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Train - Paris to Barcelona - Does the name on the ticket & passport need to match?

peopleiknow1
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Good afternoon all,
We have a trip booked in October, train ticket is in our married name, but my wife’s passport is still in her maiden name, as both countries are in Europe with free movement will this cause a problem?
Eurostar have no problem just take a copy of our marriage certificate with us; and a quick call to easyJet for our return journey, name on ticket changed FOC, however trying to get a straight answer out of SNCF is proving more difficult 😣.
We have a trip booked in October, train ticket is in our married name, but my wife’s passport is still in her maiden name, as both countries are in Europe with free movement will this cause a problem?
Eurostar have no problem just take a copy of our marriage certificate with us; and a quick call to easyJet for our return journey, name on ticket changed FOC, however trying to get a straight answer out of SNCF is proving more difficult 😣.
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There is no passport check between France and Spain. I've never known a ticket inspector in Europe to inspect anything more than the ticket.
Evolution, not revolution1 -
Once within Schengen there will be no passport checks.1
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eDicky said:There is no passport check between France and Spain. I've never known a ticket inspector in Europe to inspect anything more than the ticket.
My ticket was only checked once & that was at Barcelona so I could get onto the platform0 -
gettingtheresometime said:eDicky said:There is no passport check between France and Spain. I've never known a ticket inspector in Europe to inspect anything more than the ticket.
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I've had ticket checks on trains and I've had passport checks on trains but I've never had anyone check to see if the two things match up - generally they are done by different people.
I would think that the train company do have it within their rights to check that the ID of the passenger matches the name on the ticket but I've never seen it happen.
I think you should be fine.
Recently took train from Paris to Brussels and Brussels to Luxembourg and on both occasions it was only a ticket check - nobody cared about passports.0 -
peopleiknow1 said:Good afternoon all,
We have a trip booked in October, train ticket is in our married name, but my wife’s passport is still in her maiden name, as both countries are in Europe with free movement will this cause a problem?
Eurostar have no problem just take a copy of our marriage certificate with us; and a quick call to easyJet for our return journey, name on ticket changed FOC, however trying to get a straight answer out of SNCF is proving more difficult 😣.Checking Ticket and Checking recognisable ID on the train (Not necessarily Passport) are two different thingsWhen you buy a special train ticket which is not transferable, they will need to make sure that the ticket is not used by a person who is not entitled to. EU Citizen could normally produce a local recognisable photo ID, EU ID card. Unfortunately for British citizen travelling abroad most of do not have these form of photo IDs. So the only things they could use as recognisable form of identification are their passports.A few months ago when EUR 9 ticket, was available in Germany a few tourists got fine on the spot as they can not produce a photo ID.Typically this ticket are sold at a heavily discounted price. If you still remember when you bought, does it say non transferable ? If not the only way to check it is to contact them to be in a saver side. Another alternatively is to take your chance.0 -
Thanks for all the input, I will continue to pursue SNCF and try and get the name changes, but if that fials we will just have to take our chances 😀0
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peopleiknow1 said:Thanks for all the input, I will continue to pursue SNCF and try and get the name changes, but if that fials we will just have to take our chances 😀0
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