Sorry about the OT rambling...
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by fraisse10:
Tickets were issued by the French Rail office in London and are airline sized! Is it possible to composter these? Also, there isn't a separate reservation slip; the numbers are printed on the ticket.
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TGV tickets, and many European international train tickets, are airline sized. TGV tickets don't have a separate reservation slip since reservations are mandatory.
The rather primitive 'composting machine' will just punch a notch in a corner (any corner) of your ticket, so it works regardless of its format and stock.