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Train tickets for the May bank holidays and Easter holidays (very) soon on sale: how to get the best prices

La SNCF met en vente les billets pour les ponts de mai et les vacances de Pâques dans les prochains jours (photo d'illustration). MAXPPP – Jean-Marc Lallemand

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Les billets SNCF pour les voyages entre le 31 mars et le 11 mai 2025 seront proposés à la vente à partir de ce mercredi 22 janvier.

To take advantage of the best prices on train tickets, it is best to book early. Precisely, from this Wednesday, January 22, 2025, the SNCF puts on sale the tickets for the May bank holidays and the Easter holidays.

“Travelers who booked their tickets 11 weeks before departure were able to save up to 63% on the price of their trip”, indicates Trainline, price comparison site for railway companies, quoted by Ouest-France.

When to book ?

For the period from May 12 to June 12, tickets will go on sale on February 12 and for the summer holidays 2025 (from July 5 to August 31, 2025), sales will open on March 12, 2025.

Tickets to Switzerland and Spain are already available until July 4, 2025, indicates Trainline on its website, “as are tickets between Paris and Lyon, Marseille, Nice, Montpellier, Saint-Étienne, Toulon, Perpignan and Hyères.”

“These bridges are particularly popular with travelers, underlines Christophe Michau, general manager of the application which lists hundreds of train companies but also buses with Ouest-France. Trains fill up quickly and fares increase as departures approach”.

Teilor Stone

By Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116