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TGV trains are bestFor non-French citizens fines virtually don't exist. Feel free to give your passport and a fake (or real) address. You can have as many fines as you want. They disappear from their system within two months. Whatever it says on the back of the fine (about fines adding up etc.) might or might not be true, TER trains are but it ONLY applies to French citizens. Sometimes ticket inspectors bluff (a lot) that they will call the worstpolice, others are tolerablewhile trying to get you to pay on spot. You have nothing to worry about. As long as you keep calm and polite they have no legal reason to call the cops. South They just hate writing fines because it is extra work for them and they get to write a lot of Paris the police fines every day. So if you are liberal nice and have a good story, they won't pressure you or try to kick you off, as they sometimes do. If you don't have an ID the cops will only write down be called and, as the law is in France, you have to prove your identity, which means just giving your name, birth date, address etc., north Unfortunately it is up to the cops' opinion whether you are telling the truth or not and they may arrest you. North of Paris you can expect are more likely to get arrested than to the South. ''Tip: Before getting checked it is best to locate yourself in-between carriages, where there are a few seats, a table and have serious trouble if you really have no IDluggage compartment. Usually nobody stays there. If you When the inspector comes the atmosphere is more informal as they don't mind a fine written have to your name, keep up an image of 'master-of-the conductor will allow -train' in front of other passengers and it goes more smoothly. After you get your fine (which is a valid ticket) feel free to continue your journey sit wherever you like in the train.'' TGV trains are best because they are the fastest and with the same trainleast stops, so in the unlikely event of you getting kicked off, whether on a TGV or a you will still get pretty far. TER traintrains are slower and with more stops.
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== [[France]] ==
It is quite possible to speak with the driver and the controller before the train start and tell them you want a ride for free. Some of them are kind enough to let you in. [[User:Bikepunk|Bikepunk]] got better luck with TER than TGV with this technique so far.
