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Information for travelling to and from France
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Travel information
For non EEC members you'll need a visa, available from the French Embassy
in your country,
other wise for EEC members, you must have an identity card with
photograph.
Autoroutes and roads
Autoroutes are the same as a freeway or motorway. In France, many of the main Autoroutes have a toll to pay ("Péage"). The price depends on the type of vehicle and kilometers. The autoroutes use a numbering system with the letter a at the beginning such as the famous A6 ("l'autoroute du soleil"). Traffic information and prices for the Autoroutes
Speed limits on the roads
In urban areas it is 50km, on other roads 90km, on autoroutes 130km. In the recent years there has been a large increase in the nmbers of fixed automatic and mobile radars. On the spot fines and even impounding of the car can be used against people for speeding.
Priority to the right
This strange rule of the French highway code still exisits, in both towns and on the countryside. So beware and be preapred to give way to traffic coming from the right.
Useful French phrases about roads and traffic.
Airline companies
Air France Flight information,
time
table
Trains
France has an excellent train system, it is run by the SNCF, there is a
complet
on ligne reservation system, so you can reserve and pay for your tickets now.
The trains is
basically split into four distinct areas:
- T.G.V, Train grandes vitesse,
high speed trains, this is an inter-city service, such as Paris to Bordeaux,
Paris to Nice
- TER, regional
trains, between
towns and villages to get across France.
- RER, Transilien, the train
system around Paris
- Freight service, for transporting all
across France,
with trans-european connections
There is also the Eurostar trains,
offering travel
between France and the UK, via the famous Euro Tunnel.
Ferry companies to and from France
Brittany
Ferries
Hoverspeed
Fast Ferries
P&O
European Ferries
SeaFrance
Ferries
SNCM, ferries from France to Corsica, via
Toulon and Marseille
to Bastia or Ajaccio
Bus and coach
Dieppe
Voyages
Voyages
Arnaud
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