Train ticket delivery options
Free home delivery, self-print tickets, withdrawal at a French station or Boutique: choose the best collection method for you!
SELF-PRINT Ticket options
Book, print and depart! Like to travel simple, fast and flexible? Depending on your destination, choose for e-ticket, Ticketless Thalys ticket or a print-at-home ticket:
E-ticket service:
You can choose an e-ticket when you travel with TGV and Intercités to-and through the whole of France. Do not forget to print your e-ticket before departure.
Ticketless Thalys
Use our Ticketless Thalys service for your Thalys travels to- and through Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and France. Just present either your Ticketless Thalys ticket on your mobile phone, your printed Ticketless Thalys ticket or your Thalys TheCard when boarding the train.
The print-at-home Ticket:
Our print-at-home Ticket service (Billet Imprime) is available for travel on iDTGV and some of the TGV and Intercités trains in France.
Free Home Delivery
You don't even need to leave home to obtain your tickets: simply have them delivered free of charge by mail. This option is only available for bookings made at least 7 days prior to departure.
withdrawal in France
If you are in France you can collect your tickets at a SNCF train station or SNCF boutique with the bank card used for payment.
WITHDRAWAL in Brussels
Retrieve your tickets in one of thefive Rail Europe Boutique located in Brussels, Milan, Madrid, Cologne and Geneva. You can only retrieve your tickets with the bank card used for payment.
Place a Free option
You are not sure about your travel date, or you hesitate between two rates ? Place an option: a free service that allows you to reserve your ticket for a limited period. The ticket price is guaranteed for the full duration. The option will be automatically cancelled if not confirmed within the stated period.
(1) Fare from and per person, for a Comfort 2 single ticket (2nd class) with Thalys from Brussels to Paris or vice versa. Offer subject to availability. Tickets are on sale up to 82 days before departure and are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. Online payment only and multiple ticket pick-up options possible ( print at home option, free shipping, pick-up at French stations or at Rail Europe boutiques ( additional charges of €8/CHF 12.- for each booking). Offer cannot be combined with any other promotions or SNCF reductions.
(2) Starting from, per person, one way tickets in Comfort 2 (2nd class) Thalys, to a selection of destinations and subject to availability at these rates. Tickets are bookable until 30 days before departure of the train, and are non-exchangeable and non refundable. Online payment is required for e-tickets, free shipping of tickets, withdrawal at a French railway station or withdrawal at a Rail Europe store in Milan, Madrid, Geneva, Cologne or Brussels (Supplement 8 € per dossier). Offer cannot be combined with any other promotion or SNCF discount rate.
(3) Prices from, per person, in Standard class and for a single (€50) or return (€88) ticket between Paris, Brussels, Calais or Lille and London, Ashford or Ebbsfleet. Offer subject to availability. Ticket non-exchangeable and non-refundable. Online payment is required and multiple ticket withdrawal options are available, depending on the journey and the number of days between the date of booking and that of departure (e-ticket, free shipping, withdrawal from French railway stations or Rail Europe store (( additional charges of €8 /CHF 12.-for each booking)). Offer cannot be combined with any other promotions or SNCF reductions.
(4) Prem's fare, from, per person, for a 2nd class single with TGV or Intercités, from selected cities and to a range of destinations. Offer subject to availability. Tickets are on sale between 3 months and 14 days before the date of departure. Tickets are non-exchangeable and non-refundable. Online payment is required and multiple ticket withdrawal options are available, depending on the journey and the number of days between the date of booking and that of departure (e-ticket, free shipping, withdrawal from French railway stations or Rail Europe store (additional charges of €8 /CHF 12.-for each booking)). Offer cannot be combined with any other promotions or SNCF reductions.
