Annecy to Calais on the train with bikes

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Is there any way of doing this? Is there any actual person on a phone who can book this for me? It looks overwhelmingly difficult!
Have you looked on the Deutsche Bahn website? That's the one I've used for years when travelling by train all over Europe. That should link you to the english language site
I looked up Annecy - Calais Ville on a random date and time and got this result.
Seems to take around 7 - 8 hours and 2 or 3 changes. I didn't include bikes, but that should be fairly simple.
Alternatively look on The Man in Seat 61 for advice on booking with a bike. ETA - link https://www.seat61.com/
 

Ajax Bay

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Location
East Devon
Have a look at https://www.omio.co.uk/
Bear in mind ouigo options will require you to bag your bike.
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Bivvy bag by night; bike bag for railing it back from Aix-en-Provence.
 
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Cathryn

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Have you looked on the Deutsche Bahn website? That's the one I've used for years when travelling by train all over Europe. That should link you to the english language site
I looked up Annecy - Calais Ville on a random date and time and got this result.
Seems to take around 7 - 8 hours and 2 or 3 changes. I didn't include bikes, but that should be fairly simple.
Alternatively look on The Man in Seat 61 for advice on booking with a bike. ETA - link https://www.seat61.com/

I guess the challenge is booking the bikes on. It's fairly straightforward as a train journey but three bikes add complexity.
 

mjr

Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
I guess the challenge is booking the bikes on. It's fairly straightforward as a train journey but three bikes add complexity.
It is possible to do it all on TER (Train Express Regional) changing at Lyon PD and Paris (Bercy to Nord) where you wouldn't have to book the bikes but it takes 11h30 and two have the new scaremongering "Number of bicycles conveyed limited" label.
 

Roseland triker

Cheese ..... It's all about the cheese
Location
By the sea
I would hire a mini van. Cheaper and direct.
Europcar have a depot in Annecy
Volvo estate available
 
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yello

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Thanks guys! I didn’t even think of Deutsche Bahn!
Yes, weird isn't it? I've resorted to DB's site a few times (for info) in preference to SNCF. SNCF seemed particularly weak to me when it comes to crossing borders.

Capitaine Train was good (for cheap seats too) back in the day before it was bought by Trainline, but I've not used Trainline.
 
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