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Rail competition could intensify a little further in France. On Thursday, following heated debate, the Senate opened up access to SNCF Connect for rail companies other than SNCF, thanks to the vote on Article 9bis of the framework bill on the development and financing of transport in France. From 31...

The work carried out by SNCF Réseau is incessant, some of it with significant implications for TGV and TER (regional train) traffic. The latest announcement from SNCF is that they plan to replace no fewer than 9 points at the entrance to Marseille Saint-Charles station in May. This will have an impact on...

In early April, the French Rail Association (Afra) was campaigning for its member companies (Trenitalia, Renfe, Le Train, Transdev, Proxima/Velvet, etc.) to be sold on SNCF Connect in order to increase their visibility and sales. A bold request made in anticipation of the framework bill for the modernisation, development, and financing of transport, which will be debated from...

Railway companies belonging to the French Rail Association (Afra) are launching a renewed assault on SNCF in terms of distribution, demanding that SNCF Connect, the website of SNCF Voyageurs, should sell the offers of its members, such as Trenitalia, La Renfe or Transdev, but also future entrants like Velvet. To achieve this, they are campaigning for the submission of a…

SNCF Voyageurs has just renewed its partnership agreement with CFF, the Swiss railways, until 2032, to develop rail links between Switzerland, France and neighbouring European countries. The honeymoon between the two carriers has been going on for 45 years, particularly within TGV Lyria, which has...

Will it roll? Will it run? Uncertainty once again seems to be hanging over the start of operations for the first four TGV M trains, scheduled for 1 July. Rumours of yet another postponement have been circulating for several weeks. Last Friday, the specialist website Ville, Rail & Transport (VRT) went one step further, announcing that this so-called...

Updated on 6 March at 6pm. The Italian Rail Competition and Market Authority (AGCM) has just issued a favourable opinion for SNCF, giving the French carrier fair access to the high-speed market in Italy. After a great deal of prevarication, Rete Ferroviaria Italiana (RFI), the Italian rail network...

While Jean-Pierre Farandou, its Chairman for the last six years, has left for the Ministry of Labour, leaving Jean Castex in charge since November, the SNCF group has achieved stable sales in 2025 at €43 billion (-0.31TP3Q/2024) and, above all, a net profit of €1.8 billion. This is the fifth year in a row...

Despite having clocked up 13.8 million kilometres, the 377-seat TGV No. 4718, which entered service on 3 March 1995, is looking its best in the Landy technicentre in Saint-Denis. For 7 weeks, it has undergone a €2.5 million facelift as part of the SNCF's project to extend the service...

While Ouigo train tickets are now available from travel agencies in general and business agencies in particular, the SNCF's low-cost offer has seen its prices soar since 2017, according to the latest study by the Fédération nationale des Associations d'usagers des transports (Fnaut). A rise in fares that has already been...

Business travellers and, above all, leisure passengers who have decided to take advantage of the 1 May bank holiday to travel by TGV via Gare de Lyon may be in for a bit of a disappointment. SNCF Réseau has just announced the closure of the Paris station for this traditionally busy weekend. No Transilien or TGV trains...

For over a week now, Paris Est SNCF station has had a completely refurbished TGV Inoui lounge to cater for the 14,000 passengers who use it every month. Located opposite the tracks, right in the heart of the station, the Salon Grand Voyageur Le Club TGV Inoui has undergone major work to make it...

SNCF has announced that it is buying 15 additional TGV M trainsets from Alstom for €600 million. The trains will be delivered from 2029 onwards, and are scheduled to operate between the Belgian Brussels-Midi station and major French cities other than Paris (such as Marseille and Lyon). With this contract, SNCF is raising...

Since the end of 2025, Air France and SNCF Voyageurs have enhanced their "Train + Air" service. This service, which has existed for many years, allows passengers to combine air and rail travel on the same reservation. This offer continues to grow. In addition to the TGV INOUI trains, it is now possible to...

The SNCF operates 11 Grand Voyageur lounges in France, which are one of the key elements of its commercial offering for business travellers. They are regularly updated and even extended. This will once again be the case for the Paris lounge at Gare de Lyon, the busiest...

On 8 January, SNCF launched the new Optimum class, which replaces Business 1ère, as well as its Optimum + version on the Paris-Lyon route alone. On this route, the company operates 19 daily round trips on the TGV Inouï, with departures every 30 minutes on the hour...

In order to defuse the inevitable criticism of its high ticket prices, SNCF has announced that the planned fare increase for 2026, averaging 1% for its Inoui and Ouigo TGVs, will be lower than inflation, forecast at 1.3% for the coming year. This increase will take effect from 2 January....

The Normandy Region's elected representatives confirmed their choice of RATP Dev as operator of the Caen hub rail services from July 2027. The RATP group subsidiary will take over from the SNCF on these lines from Caen to Coutances, Saint-Lô, Evreux, Cherbourg, Rouen,...

On the occasion of the announcement of a new stage in the testing of the TGV M, the SNCF has published a new date for the commercial launch of its new-generation train assembled by Alstom. This is now scheduled for 1 July 2026 for the first four test trainsets, after which eight TGVs will be operational...

SNCF is not just focusing on the Mediterranean, one of its most profitable routes. The Atlantic route is also receiving a great deal of attention in the run-up to the expected launch of new rail competitors with Le Train theoretically in 2027 and Velvet in 2028. The national company is preparing for the arrival of these possible challengers by...