Ben

I asked the train manager why this empty train is sold out. The answer is the 200 of the 600 seats in this train are sold at 1 euro this weekend (LiO promotion weekend), and once those are sold out, tickets can still be bought at the normal price, but only from him directly. So two thirds of the tickets are never offered online? And this is normal?

It's past noon. Time for #BeerOnTrains

Today's train picnic is humus with naan, some leftover and radishes from the garden. Very comfortable in this (I'm assuming) former first class carriage.

@interrailinfosvenska Aside from this special situation with the 1 euro tickets, it's also pretty common for SNCF to close all sales when they think just a part of the route will be full. In your example, if the train was originating from, say, Toulouse, and it was full for the first 2 stations, it'd be "sold out" all the way to Portbou.

@moof well, you got me there for a while. And now I'm really disappointed

@drgroftehauge this is a TER (local train). They have no seat reservations and theoretically never sell out.

@interrailinfosvenska in my case I could buy it on the TER website but not SNCF connect, a week ago already. But the next day they were sold out absolutely everywhere

@jaj yes, and also keep in mind that this is not an isolated incident. MOST trains were "sold out" this weekend in the ENTIRE region. And this happens EVERY first weekend of the month.