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Sunday, May 1, 2011

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Here's the down low on the French train reservation system. French trains are run by the Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer (SNCF). The SNCF does not directly or easily provide train tickets to travelers outside of France. The easiest thing to do is to book tickets via the Rail Europe.

Unfortunately the Rail Europe is not very good at figuring out connections. So to book a travel from Paris to Sennecey, which has one or two connections, it is sometimes necessary to book legs individually.

For this reason, we have listed below a selection of train connections that connect Paris and the Paris CDG Airport to Sennecey-le-Grand and Tournus. There are generally more trains going to Tournus, which is a larger town 5.8 mi from Sennecey.

If the schedules shown do not work for you, let us know--there could be more options at other times or to other towns.

  •  From Paris, week day
There are trains leaving at 7:54am and 8:28am that take 5 hours, and 4 hours and 40 minutes, respectively. Later trains have faster overall travel time. There are potentially more trains going to only Tournus.
    • Total travel time: 3 hours 51 min
12h58 (pm) Paris (Gare de Lyon) => 14h37 Dijon
15h33 (Dijon) => 16h28 (Tournus)
16h43 (Tournus) => 16h49 (4:49pm) Sennecey le Grand
    • Total travel time: 3 hours 24 min
14h26 (2:26pm) Paris (Gare de Lyon) => 16h05 Dijon
17h33 (Dijon) => 17h28 (Tournus)
17h44 (Tournus) => 17h50 (5:50pm) Sennecey le Grand
    • Total travel time: 3 hours 08 min
15h58 (3:58pm) Paris (Gare de Lyon) => 17h35 Dijon
17h50 (Dijon) => 18h35 (Tournus)
18h56 (Tournus) => 19h06 (7:06pm) Sennecey le Grand

  • From the Paris Airport, week day
    • Total travel time: 5 h 24 min
7h26 (7:26 am) CDG => 9h31 Lyon, Part Dieu station
10h22 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 12h10 Macon
12h21 Macon => 12h50 (12:50pm) Sennecey le Grand (the stop prior is Tournus)
    • Total travel time: 3 hours and 48 min
13h01 (1:01 pm) CDG => 15h01 Lyon, Part Dieu station
15h22 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 16h28 Tournus
16h43 Tournus => 16h49 (4:49pm) Sennecey le Grand
    • Total travel time: 3 hours and 58 min
13h52 (1:52 pm) CDG => 16h01 Lyon, Part Dieu station
16h22 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 17h29 Tournus
17h44 Tournus => 17h50 (5:50pm) Sennecey le Grand
    • Total travel time: 3 hours and 27 min, to Tournus
16h02 (4:02 pm) CDG => 18h01 Lyon, Part Dieu station
18h22 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 19h29 Tournus
    • Total travel time: 3 hours and 31 min, to Tournus
16h57 (4:57 pm) CDG => 19h01 Lyon, Part Dieu station
19h22 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 20h28 Tournus
  • To Paris, leaving Sunday
There are trains leaving from Tournus every hour that take between three and three and half hours. Here are the trains leaving from Sennecey:

Total travel time: 3 hours and 52 min
13h07 (1:07pm) Sennecey le Grand => 13h14 Tournus
13h30 Tournus => 14h35 Lyon, Part Dieu station
15h00 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 16h59 (4:59pm) Paris, Gare de Lyon

Total travel time 3 hours 7 min
17h50 (5:50pm) Sennecey le Grand => 18h00 Chalon
18h38 Chalon => 20h57 (8:57pm) Paris, Gare de Lyon

Total travel time 3 hours 52 min
18h07 (6:07pm) Sennecey le Grand => 18h14 Tournus
18h29 Tournus => 19h24 Dijon
20h20 Dijon => 21h59 (9:59pm) Paris, Gare de Lyon

=== To the Paris CDG airport, leaving Sunday
There is only one option connecting Sennecey le Grand to CDG
Total travel time: 4 hours 58 min
13h07 Sennecey le Grand => 13h14 Tournus
13h30 Tournus => 14h35 Lyon, Part Dieu station
15h56 Lyon, Part Dieu station => 18h05 CDG

There are several options connecting Tournus to CDG (all have one connection in Lyon Part Dieu):
7:30 am Tournus => 10:57 am CDG
9:30 am Tournus => 1:28 pm CDG
11:30 am Tournus => 3:57 pm CDG
1:30pm Tournus => 18:05 pm CDG
5:30pm Tournus => 8:57 pm CDG