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Denne nettsiden har gode tips om ruter og kjøp av billetter. Det gjelder å komme seg til Paris.

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Step 2, travel from Paris to the Spanish border by high-speed double-decker TGV Duplex, leaving Paris Gare Montparnasse at 12:52 arriving at Hendaye (the French side of the border) at 17:31. A café-bar is available on board, there are power sockets at all seats and free WiFi.

Step 3, travel from Hendaye to Lisbon overnight on the famous Sud Express, leaving Hendaye at 18:35 and arriving at Lisbon's Oriente station (for connecting trains to Faro) at 07:20 and Lisbon's Santa Apolonia station (for the city centre) at 07:30 next morning.

At Hendaye, the TGV usually arrives on platform 1, the Sud Express usually leaves from platform B, which would be platform 3 if platforms were all numbered.

The Sud Express traditionally started its southbound journey at Irun, but since April 2018 it 's been extended to start from Hendaye to restore connection with the TGV from Paris, see this news item.

The Sud Express is an articulated Spanish trainhotel, with Gran Clase 1 & 2 bed sleepers with private shower & toilet, Preferente 1 & 2 bed sleepers with washbasin, Turista shared 4-bed sleepers, Turista class seats, and a cafe-bar with full-length bar & bar-stools serving tea, coffee, beer, wine, snacks & hot dishes. Does not run on 24 or 31 December. See more photos & information about the Sud Express.

Map of Lisbon showing Santa Apolonia & Oriente stations. See panorama photo of 4-berth tourist class sleeper.