Travelling around France by train and bus
There are few, if any, long-distance bus services in France as they cannot compete with the trains. Buses are organised at a regional or departmental level. These regional routes often do not cross departmental boundaries. This makes bus travel between cities very difficult.It is always worth trying the websites of the departmental councils for bus information. For example, all the buses in an area the author regularly visits around Perpignan are at http://www.cg66.fr/ - each department has a number (in this case 66) so the web address formats are the same, but you need to know the number of the department. Some departments have excellent information, some absolutely nothing. Most of the websites are in French only.For local train travel in France (the TER trains) visit www.ter-sncf.com which has links to pages for each regional train service. Again, almost all the information is in...
