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Travellers departing from or arriving at Paris CDG airport have just under a year to wait before discovering the CDG Express, which is expected to make its grand debut on 28 March 2027. However, alongside this dedicated line directly linking the airport to Paris-Est station, they will also be able to travel in…

The opening of CDG Express is fast approaching, scheduled for 28 March 2027. For the first time, commercial representatives were present this week in Nice at the Rendez-vous en France trade show to present its future transport service between Gare de l’Est and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport to tourism professionals. The operator, Hello Paris…

A strike rarely comes alone in Germany, with the VERDI transport union also announcing several public transport strikes until Friday. Meanwhile, Berlin airport is completely blocked this Wednesday. Four states are affected by the walkouts: Bavaria, Hamburg, Saxony, and North Rhine-Westphalia. In Bavaria, nine cities are...

A new day of action is in prospect with the strike on 2 October. On the whole, French skies should escape the turbulence. The French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) has announced that it will apply the minimum service provisions to air navigation services at Paris Beauvais airport alone. A reduction in the flight schedule...

SNCF Réseaux's work on the CDG Express is progressing apace, with 80% already completed. This has enabled the consortium, which also includes Aéroport de Paris (ADP) and Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC), to announce the start date for connections between the Gare de l'Est...

Blackout: that was the situation for many transport users on Monday, when a major power cut occurred in Spain, Portugal and partially in France. France was only momentarily affected, as Perpignan airport was temporarily affected, and the problem has been resolved on this side of the Pyrenees, as RTE assures us...

The German transport union Verdi is striking again this February with its demand for a pay rise in the sector. It's almost become a classic, since it seems that every year now, the first quarter of the year equals a transport strike in the country. It began last Friday...

The EuroAirport is already linked by bus to the SBB (Swiss Federal Railways), SNCF and DB (Deutsche Bahn) rail networks via Basel, Saint-Louis and Freiburg im Breisgau stations. With the new "FREUND" (for "FRankreich-EUroAirport-Navette-Deutschland") link, the stations of Weil am Rhein (Basel) and...

The Deutschlandticket should cost 58 euros a month from January 2025, instead of the current 49 euros. This is the decision taken by the transport ministers of the various German Länder. According to Oliver Krischer, head of the transport department in North Rhine-Westphalia, "the agreement reached shows that the Länder want to maintain and develop the Deutschland Ticket in...

Bangkok has seen a remarkable expansion of its public rail transport system over the past decade. In 2014, there were just four lines: two overground metro (BTS), one underground metro (MRT) and the Airport Express line operated by state-owned SRT Railways. Today, there are 9...

If you haven't planned to arrive in Paris or travel to the Ile-de-France region, you'd better not think about it this Friday 26 July, with the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games. Not to mention the malicious acts affecting the SNCF. Some 60,000 people are providing extra security in the capital for the event....

It's now just a matter of days. On 24 June, the extension of line 14 of the Paris metro will open to the public as far as Saint-Denis-Pleyel station in the north and, more importantly, Paris-Orly airport, with President Emmanuel Macron expected to attend the inauguration. Begun in 2018, this extraordinary project, which is entirely underground, was initially scheduled to be completed in 2010...

The single national transport pass is finally on track! Patrice Vergriete, the French Minister for Transport, made the announcement on 23 May, after chairing the first steering committee for this ambitious project a month ago, signing a memorandum of understanding with the Groupement des Autorités Responsables des...

The respite in German transport was short-lived. No sooner had the strike at Deutsche Bahn ended on Monday evening than other branches began to strike. The VERDI union has announced a strike at German airports on 1 February. The strike will affect virtually every airport in the country. In...

A more sustainable approach to commuting is still a long way off. But French professionals seem ready to take the plunge, given the right incentives and viable options. This is the lesson to be learned from the study recently published by Enterprise. The starting point is the fact that...

29 April saw the official arrival of the tramway at Bordeaux Mérignac airport. It took four years of work and an investment of 95 million euros to build this infrastructure. Bordeaux thus becomes the 7th airport in France to benefit from a rail link. The other airports are...

The launch of the SNCF Connect app in January 2022 was complicated. How would you assess it one year on? Arnaud Coiffard - The year was divided into three phases. The first, for three months, was to iron out any bugs that may have existed so that the platform would be technically stable. The second was...

On Friday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne made official what she described as the "new deal for rail". And she confirmed the figure that had already been circulating for a few hours - and even for several months, in Jean-Pierre Farandou's speech - i.e. 100 billion euros. "We are choosing to give priority to investing in...

Will a single ticket (and possibly a single fare) for public transport be the big idea for European transport in 2023? Following the introduction of the €9 ticket last year in Germany - a promotion allowing travel for a month on all regional public transport - the success of the operation has led...

The arrival of the tramway at Bordeaux Mérignac airport is becoming clearer. This 25 January marked the start of unladen trial runs. The aim is to inaugurate this new 5 km section, which will include as many new stations, in the spring. These are Mérignac Soleil, Chemin Long, Cadera Issartier, Caroline Aigle and...