TGV Lyria: the Swiss train

Do you want to discover or re-discover the "City of Lights"?
TGV Lyria will take you to Paris! The panoramic views from the Eiffel Tower, shopping on the Champs Elysées, the historic marvels of the Louvre, the magic world of Disneyland, without forgetting those unmissable neighbourhoods where it is good to stroll: Montmartre, the Marais, the banks of the Seine… Paris is not that far by train!

The TGV Lyria daily connect the main Swiss cities to Paris:

Geneva - Paris Gare de Lyon in 3h22 with up to 7 daily return journeys
Lausanne - Dijon - Paris Gare de Lyon with up to 5 daily return journeys
Zurich - Basel - Paris Gare de l'Est with up to 4 daily return journeys
Bern - Neuchâtel - Dijon - Paris Gare de Lyon with up to 2 daily return journeys

Once a week, the TGV Lyria connect Brig to Paris, and serve Visp (Viège), Leuk (Loèche), Sierre, Sion, Martigny, Aigle and Montreux. The TGV Lyria departing from the Vaud and Wallis regions have the following frequency:

2 weekly return journeys in July and August with the summer TGV Lyria,
2 weekly return journeys from December to April TGV Lyria des Neiges

The main assets

Bar coach on all the TGV Lyria with snack bar: breakfasts, sandwiches, hot meals, salads, hot or cold drinks, sweets.
A catering service at your seat provided by the Compagnie des Wagons Lits is offered to the 1st class passengers on the lines Zurich - Basel-Paris, Lausanne - Paris and Bern - Paris. Breakfast, lunch or dinner, formulas (first course+meal or meal+dessert) are offered to you. This catering service at your seat can be booked and paid simultaneously to the TGV Lyria ticket, or directly on board of the train.
Free daily papers in 1st class (except Geneva - Paris): Tages Anzeiger or Basler Zeitung at departure of Basel and Zurich, Le Temps or Der Bund on departure of Bern and Lausanne and Le Figaro or Le Monde when departing from Paris.
The 1st class coaches are fitted with power contacts 220V on the line Bern/Lausanne - Paris, Zurich - Paris and on the Duplex rolling stock between Geneva and Paris.
Commercial speed of 320 km/h on the Zurich - Paris line.
A more modern environment with interior design designed by Christian Lacroix on the line Zurich - Paris.
The 1st class passengers can benefit from the service "Booked Taxis" on the TGV Lyria going to Paris, from Monday to Sunday (except the 9274 of Sunday evening).

Destinations and journey times

A few destinations	Best journey time	Frequency / day	Journey « via »
Basel > Paris Gare de l'Est	3h20	Up to 4 returns daily	Via Mulhouse, Colmar and Strasbourg
Geneva > Paris Gare de Lyon	3h20	Up to 7 returns daily	Via Bellegarde, Bourg-en-Bresse and Mâcon Loche TGV*
Lausanne > Paris Gare de Lyon	3h48	Up to 5 returns daily	Via Vallorbe, Frasne, Mouchard, Dole and Dijon
Zurich > Paris Gare de L’Est	4h30	Up to 3 returns daily	Via Basel, Mulhouse, Colmar and Strasbourg
Bern> Paris Gare de Lyon	4h30	Up to 2 returns daily	Via Neuchâtel, Pontarlier, Frasne and Dijon

*On the TGV Lyria 6576, 6577 and 6585.

The tariffs have specific exchange and refund conditions and apply to all the TGV Lyria, including those departing from or going to the intermediary stations.

Exchange terms

Where:

In any SNCF station or shop or the travel agency where you bought your tickets.

Under which conditions:

Most of the TGV Lyria tickets may be exchanged or refunded in conformity with the conditions of the various travel formulas.

Conditions for refund

You have bought your ticket on www.tgv-europe.com

You are in France: Confirm your seat availability before the departure of your train, SNCF shop or on 36 35 (0.23 €/min) : you will avoid a fee. As soon as the booking has been cancelled, return your ticket to the SNCF customer relations service (address below).

You are outside France: Confirm your seat availability before the departure of your train in a CFF, SNCB, NS, CFL station or SNCF shop: you will avoid a fee. As soon as the booking has been cancelled, return your ticket to the SNCF customer relations service.

TGV Europe
Customer service
BP 10012
B-1060 Brussels 6
Belgium

Don't forget to indicate all your bank details in international format (IBAN and BIC code). Incomplete applications will not be processed.

Under which conditions:

The Lyria tickets are refundable:

by 100 % before departure and by 50% after departure and up to 60 days after the planned date of travel, if you hold an Adult, Child, Wheelchair user ticket.
by 100 % before departure for the Youth, Senior, Baby Pass and Leisure (return) tickets.

Commitment of guaranteed timetable

If a delay of at least 30 minutes is recorded on the journey of the TGV Lyria (for a journey of at least 100 km) a compensation equal to one third of the total value of your ticket can be paid out to you, in the shape of Bons Voyages*.

To obtain this compensation, you only need to complete the envelope « regularity » that you were given at the end of the journey and insert your original ticket, then post the envelope without stamp, without letter and 45 days after the travel date at the latest.

For tickets bought on tgv-europe.com or in France, if you have not received this envelope, send your original tickets to:
SNCF Régularité
F-31960 TOULOUSE Cedex 9
France

* However, if the delay results from a exterior cause from the SNCF or the CFF (characterised act of malevolence, demonstration of persons outside the SNCF, obstacle on the tracks…), this commitment does not apply.
*** Prices from, for a single ticket in 2nd class. Non-exchangeable, non-refundable ticket. Subject to availability.