Is there another way to book train tickets from outside France/Netherlands?
In the last two days I've tried to buy a train ticket from Rocamadour (France) to Amsterdam on the scnf-voyages.com website.
It doesn't work. The website gives the following error message:
Suite à une erreur technique, nous vous invitons à réessayer ultérieurement.
Im afraid this is not temporary problem, and it is caused by this particular route, because the website works for all other connections.
I've tried on tgv-europe.com and I get the same error message:
A technical error has occurred, please try again later.
Since I don't live in France, I was wondering if there is a way to buy such ticket from abroad. (And as soon as possible, because the seats are finishing).
Best Answer
You can book these trains with Loco2.
Unlike most travel booking websites, Loco2 has "bookmarkable" URLs (yey!), so you can link to a search for a specific day.
For example, for the first train on the 27th of July, see http://loco2.com/journey/rocamadour-amsterdam-1shd09z for details of the trains and the current price. (You can, of course, edit the search for your own dates!)
Full disclosure: Jamie (the answerer) is one of the founders of Loco2
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Answer 2
It seems you'd be able to book (at least most of your journey) through nshispeed.nl. Toulouse (south of Rocamadour) to Amsterdam for 115 euros. My knowledge of French geography is not good enough to quickly make sure bookings direclty from Rocamadour are possible or not, but at worst, combining this with a ticket from SNCF would solve your problem.
Answer 3
For my european train trips I usualy check Nshispeed, nmbs and sncf. All three have their disadventages, where being broken often fits them all. Nshispeed is the least transparant of the three by ommitting existing connections and the tendency to focus on the more expensive connections (except in their advertisments).
Rocamadour is unknown in both NMBS an NSHISPEED. It might be that the trains from Rocamadour don't easy connect with ongoing connections. It seems that the closest village you can find in ticket systems outside france is Brive-la-Gaillarde.
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