[email protected] wrote:

    > I just want to make sure I get on the train. So, you're suggesting
    > that I can buy the tickets by the station at the Geneva Airport? I
    > have never used this system before but I assumed it was like buying a
    > plane ticket and you had to order ahead and could do it online.

Yep. Just buy a ticket and board the first train that moves in the right
direction. When you fly to New York you don't book your tickets on the MTA
in advance either, don't you?

Go to www.sbb.ch to see when you have a train (their planner is a lot
userfriendlier than the SNCF one). There are several posibilities. Some
involving a change, others are direct. Times vary.

But if I wasyou, i'd look in to this:

http://www.gva.ch/fr/transport/horaire-grenoble.htm

There is a direct bus from the airport to Grenoble four times a day. It
might be just what you need.




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/<rist

"mld" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    >I guess the problem is that SNCF is France-based, so you cannot pick up
    >sncf tickets at a Swiss station. When you choose France as your residence
    >on the sncf web site, you do have the option to pick up the tickets at a
    >French station (warning for non-French credit card holders: you'll have to
    >pick the tickets at the booth, only French credit cards can be used in the
    >sncf machines)
Really! Last Sunday (25th) I used a UK MasterCard in a machine at Dijon
Ville - no problem. Mind, it was a TER machine - does that make a
difference?

Envo

Well, that's good news: French credit cards were the first to be chip
cards in the 1990s, and most selling machines accepting credit card in
France work only with chip cards hence the problem with quite a few
non-French cards. It seems the UK is now using the same technology:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3042819.stm

Cheers,
/mld
Envo a écrit :
    > "mld" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    >
    >>I guess the problem is that SNCF is France-based, so you cannot pick up
    >>sncf tickets at a Swiss station. When you choose France as your residence
    >>on the sncf web site, you do have the option to pick up the tickets at a
    >>French station (warning for non-French credit card holders: you'll have to
    >>pick the tickets at the booth, only French credit cards can be used in the
    >>sncf machines)
    >
    > Really! Last Sunday (25th) I used a UK MasterCard in a machine at Dijon
    > Ville - no problem. Mind, it was a TER machine - does that make a
    > difference?
    >
    > Envo
    >
    >

Yep - mine was Chip & Pin!

Envo
"mld" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
    > Well, that's good news: French credit cards were the first to be chip
    > cards in the 1990s, and most selling machines accepting credit card in
    > France work only with chip cards hence the problem with quite a few
    > non-French cards. It seems the UK is now using the same technology:
    > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3042819.stm
    > Cheers,
    > /mld
    > Envo a écrit :
    >> "mld" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    >> news:[email protected]...
    >>>I guess the problem is that SNCF is France-based, so you cannot pick up
    >>>sncf tickets at a Swiss station. When you choose France as your residence
    >>>on the sncf web site, you do have the option to pick up the tickets at a
    >>>French station (warning for non-French credit card holders: you'll have
    >>>to pick the tickets at the booth, only French credit cards can be used in
    >>>the sncf machines)
    >> Really! Last Sunday (25th) I used a UK MasterCard in a machine at Dijon
    >> Ville - no problem. Mind, it was a TER machine - does that make a
    >> difference?
    >> Envo