Travel advice Paris/Ile de France

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Edited - I was looking at July!

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Pete,
Iā€™ve sent you a PM.
Wozza.

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Looks like train line was ill-Informed. Their on-line booking bot reported all trains out of GdN after 1415 either unavailable (? all seats taken) or cancelled. I reckoned the 1415 to Creil was cutting it too fine as Eurostar arrived at GdN at 1350, so if there were any delay weā€™d be stuck in Paris with our car in Creil. I suppose there might be a bus, butā€¦ :unamused:

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What about Transilien Ligne H, the regional train network, from Creil to GdN

Hereā€™s screen shot of info for 4th June

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And to return

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Thanks very much, Jane. The search engines I used were hopeless or Iā€™m hopeless about using search engines, possibly both.

Iā€™ve had an extremely kind offer from Wozza that I shall put to La Goblette and see what she thinks. Itā€™s rather short notice to be making these arrangements but Berlina has only just been able to get a seat on Eurostar, and acts always on her urgent intuitions which we both trust.

Thanks for taking the trouble over this, itā€™s a great help. I may well use the information you gave me. My only concern is do I make an online reservation or take pot luck on getting a seat on the train on the day? Itā€™s not going to be cheap however it happĆ© s and its not a very good time of the month to have to fork out for diesel, tolls and trainfares. But it will be worth it to have her back home :heart::house_with_garden::hugs:

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Normally with transilien trains you buy your ticket there and then at a machine in the station, but I donā€™t know whether the current rules are suspended because of the virus. I do know you will need an attestation if travelling in rush hour. Here is the basic info about tickets for them,

https://www.transilien.com/fr/page-editoriale/le-ticket-origine-destination

I can look into it further tomorrow if you need, bit itā€™s my bed time now.

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Yes but Pontoise because it is 66km less driving and he can get the Transilien directly to the GdN

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Only 299km Sourdeval to Pontoise instead of 365 argh no it is RER C and you would have to change. Sorry :persevere:

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Yup, @vero I misread the distances and read the travelling time, Creil is a very long drive and I have had wise counsel from Wozza not to attempt it. Thanks for your willingness to help. :heart:

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Do you have a plan? As tell us if you need more research for planning your rescue mission,

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Peter, I glanced at this thread earlier and have been thinking of it for a while. I donā€™t have an answer, only a question. My first thought was a taxi as that is exactly what I would do but you dismissed that so quickly. My question is that why do you think that a round trip in a taxi is more of a threat to two elderly people than using public transport, especially when one of the people has already travelled hundreds of miles and has walked through several stations?

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As I pointed out, David, my wife has anxieties about being confined in a small space which she canā€™t be confident has not been disinfected since the last occupant travelled in it.

I might not personally be as fastidious about the taxi journey as she, but I put my wifeā€™s concerns above my own insouciance in the matter and with no hesitation whatsoever.

I think most husbands would do the same for their spouseā€™s peace of mind. As also mentioned, my wife is a very experienced nurse who has worked in the tropics and is very familiar with the risks of contagion, so why would I not trust her judgement?

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I respect that I was only thinking that my judgement was to avoid stations and public transport as much as possible. We are all different.

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Good job weā€™re all different Peter, Iā€™d say to my wife ā€˜see you at homeā€™. :grinning:

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Hmmm - I couldnā€™t get away with that - but after so many weeks I wouldnā€™t want to. I think I would cycle if needed!

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I still get told to go outside and play and not to come back before teatime! :unamused:

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Which is exactly what my OH said to me when I came back from UK in March! Sadly the final bus service wasnā€™t running so he did come to get me from local stationā€¦

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Got to ask, any news from Peter or is he still going round and round the Peripherique? :grinning:

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Iā€™ve been wondering when weā€™d hear. Hope all is wellā€¦

(we went round and roundā€¦ years agoā€¦ Oh look, says Iā€¦ thereā€™s a block of flats with that painting effect just like we saw a while agoā€¦ ooops. :hugs:)

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