/bed


From station of St Michel de Maurienne to:
Valloire / Valmeinier 28 mns 1412 - 2594m 150Km 38€
Orelle - Val Thorens 9 mns 1100 - 3230m 150Km 49€
(with 3-Valleys 600Km 59€*)

From station of Modane (for the 'Upper Maurienne', and TGV to Italy: Bardonecchia - Sestrière - Sauze d'Oulx) to:
Valfréjus 25 mns 1500-2950m 65 Km 29€
La Norma 11 mns 1350 - 2750m 65Km 28€
Val Cenis (Lanslebourg) 29 mns 1300-2800m 125Km 35€
Val Cenis (Termignon) 23 mns 1300
Aussois 15 mns 1500 - 2750m 55Km 28€
Bessans 47 mns 1750m 133Km (X-country)
Bonneval-sur-Arc 53 mns 1850 - 3000m 25Km 28€

... and seems no-one's noticed the best train-served skiing in France (or the Alps, if you leave out Zermatt), by the hourly service from St Gervais (Paris 5 hrs) to the centres of Chamonix - Les Houches - Argentiere (so maybe no taxi at all!), and several of the main mountain trains / cablecars inc. the Aiguille du Midi/Vallee Blanche. And most of the line's on the free Chamonix Transport pass if you're in a hotel.
Timetables and more, on... http://www.chamonix.net/english/transport/train .
Blog me if you'd like more on trains-to-ski, a lifetime enthusiasm.

... (ed.): " ... if you leave out Zermatt - and the Oberland of course! "