Eurostar Direct Ski Train

Introduction

This is the Eurostar Direct Ski Train, which runs on Friday nights (outward), Saturday daytimes (outward and return) and Saturday nights (return) each week throughout the season, from St Pancras to the Tarantaise region for resorts such as Meribel, Courchevel, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Tignes.

It's a very quick and convenient way to reach the slopes. However, the overnight train does arrive hideously early in Moutiers (05:37), Aime (06:05) and Bourg St Maurice (06:27) which means that you have to wait somewhere before you can get on the slopes (an alternative is to change in Paris and take a Corail Lunea sleeper train) which arrives a little later.

Sleeper compartments

A drawback of the overnight train is that it doesn't have couchette bed accommodation, only reclining seats.  The same destinations are served by Corail Lunea sleeper trains, which have couchette beds.

On-board restaurant

In Leisure Select, tickets include a choice of hot meals served at your table with wine and soft drinks. 

There are free refils of drinks, and lots of fresh bread rolls too.

Leisure Select also has free newspapers and magazines. In fact, if there wasn't a ski slope waiting for you, you wouldn't want to get off the train...

View restaurant menu (PDF)

On-board cafe bar

Both the daytime and overnight Eurostar Direct Ski Trains have a cafe bar on them. The cafe bars sell hot and cold meals, snacks and alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks. 

On the night train the cafe bar stays open until midnight.

On the overnight Eurostar there's a limit on how much booze each person can bring on board: Four cans of beer, one bottle of wine, or 50cl of spirits. "Is that an extra bottle in your trousers Sir...?"

The cafe bar re-opens at 5am for breakfast.