Sunday, 13 March 2011

Rail Europe Celebrates Anniversary with Discounts

Rail Europe is celebrating its 16th anniversary with discounts on European train journeys throughout March and April.Both rail passes and train tickets are on special offer at a fraction of the usual price during the springtime promotion – in particular for advanced bookings. Most popular point to point tickets are discounted by up to 60%.Aboard the Eurostar between London-Paris / Brussels, one-way tickets are reduced to 40€ in Standard Class and 98€ in Standard Premier. First-class fares aboard Thalys are 58€ for Paris-Brussels and 78€ for Paris-Amsterdam.TGV Lyria’s fares between Paris and Geneva / Zurich are reduced to 25€ (2nd Class) and 65€ (1st Class), while overnight travel aboard Elipsos between France, Italy, Switzerland Spain starts from 70€.Overnight fares between Paris, Florence and Venice aboard Artesia start from 71€ while TGV’s high speed journeys in France are discounted by up to 60%. Significant discounts are also available aboard X2000’s high speed routes in Sweden.Bargains and promotions on European rail passes meanwhile include free upgrade to 1st Class with Swiss Pass, 20% discounts with France and German Rail Passes, a free day of travel aboard Eurail and 15% discount for Eurail Austria Pass."These are fantastic deals for non-Europeans to discover Europe aboard our train network,” said Rail Europe CEO, Pierre-Stéphane Austi. “Our privileged relationship with European carriers allows us to make these exceptional promotions possible."

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