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Striking SNCF railway workers are keeping up the pressure. After last week's strike, which included the 8 May bridge, the CGT-Cheminots has called another strike for 4, 5 and 11 June. The rail company's main union organisation is hoping to win its case on the organisation of the strike...

The SNCF is seeking reassurance in the face of the strike planned for this week, which will culminate in the 8 May bank holiday. A strike by ticket inspectors was added this weekend to the initial call for strike action announced by the CGT and Sud Rail unions, concerning pay and the organisation of...

It's parade time for the SNCF, which is presenting a whole series of new rolling stock. After the TGV M for its Inoui offer and the first in a long series of Ouigo makeovers for its low-cost trains, the railway company has lifted the veil on its future Intercités train, christened "Oxygène"...

After the presentation of the next TGV M trains a month ago, SNCF lifted the veil on the first renovated Ouigo train, called "Tango", at the Gare de Lyon on Thursday morning. Gone are the flashy pink and blue colours so typical of the low-cost service launched by the SNCF in 2013....

Although the school holiday period has been spared, a new strike is looming on the horizon for the week of 5 to 11 May, following notice given by the CGT and Sud Rail unions. The SNCF is attempting to defuse the conflict by stepping up negotiations, with this period including the highly strategic...

25 years after the creation of Voyages-sncf.com, which later became Oui.sncf and now SNCF Connect, SNCF Connect & Tech is extending its digital offering with the creation of Tesmo, dedicated to sustainable mobility in France and Europe. Tesmo, which stands for "Technology at the Service of Mobility", aims to be a supplier of digital services and to develop...

Competition between SNCF and Trenitalia is going from strength to strength! And this time it's concerning its Eurostar subsidiary. The Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane (FS) group, parent company of Trenitalia, has just announced the launch of high-speed links on the Paris-London route between now and 2029. The service will use trains inspired by the Frecciarossa, the high-speed trains...

Renfe is taking another step towards its possible exit from France. The Spanish company has just announced that it will be abandoning its Toulouse-Barcelona route, which was due to operate seasonally from April to September. A daily return trip by AVE - the Spanish high-speed train - between the two cities was scheduled to take 3.5 hours,...

The second Paris-Milan Inoui TGV set off this morning at 9.46am, 19 months after the rail line was suspended due to major rockfalls in the Maurienne valley on 27 August 2023. Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot came to the station for the occasion...

SNCF is not the only company to suffer from delays in the delivery of rail equipment by Alstom. Transdev Rail Sud Inter-Métropoles will only have 8 of the 16 Omeo Premium trainsets it ordered to start operating the TER Marseille-Toulon-Nice line on 29 June. This production delay in the...

SNCF Connect, the national railway company's application, is continuing to develop its end-to-end travel offer by integrating additional services and new partners. "The station is the train's terminus, but rarely the passengers'. That's why we're looking to offer more sustainable and shared mobility options to...

There was a big crowd this morning on platform 5 of the Gare de Lyon to attend the presentation of the interior fittings of the future TGV M. A fifth generation TGV which, however, is taking longer and longer to give birth, since it is expected to enter commercial service in...

This is no ordinary occurrence. The discovery last night of an unexploded bomb dating from the Second World War during maintenance work on the railway tracks in Saint-Denis brought all traffic at the Gare du Nord, 2.5 km away, to a standstill. All the lines of Europe's leading railway station were affected...

Jean-Pierre Farandou, SNCF's CEO, can be proud of the work he has done before his forthcoming departure. For the fourth year running, the rail group's results are in the black. The SNCF has posted a net profit of €1.6 billion (€300 million more than in 2023) on turnover of €43.4 billion.

While Donald Trump is keen to torpedo the construction of the Californian TGV between San Francisco, Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Canada has just announced the construction of its first high-speed rail line, called TGV Alto, between Quebec City, Montreal and Toronto. "This line will be the most important infrastructure project in Canada", said a delighted...

How much does SNCF Gares & Connexions invest each year? What locations do you favour in stations? Stéphane Lerendu - We invest around one billion euros a year, 60% of which is financed by our external revenue and 40% by the State and local authorities. Commercial fees generated 350...

With Stéphane Jaladis An experiment that should continue over time. To celebrate a 30-year partnership, Air France and SNCF Voyageurs are offering Flying Blue members the chance to convert their miles into vouchers that can be used on the TGV INOUI network. Created in 1995, the "Train+Air" combined transport service (formerly TGV...

Against all expectations, it is the SNCF that will retain the operation of the Nantes-Bordeaux and Nantes-Lyon lines, the lots for which were put out to tender as part of the opening up of rail services to competition. The announcement was made by Philippe Tabarot, the French Minister for Transport. The offer from [SNCF Voyageurs] offers a better quality of service," he said.

According to Le Parisien newspaper, SNCF is considering launching a top-of-the-range class on its Inoui trains between Paris and Lyon. This new offer would be based on an improvement to the Business 1st offered to passengers on this route, the most lucrative for the railway company. The company is said to have taken this decision in response to the...

The SNCF was not going to let its competitor Trenitalia go it alone in announcing the reopening of the Paris-Milan route on 1 April. Alain Krakovitch, Director of TGV-Intercités, used the social network X to respond to the Italian company by announcing that SNCF would also be resuming service on this route. And...