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SNCF actually prints on their tickets "try to arrive 2 minutes before the trains departs" Pretty sure it's marketing though, the TGV can be veeery long sometim

• masklinn 11y ago
  > Pretty sure it's marketing though, the TGV can be veeery long sometimes, so it takes a while to walk to your assigned car. Each trainset is a single unit though, so you can just step in at the first car and walk through the train to your seat. The only "danger" is paired trainsets (16 cars), if you're in the further one you have to walk a whole trainset to reach your own train (and even then it's only 200m/660ft), if you're cutting it really close you can probably forego your assigned seat and use the first trainset (you may not get a seat at all though).
  • joss82 11y ago
    Yup, exactly, it's not comfortable, but still a possibility.
• joshguthrie 11y ago
  Not marketing, I've seen people being allowed to get on trains while the controllers where whistling for the train's departure.