railway companies

The United States is rediscovering the advantages of trains, particularly high-speed trains, as a competitive alternative to air travel and a city-to-city link. Alstom is to supply 28 latest-generation TGVs to Amtrak for its Boston-Washington line. Introduced into service in 2000, this 730 km line, which also serves the...

On 2 July 2017, SNCF will begin services on the new Sud Europe Atlantique and Bretagne Pays de la Loire high-speed lines. Bordeaux will then be 2 hours 04 minutes from Paris - a saving of 55 minutes - and Rennes 1 hour 25 minutes, reducing the journey time by 39 minutes. The railway company estimates...

As a cost-saving measure, Deutsche Bahn (DB) is reorganising its activities in France by closing its Paris representative office on 30 June, transferring its activities to Frankfurt. The office was set up twenty years ago, and generated sales of €50m a year through a major groups business, business travel and the...

Free, widespread, accelerated and secure: the new Wi-Fi developed by Thalys over the last few days is sure to appeal to the many business travellers who board the rail company's red carriages throughout the year. Passengers in Comfort 2 class now benefit from free connectivity, just like passengers...

At the end of an eventful 2015, marked both by the terrorist attacks and - internally - by its transformation into a rail company, Thalys is entering 2016 with new ambitions. The carrier is introducing a new low-cost service, called IZY, to face up to the growing competition on the Paris-Brussels route, while taking care...

How did the Captain Train business offer come about? Jean-Daniel Guyot - From the very first days that CaptainTrain was up and running, we were contacted by professionals. The first call we received was from a company director, who was delighted that our platform enabled his secretary to manage all his weekly bookings in an hour, so...