MAX trains from Lille

Every train with MAX seats reported open, transfers included, with your chance of getting a seat and the time you have to change.

From LilleWed 11 NovEdit

162 destinations with MAX seats

From Lille

About 5 in 10 trains had MAX seats reported before departure.

Sometimes in MAX45%23,542 of 51,875 trips¹

Best day: Tuesday 58%
On a given morning: 13% 210,487 of 1,592,900 daily readings

By departure hour

05 — 69% (1,488 of 2,158 trips)
06 — 63% (2,426 of 3,856 trips)
07 — 42% (3,696 of 8,778 trips)
08 — 27% (850 of 3,209 trips)
09 — 58% (2,395 of 4,120 trips)
10 — 39% (1,057 of 2,744 trips)
11 — 29% (474 of 1,645 trips)
12 — 21% (24 of 115 trips)
13 — 26% (850 of 3,247 trips)
14 — 18% (293 of 1,635 trips)
15 — 36% (1,237 of 3,479 trips)
16 — 47% (1,746 of 3,758 trips)
17 — 45% (3,510 of 7,846 trips)
18 — 62% (2,362 of 3,799 trips)
19 — 53% (337 of 638 trips)
20 — 90% (368 of 411 trips)
21 — 98% (426 of 434 trips)
22 — not enough data (3 of 3 trips)

Seats mostly appear at D-3

D-329% (best)
D-1113%

¹ A trip = one train between two stations on a given day.

MAX in 3 steps

Find a train with a free MAX seat.
Book it on SNCF Connect at 0 €: one reservation per train, 6 at most.
Confirm it in your MAX space, from 48 h before departure until 5 pm the day before, or SNCF cancels it.

Questions

Does “seats reported open” mean I can book?

No. SNCF publishes once a day which trains still have MAX seats. Seats can go in the meantime: always check on SNCF Connect.

What does the chance of a seat mean?

How often MAX seats were open on this train, this many days before departure, over the past year. Three levels, never a percentage: the history is too thin for one.

Why are there trips with transfers?

When no direct train has MAX seats, two or three MAX trains often do. Each one is a separate booking, and the change time uses official SNCF minimum transfer times.

Why is OUIGO missing?

MAX covers some OUIGO trains, but SNCF does not publish them in its MAX open data.

Is Railora affiliated with SNCF?

No. Railora is an independent app that reads SNCF open data.

Data: SNCF Voyageurs — tgvmax (ODbL) · SNCF Voyageurs — temps de correspondance minimaux (ODbL) · MaxCast (history) (MIT (code), ODbL (SNCF data)) · Urban networks (GTFS, transport.data.gouv.fr) (per network, as published on transport.data.gouv.fr)