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Newcastle just too far I suspect. We catch the 7.04am from Newark which gets to Kings Cross at 8.37am. £41 return for the two of us (cheap as long as you book early) 10 min walk across the road to St Pancras and plenty of time for breakfast before boarding Eurostar at 9.30am.

Its 2 hours for me down to London by train ...about the same cost as paring my car at the airport for a week ..I then have to walk 50 meters to Eurostar ..I'm hoping to sleep better on the train than the usual problems with the early morning flights ....having to get up at 3am then drive to the local airport then wait for 2 hours before you are squeezed on and then a 2 hours wait at the arrival airport while the next flight arrive ,,,and the 2 hour transfer...and so on

Hi All,

I've had an apartment in Bourg-St-Maurice since 2003 , and this year I/we are looking at the train for early March for a change, I must admit I quite like the idea of getting onto the train and then not having to do anything for the next 9 or 10 hours or so....

....certainly seems better than waiting around at airports etc so will see how it goes :D

jon

Never been on Eurostar, seems pricey, and awkward because you have to make your way across Paris to meet ongoing TGV service.

Went on the Charter overnight Couchette service several times way back :shock: Ferry from Dover, meet train in goods sidings at Calais, 6 berth couchettes, Disco carriage, no sleep......

Ski badly with a buzzing head on the Saturday :mrgreen:

bandit wrote:Never been on Eurostar, seems pricey, and awkward because you have to make your way across Paris to meet ongoing TGV service.

Not if you book one of the direct trains to Moutiers/Aime La Plagne/Bourg St Maurice! The train I went on was from Waterloo (now St Pancras) and stopped at Ashford then next stop Moutiers :lol:

They still run the direct service, as seen in the following timetable..

http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/destinations/direct_services/ski_train/ski_train_timetables.jsp

I'm confused (not difficult) - is this a different service to the Eurostar one that the TOs use?

I have been by train before a few times having booked the package through the TO, and I know you can book direct through Eurostar, so is this a different train?

Just looked at the link Far Queue put on the above post, it's never an hour and a half to Val D from Bourg, probably more like 40 mins.

Far Queue wrote:

bandit wrote:Never been on Eurostar, seems pricey, and awkward because you have to make your way across Paris to meet ongoing TGV service.

Not if you book one of the direct trains to Moutiers/Aime La Plagne/Bourg St Maurice! The train I went on was from Waterloo (now St Pancras) and stopped at Ashford then next stop Moutiers :lol:

They still run the direct service, as seen in the following timetable..

http://www.eurostar.com/UK/uk/leisure/destinations/direct_services/ski_train/ski_train_timetables.jsp

FQ, France is the wrong country for me :mrgreen: I would need to change onto the TGV Lyria in Paris.