From Switzerland to France

5/29/2015 5:04:47 PM

Welcome to Grenoble! It’s a beatiful city.

To answer your question, there is a very cheap Geneva<->Grenoble bus, and I have never ever seen checks conducted on it.
I have taken the train as well, with the same result.

EDIT: Clarification on the bus.

The bus in question is http://www.aerocar.fr/en/, departing from the airport every hour or so. There is a train station both at the airport and in the city, but the distance is walkable as well.

5/29/2015 10:40:59 AM

It does not matter. France and Switzerland are members of the Schengen area. There will be a border control when you enter the area. When travelling between countries there are no border controls. However, the French Police is regularly patroling in international trains and makes sporadic controls. They may ask travel documents or about the purpose of travel. That’s it. They preferably control dark-skinned travellers and those having a more “exotic” look.

5/29/2015 9:52:40 AM

I have frequently travelled by train in and out of Switzerland. Border guards used to enter the train at the border, run through the train, asking one or two people for their passports (or, rarely, everybody) and getting off again. But now Switzerland is in Schengen, so the train journey should be no problem at all.

It does mean that Switzerland will be your first entry in Schengen, I’m not sure what that implies for an Israeli citizen (assuming you are).

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