Prepaid tickets help rail travelers in France

A new prepaid electronic ticket service offers to make train travel across France more flexible, while saving you a few euros in the process. Rail Europe’s punctuation-free “Anywhere Anytime France” program allows you to set your itinerary, pick your seats and adjust your trip as you go forward.

Users set up an online account in advance, pay a $199 fare for the first trip, with all subsequent trips costing $50. For travelers making multiple stops, or those who want control during their trip, this is a good way to go.

Restrictions: Tickets can be purchased up to three months in advance or one hour before train departure.

Info: (888) 382-7245, Rail Europe

— Chris Erskine, Los Angeles Times staff writer

[Photo: A Rail Europe train makes a run; Rail Europe]

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