For once, here is a complication for which the SNCF is not responsible. It is only the collateral victim of a decision by the State, which grants the regions of France control of their transport prices. A decision unfortunately taken without safeguards. Thus for several months, in the southern regions, pays de la Loire, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Normandy and Île-de-France, for any purchase of a TGV or Intercités ticket with a connection to a TER - or vice versa, travelers must bring not one but two tickets. Even if they have booked the entire trip on the SNCF website or with the same agency. Two tickets that do not meet the same criteria for use and issue, these rules changing according to the region that operates the TER. In sum,a Kafkaesque situation of which France has the secret.
Very concretely...
Let's take the example of a passenger going from Paris to Périgueux via Bordeaux.
For the Paris-Bordeaux section by TGV, he will be offered…
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