The Eurostar Direct Ski Service offers an overnight and a daytime option, running directly from London or Ashford to Moûtiers, Aime la Plagne and Bourg St Maurice. Daytime services run on Saturdays while the overnight service departs on Friday evenings to arrive in the Alps on Saturday morning, then departs for the return journey on the following Saturday evening, allowing passengers to arrive back in the UK early on Sunday morning. Fares from £149 return per person Eurostar plus SNCF services run throughout the year to ski destinations, but an enhanced service runs throughout the winter months, with increased day services and direct overnight trains running throughout the week to destinations including Chambéry, St Gervais les Bains and Bourg St Maurice from where easy connections can be made into numerous ski resorts. Passengers travel on Eurostar to Paris Gare du Nord, then transfer to Gare de Lyon for a day train, or Gare Austerlitz for an overnight train to the Alps. Fares from £135 return per person in a 6-berth couchette from London to Bourg St Maurice
| Station | Resort | Journey time fron London | Return fares from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg St Maurice (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) | Les Arcs, Val d’Isère, Tignes, Sainte Foy, La Rosière | 11 hrs 49 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 57 mins day | £135 overnight OR £109 day |
| Aime La Plagne (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) | La Plagne | 11 hrs 27 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 41 mins day | £135 overnight OR £109 day |
| Moûtiers (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) | Méribel, Valmorel, Courchevel, Val Thorens Les Ménuires, La Tania | 11 hrs 1 min overnight OR 9 hrs 6 mins day | £135 overnight OR £109 day |
| St Gervais les Bains (direct from Paris overnight, via Bellegarde or Lyon day | Argentière | 13 hrs 9 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 24 mins day | £135 overnight OR £105 day |
| Chamonix (via St Gervais les Bains) | Chamonix | 14 hrs 11 mins overnight | £153 overnight |
| Grenoble (direct from Paris | Les Deux Alpes, La Grave | 6 hrs 4 mins day | £109 day |
| Annecy (direct from Paris) | La Clusaz | 10 hrs 50 mins overnight OR 7 hrs 4 mins day | £135 overnight OR £109 day |
| Briançon (direct from Paris overnight, via Valence or Grenoble day | Montgenèvre, Serre Chevalier | 13 hrs 46 mins overnight OR 11hrs 50 mins day | £135 overnight OR £164 day |
| Landry (direct from Paris overnight, via Chambéry day) | Peissy-Vallandry | 11 hrs 38 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 49 mins day | £135 overnight OR £138 day |
| Cluses (direct from Paris overnight, via Lyon day) | Les Gets, Flaine, Avoriaz, Samoëns | 12 hrs 52 mins overnight OR 9 hrs 35 mins day | £135 overnight OR £165 day |
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