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Old Jun 12, 2005, 8:27 am
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Airfrancefan
 
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Originally Posted by TGV
AF passengers are travelling in a specific car of the CDG-ZYR Thalys, and tickets are not "normal" TGV Tickets.

It is in this respect different from TGV tickets given on normal TGV as a connexion (this is done by various airlines, such as CX, for the domestic connexion in France).

I doubt it will be possible to make such a change.


Anyway do not overestimate the time you can save by going through Lille.

Assuming the CDG Thalys schedule mentioned by Airfrancefan you will be in ZYR at 9:03.
From there you can arrive at Courtrai at 10:17 if you accept a connection in Gent, or at 10:44 if you wait for the direct train (I took train schedules for mid-september).

If you go through Lille you will leave CDG at 8:25, arrive in Lille-Europe at 9:15, walk (5-10 min) to Lille Flandres and take the Courtrai train leaving at 10:09 and arriving at 10:38.
So you see you can arrive faster passing by ZYR with a connection in Gent, and 6 minutes later if you wait for the direct train from ZYR.

I donīt think it justifies trying to change your ticket !
it also depends on how many lugage you've got
in Gent-St-Pieters not all platform are elevated
it is faster thru Ghent
but if you have alot of lugage it would be easier to take the direct
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