TGV direct train from Paris - help!!

[snijmann]

I am confused! It seems I booked a "direct" train from Paris Montparnasse to Biarritz (TGV). It leaves Paris at 12:37 on 15/05. Does this train stop in Bayonne for me to get off in order to get to St Jean or must I travel all the way to Biarritz and then go back to Bayonne???

 

[Deleted member 3000]

It will stop in Bayonne at 1732. The doors may not open unless you hit the green button next to the door, so be ready at the door when you arrive at the station.

 

[David]

There is more than one train leaving Montparnesse for Biarritz at that time, some go direct to Biarritz and some go to Bayonne and one needs to change to carry on to Biarritz, so it sounds like yours is direct.

The last train from Biarritz to St Jean is 17.50 so you will have only a few minutes to change trains if you get off at Biarritz - if you get off at Bayonne you will have plenty of time.

http://www.raileurope.co.uk/default.aspx?tabid=101

Buen Camino :wink:

 

[snijmann]

Thanx Falcon and David. Will hit the green button!!!

 

[Kitsambler]

Will hit the green button!!!

Just to be abundantly clear: the platform stop will be very brief and you will likely not be the only one debarking. SO you will need to retrieve your luggage from where ever it is stowed, and have it in hand, as you stand in the traincar entry vestibule by that green button. (Don't anticipate that you can hit the button and then go retrieve your bag.)

 

[snijmann]

Oh boy Kitsambler.... will be very ready and a lady in waiting....

 

[westernstar]

I had to laugh when I saw this thread. Last year on the return to Paris my friend and I didn't know about the green button. We stood by the door with our packs waiting for the door to open. After a very short stop, the train gathered speed again and we realized we weren't going to get off! We had to travel to the next station, go back on a local to I think Burgos, then catch another train out again. The conductors were then on the lookout and kept an eagle eye on us to make sure we got off. :lol: