A regular traveller from Paris to Aveyron's Villefranche searched in vain for his destination at one of the capital's automatic ticket machines. It seems that SNCF update their timetables each November and no trace could be found in the list of stations presented.
There are several Villefranches on the rail network, but the Aveyron town is second only to its "sur Saone" homonym in size. However he entered the name into the machine he was not presented with his destination. So to one of the guichets to annoy a long queue of passengers whilst the agent carried out the same search. Eventually it was found that if one enters "villefranchederouergue" without spaces, up it comes. Searching on the regional TER website it appears as "Villefranche-Rouergue" in a long list of options. If you or your visitors intend to visit our Villefranche and are buying a ticket from an SNCF machine remember to be persistent.
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