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Rail Europe's Snow Train

Sadly, the Rail Europe Snow Train will not be operating in 2010, but there are other options for those wanting to travel to the mountains by train.

The Eurostar Direct Ski Service offers an overnight and a daytime option, running directly from London or Ashford to Moûtiers, Aime la Plagne and Bourg St Maurice. Daytime services run on Saturdays while the overnight service departs on Friday evenings to arrive in the Alps on Saturday morning, then departs for the return journey on the following Saturday evening, allowing passengers to arrive back in the UK early on Sunday morning.

Fares from £149 return per person

Find out more about the Eurostar Direct Ski Train

Eurostar plus SNCF services run throughout the year to ski destinations, but an enhanced service runs throughout the winter months, with increased day services and direct overnight trains running throughout the week to destinations including Chambéry, St Gervais les Bains and Bourg St Maurice from where easy connections can be made into numerous ski resorts. Passengers travel on Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord, then transfer to Gare de Lyon for a day train, or Gare Austerlitz for an overnight train to the Alps.

Return fares per person from £109 by day or £136 overnight from London to Bourg St Maurice

Find out more about Eurostar plus connecting Ski Train
FRENCH SKI RESORTS AND THEIR CLOSEST STATIONS
Station Resort Journey time from London
Bourg St Maurice
(direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day)		 Les Arcs, Val d’Isère, Tignes, Sainte Foy, La Rosière 11 hrs 49 mins overnight
OR 9 hrs 57 mins day
Aime La Plagne (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) La Plagne 11 hrs 27 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 41 mins day
Moûtiers (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) Méribel, Valmorel, Courchevel, Val Thorens, Les Ménuires, La Tania 11 hrs 1 min overnight OR 9 hrs 6 mins day
St Gervais les Bains (direct from Paris overnight, via Bellegarde or Lyon day) Argentière 13 hrs 9 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 24 mins day
Chamonix (via St Gervais les Bains) Chamonix 14 hrs 11 mins overnight
Grenoble
(direct from Paris)		 Les Deux Alpes, La Grave 6 hrs 4 mins day
Annecy
(direct from Paris)		 La Clusaz 10 hrs 50 mins overnight OR 7 hrs 4 mins day
Briançon (direct from Paris overnight, via Valence or Grenoble day) Montgenèvre, Serre Chevalier 13 hrs 46 mins overnight OR 11hrs 50 mins day
Landry (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) Peissy-Vallandry, 11 hrs 38 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 49 mins day
Cluses (direct from Paris overnight, via Lyon day) Les Gets, Flaine, Avoriaz, Samoëns 12 hrs 52 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 35 mins day

Return fares from London are between £109 and £166 on day trains, or £136 and £154 on overnight trains. All prices are per person in standard class and subject to availability.