https://www.sncf-voyageurs.com/fr/voyagez-avec-nous/en-france/tgv-inoui/vos-bagages-et-consignes/
SNCF is changing its rules on the amount of luggage that can be taken on board trains…
Apparently it’s not a money making venture………
You’ll be telling me that the Pope is a catholic next etc etc
And fish don’t get wet !
Kippers don’t. 
Too busy sleeping on the job.
I do like a nice kipper or two.
Would that they had been.
Kippers should be drowned, shot, thrown into boiling vats of Golden Syrup or Yorkshire Tea, throttled with a Union flag garotte, or revenged by any other appropriate means!
But of course that’s just one person’s opinion…
Yes I am fond of the occasional kipper. Though you do tend to know you’ve had them for a few hours afterwards.
PS don’t put kippers in your luggage when travelling on SNCF.
I realise restrictions are annoying, but two bags sized 70 x 90 x 50 cm is more than I would want to struggle with when travelling by train.
Presumably they’ve had the same issues as airlines of people complaining about not being able to find room in the luggage racks for their 'stuff".
Nah. It’s a money grab I think - or they intend to develop it in that way?
I’m in favour of this move. I take the train fairly regularly between Bordeaux and Paris, and whilst the vast majority of people are reasonable with their baggage (and so won’t be affected by this change), there are always some people who look like they’re moving house by the amount of huge cases they have.
Space is limited and I’d prefer those few who abuse the system were curtailed rather than having it like I’ve seen in the UK recently where cases are dumped in the gap between carriages and outside toilets, due to lack of space.
Two large suitcases plus one smaller bag per person is pretty generous.
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I take the tgv with the same bag I take on the plane, which goes either above my head (in my line of sight because I’ve seen the thieves at Toulouse Matabiau and elsewhere) or by my legs. Enough for a week is enough for any amount of time thanks to easily available washing machines.
Funnily enough there was an announcement made yesterday as we arrived at Massy TGV to watch out for thieves. It said there have been many incidents recently involving people jumping on, stealing suitcases and then absconding just as the train is about to depart.
So as the train slowed to a halt, a very stocky passenger who was sat immediately behind me got up and stood next to the suitcase rack (it was one of the carriages that can only be entered from one side)… and none of our cases were taken
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Travelling frequently to Germany I now use a bycicle lock to secure my suitcase on the luggage rack. Might not stop a very determined thief, but no quick snatch & run.
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I padlock mine to the rack, or link them together with a chain or wire with a combination lock (as I lose keys) if I’m forced to leave them in or near the racks at the end of the carriage.
Not unknown for me to secure them with chain or wire to fixed object such as seat or table leg even where I’m sitting if it’s a long journey and I might doze off.
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You could also have Passepartout or another one of your servants guard your luggage for you.
Not sure passe-partout would be up to that job - and tastes disgusting.
I was thinking of Phileas Fogg’s manservant from “Around the World in 80 Days”.
Was just punning…
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