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Austria
Four
main options for France:
1. Special Raileurope Snowtrain, 2. Eurostar overnight Ski Train - 3.Daytime Ski Train - 4. Normal Eurostar via Paris -
1.
Raileurope Snow train
This is different from the main Eurostar Ski Train service. It leaves
St Pancras 17:30 (Ebbsfleet 18.10) Friday night arrives Bourg St Maurice
(via La Plagne & Moutiers) 08:44 Saturday morning. Returns from Bourg
19:15 Saturday arrives St Pancras 09:33 Sunday morning. There is also
a (soundproofed) party carriage option you want to party to the Alps!
Can be slightly more expensive than Eurostar, but it includes a couchette
- ie a bed rather than sleeping in your seat. Click
for more details & pictures on Snowtrain.
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Raileurope Snowtrain
2 & 3. Eurostar Ski Train (Direct)
These trains are non-stop (ie no changes in Paris). Prices from £179 return (usually slightly cheaper than Raileurope's Snowtrain below, but you sleep in your seat not a couchette), with discounts for children. Service starts Sat 20th & Fri 26th Dec 08. Last trains outbound Fri 17th April & Sat 18th April 2009.
4.
Eurostar via Paris
Train
to Paris leaves London every hour or so from 07:30. Approx 10 hours (includes
one hour to change from Paris (Nord) Paris (Lyon) by Metro & one hour
time difference). So 07:30 arrives Moutiers around 17:30. Sleeper Train
to Chamonix leaves Paris around 22:30 Friday arriving Chamonix 09:30 Saturday
morning. Day services via Chambery or Annecy (about 3 hours from Paris).
Switzerland
There are two main stations
1. Zurich which then links to St Moritz, Davos and Klosters. A 7am Eurostar
will get you to Klosters by 7.30pm or St Moritz by 9pm; after the Zurich
to Chur leg, you use the local (narrow-guage) train service.
2. Interlaken for Bern or Lausanne which links to Wengen & Jungfrau region, eg Grindelwald at the foot of the Eiger, and Lauterbrunnen, at the foot of the Jungfrau. An 8am train will get you into Interlaken by 8pm with a couple of changes or a direct one at 11am will arrive c11pm.
3. Many other resorts have a station such as Zermatt (c8am to 9pm with a couple of changes).
Skiers have the option
of overnight or daytime services:
1. Overnight Ski Special (Fridays December to March)
Eurostar to Brussels then the Bergland Express. From St Pancras at 4pm
Friday via Brussels Midi. Leaves Brussels around 10.30pm. Arrives Wörgl
c 10am, Innsbruck & Kitzbühel 10.30 and Zell am See 11.30.
2. Overnight via Munich
A 5pm Eurostar arrives in Munich around 9am (change at Paris) with connections
to arrive Innsbruck at 11.30 and Kitzbühel at 12 noon.
3. Daytime
Austria have an extensive rail network running late into the night, so
most resorts are possible with some changes. As an example for timing,
leaving St Pancras c 8am to get the 11.30am from Paris to Munich (via
Stutgard) arriving c5pm. Then the 7.30pm will arrive in Innsbruck c9.30pm
and St Anton c11.30pm.