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Faced with criticism of its high fares and to counter the arrival of competitors on its most profitable lines, SNCF intends to push ahead with the development of Ouigo, its low-cost brand launched in 2013. Ouigo is expected to account for a third of TGV traffic by 2030, thanks to an expected increase of...

A few weeks ago, Renfe withdrew its Avlo low-cost high-speed train service from the Madrid-Barcelona route. The Spanish national rail company immediately replaced these departures with classic AVE high-speed trains, whose more expensive tickets offer greater flexibility and services, as well as...

The countdown is on. SNCF has just opened bookings for its new Optimum class, which business travellers will be able to discover on 8 January 2026 on all trains departing from or arriving in Paris. As a reminder, this class will replace the current Business 1ère, with the new name having less of a "Pro" connotation...

The Bordeaux-Lyon service is back in the spotlight. This time, it's not by conventional train, via Limoges, Montluçon and Roanne, as in the days of the late Railcoop, but by TGV via the Ile-de-France region, at the initiative of the SNCF. The national railway company is reportedly planning this new high-speed line for 2027 to...

Launched last April by SNCF Connect & Tech, Tesmo, the brand dedicated to digital mobility solutions, has now taken its first concrete steps with the creation of Tesmo Business Mobility, a platform designed for companies to manage all their employees' travel-related expenses, from the daily commute to work, and from...

While Transdev has been operating the Marseille-Toulon-Nice line since June, the Southern Region opted on Friday to keep SNCF as operator of the East Provence and Alps lines, following the call for tenders launched in 2024 as part of the opening up of rail competition. Passengers should therefore see no real difference in...

Launched with great fanfare on 11 December 2023 at Paris-Est station in the presence of then Transport Minister Clément Beaune, the Paris-Berlin night train and its Paris-Vienna counterpart will cease services on 14 December when SNCF launches its winter service. Supported by the French government, which...

The SNCF has announced the forthcoming launch of the 3rd edition of the Grands Prix de l'Ecomobilité, a competition launched by the company in 2022 to reward companies and travel agencies that are committed to more eco-responsible travel. Entries can be submitted from 16 October 2025...

The new annual Meetings & Events Barometer from Kactus was presented on Wednesday, the second day of the IFTM event at Porte de Versailles. It provides some answers for companies forced to navigate in a highly unstable environment, both nationally and internationally. The authors of the Kactus barometer...

On 23 September, at the IFTM tourism trade show in Paris Expo, the SNCF unveiled the new premium travel experience it will be offering on board its Inoui TGVs from 8 January. After more than a year's work analysing what the competition has to offer...

SNCF will be undergoing a minor revolution on 14 December when it switches to the Winter 2025-2026 service. Between now and then, the railway company plans to change the seat numbering on all Inoui TGVs from two to three digits. The SNCF is adopting the same numbering system already used on...

Designed to support passengers on a daily basis, SNCF Connect is now more than just a leisure or home-work service: more than a million customers have already used it for their business trips. From home to long-distance travel, the service also offers real-time passenger information and options for professionals. To find out more...

Trenitalia is continuing to expand in France since its launch in December 2021. From 15 December, the Italian airline will be adding 5 extra return trips on its flagship Paris-Lyon route. This will bring its daily service on this route to 14 departures in each direction on weekdays. This increase comes...

Although the SNCF offers a wifi service on board its Inoui TGVs, accompanied by a portal giving access to services and content (press, films, games, podcasts, etc.), the quality of this service is often criticised for insufficient speed, interruptions, white zones, etc. "Wifi doesn't work! Wifi doesn't work!" is how...

Blockades of stations, roads and airports: the consequences for business travel on 10 September of a multi-faceted social movement, including raids here and there - update: and which included an attempted break-in at Paris Gare du Nord and various incidents blocking train tracks in...

September is already shaping up to be a chaotic month on the social front, and business travellers will soon have to contend with several areas of turbulence. On Wednesday, three unions met to call a strike for 18 September: CGT-Cheminots, UNSA-Ferroviaire and CFDT-Cheminots. In a press release, the CFDT-Cheminots warned: "Our...

As part of its group offer, the SNCF has just revamped its MICE proposal for companies and event agencies needing to manage travel for a seminar, convention, reward trip, product launch, etc. The railway company can now handle requests for 10 people or more, which may require the privatisation of the entire...

Competition is good for rail fares. And now on the Paris-Marseille route since the arrival of Trenitalia's Frecciarossa trains on 15 June. According to a study based on tickets booked on Kombo, a platform for booking train, bus and plane tickets, SNCF has lowered its fares...

In the end, it will be Velvet, the trade name chosen by the Proxima group from among countless proposals for its high-speed trains, due to run along the Atlantic seaboard from 2028. It is the most advanced project of the SNCF's competitors, starting from scratch, with Proxima having announced last June that it would...

Passenger rail transport grew by 6% in 2024 (and by 14% compared with 2019, the reference year), a level equivalent to the two previous years, according to the latest report from the Transport Regulation Authority (ART). The increase, which amounts to 4% for high-speed trains alone, could have been...