Travelling with your pet
Updated on 4 December 2025
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- Your pet travels in a container
It travels in a closed bag or basket (45 cm x 30 cm x 25 cm maximum), placed on your lap or at your feet, and costs €10¹ to transport.
- Your dog travels on a lead
He must be muzzled throughout the journey and transport also costs €10¹. It travels at your feet.
- Guide or assistance dog
Guide dogs and assistance dogs travel free of charge and without a ticket on all our trains.
Find out more
A few rules to bear in mind
- Your responsibility
Your pet is accompanied and remains your responsibility throughout the journey.You travel with all the documents required for identification.
- Tacit agreement
Dogs (except guide dogs and assistance dogs), cats and other pets (hamsters, guinea pigs, etc.) are admitted provided they have the agreement of the other passengers.
- On coaches
Only guide dogs or assistance dogs are allowed on board replacement coaches. No other animals will be allowed.
Details
- Make sure it is well ventilated and that your pet has enough room to turn around.
- Ask your vet for a suitable sedative if your pet is fearful.
- Write his details inside the container (pet's name, tattoo number, your name, telephone number and destination address).
- Make sure the container is securely closed (your pet must not be able to get out on its own).
Here is a list of the conditions under which animal fares apply on regional trains.
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Single fare: €5 fixed price
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Single fare depending on distance travelled:
- Up to 35 km: €2.5
- 36 to 109 km: €5.5
- 110 km and over: €7.5
- Single fare depending on distance travelled:
- Bretagne
- Flat rate: €7
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Small pets (-6kg) on a lead: €7 flat rate
- Dog on lead (+6kg): 50% of normal rate
- Grand-Est
- Single fare according to distance travelled :
- 50% of the full fare
- Capped at €7
- Single fare according to distance travelled :
- Hauts-de-France
- Small animals (-6kg) in containers: 1 container per customer free of charge, on presentation of a €0 transport ticket
- Dog on lead (+6kg): 50% of the normal fare, capped at €7
- Normandie
- Flat-rate fare of €3.5 for all animals, regardless of size, on every train used.
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Single fare according to distance travelled:
- Up to 43 km: €2
- 44 to 80 km: €4
- 81 km and over: €7
- Single fare according to distance travelled:
- Occitanie
- Small animals (-6kg) on a container: €7 flat rate
- Dog on lead (+6kg): 50% of normal rate
- Pays-de-la-Loire region
- Small animals (-6kg) in a container: Free regardless of the number of containers.
- Dog on lead (+6kg): 50% of the normal rate
- Sud
- Single rate: €5 flat rate
These conditions apply to journeys without a connection OR a connection with a TGV INOUI or INTERCITÉS train.
On INTERCITÉS night trains, pets are allowed in the car seats for €19 per pet.
However, they are not allowed in sleeper compartments, except if you have a reservation in an entire compartment called "espace privatif" (in this case, the pet fare is €0).
Your documents not to forget
When travelling abroad with your dog or cat2, make sure your pet can accompany you.
In some countries, your pet must
- be identified by a microchip ;
- be vaccinated against rabies
- have a European passport supplied and completed by a vet;
- have an up-to-date health record.
And in Europe?
Some European countries have a different policy: find out more before you leave.
In all cases:
- Your pet must have been identified in accordance with European standard EC Reg. No. 998/2003 and you must carry a vaccination certificate.
- Small pets must travel in a container no larger than 45 x 30 x 25 cm. They must not weigh more than 10 kg.
- Dogs on leads must be muzzled.
- Only one animal is permitted per passenger.
Prices vary from country to country.
For travel to Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Spain and Belgium (Brussels):
- You must pay €10 for a small pet travelling in a container.
- You must pay €20 for a dog on a lead.
For TGV INOUI to Luxembourg and TGV INOUI to Freiburg im Breisgau, a single fare applies, regardless of the animal: €10.
Are you travelling with your pet on an OUIGO train?
On OUIGO Grande Vitesse and Classic Trains, we welcome bipeds and quadrupeds: travel with your pet!
Discover the offers and conditions for travelling with your pet directly on the OUIGO website.
1/ Fares applicable from 02/01/2026 to a dog on a lead or an animal in a container for each journey made on a TGV INOUI or INTERCITÉS daytime train on a national route.
- For journeys on night-time INTERCITÉS trains, the fare is €19 for seats, forbidden in couchettes and free in private areas (since 10/01/2024).
- For travel on regional lines, please refer to the section entitled Details / If you are travelling with your pet on a regional train, which gives details of fares.
2/ If you are travelling in Europe with another pet, do not hesitate to contact the Embassy of the country concerned to find out about the law in force.
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