After the Paris-Lyon line in December 2016, SNCF is launching wifi on the TGV Nord network, departing from Gare du Nord. " This service meets strong demand from our passengers" Jérôme Leborgne, Director of SNCF TGV Nord, is delighted. the Paris-Lille route is the second busiest after Paris-Lyon and on a par with Paris-Nantes, with in particular one third business passengers" .
already 50% of TGVs running between Paris and Lille and two-thirds of customers carried
To offer this service Internet at 300 km/hThe SNCF has worked with telecoms operators, including Orange, which has installed 4G the SNCF lines in the north of France, with the SNCF itself equipping the 17 Duplex trains (single-decker) TGVs running on its network. " Conventional TGVs are not yet equipped with this wifi service, but these Duplex trains already account for 50% of the TGVs running between Paris and Lille and two-thirds of the customers carried, given their large capacity." says Jérôme Leborgne, adding that the SNCF is committed to offering this service on other TGVs by 18 months.
To connect to the TGV Connect portal On the Paris-Lille line, business travellers simply need to enter their travel file reference or their loyalty card number. As well as being able to work and process their e-mails, they will also be able to access SNCF information such as the services available on board their TGV, its geographical position on an interactive map and real-time timetable information.
After Paris-Lille, on-board wifi will be available on trains InOUI - the future name of the conventional TGV service - running on the new Paris-Bordeaux high-speed line from 2 July then on Paris-Rennes and on the TGV Méditerranée route (Marseille, Nice, Montpellier and Perpignan) end of 2017.
