The news had already leaked a few days earlier, on SNCF boss Guillaume Pépy said on CNews: " I don't have the right to say it, so I'm going to say it: [Ouigo] is going to arrive in the Lyon station from the end of the year ". Visit 9 December exactly, according to information unveiled on Tuesday by the rail company, which will nevertheless maintain services to Marne La Vallée and Roissy CDG. A total of 11 destinations are affected, including six new ones in the South-East quarter: Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Toulon, Saint-Raphaël and Les Arcs Draguignan. The stations of Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence TGV, Avignon and Valence are also part of the offer from Paris-Lyon.
In addition, Ouigo is also launching at Lille FlandresThese services serve the Paris region (Marne-la-Vallée, Roissy Charles de Gaulle) and the South of France (Lyon, Marseille, Aix-en-Provence TGV, Avignon), as well as Picardy.
" Ouigo has continued its remarkable rise over the last 5 years, while maintaining its promise of unbeatable pricesexplains Stéphane RapebachManaging Director of Ouigo. The opening of Paris Gare de Lyon is an important milestone in the SNCF low-cost brand's strategy to win new high-speed customers. We are proud to embody the popular TGV, accessible everywhere and for everyone. ".
When it was launched five years ago, the SNCF's low-cost offer openly targeted leisure customers. But Ouigo's "refocusing" on the heart of Paris should attract a growing number of leisure travellers. business travellers. Gare de Lyon is the third Paris platform to be affected by this movement: Montparnasse at the end of 2017 and more recently the Gare de l'Est last July have already seen the arrival of Ouigo trains.
Ouigo in figures
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