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Eurostar is continuing to harmonise its offer following the absorption of Thalys in 2023. From 4 November, the railway company will be introducing new travel classes across its entire network serving France, the UK, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany. Eurostar Standard will be its entry-level class, corresponding to...

In its priority projects for 2024, the SNCF group has announced its intention to commit 11.7 billion euros of investment, part of which will be devoted to railway renovation and modernisation. Among the projects planned is the installation by SNCF Réseaux of new signalling on the Paris-Lyon high-speed line (LGV), which will result in the cessation of traffic on the...

For the third year in a row, SNCF is rolling along in a greener-than-ever landscape, with the rail company posting a profit of 1.3 billion euros. However, this profit is less flamboyant than the 2.4 billion earned in 2022, the year in which the pandemic ended, even though sales continued to grow by...

Better than an example of the recurring problems encountered by passengers who prefer the train to the plane between Paris and Clermont Ferrand. Barely two days after the announcement of a vast improvement plan for this line, the Intercités train leaving the capital at the end of the day arrived at its destination in Auvergne in the middle of the night, with more than...

According to an article in Le Parisien, which obtained access to an internal SNCF document, the railway company is considering "optimising TGV services" on its loss-making routes. This could ultimately result, at worst, in the closure of certain lines, and at best in a reduction in the number of daily trains....

Not 2-in-1, but 17-in-1. The SNCF has redesigned station assistance and support for disabled passengers until they reach their seat on the train around the Assist'engare one-stop shop. This simplification has been encouraged by the Mobility Orientation Act (LOM). Previously, for journeys involving a number of stages, such as first taking a TER to catch a...

How do you explain the fact that the night train has become the "star" of the year 2023? Amandine Thomas Commin - The revival of the night train is attracting a great deal of media coverage and interest from passengers, associations, the press and influencers... After a decade of virtual disappearance, the...

This Tuesday morning, just before 10.45am, the first night train from Berlin arrived at Gare de l'Est in Paris after a ten-year interruption, only fifteen minutes late. This new Nightjet train, operated by Austrian Railways (ÖBB) in partnership with SNCF, is...

After an average fare increase of 5% in 2023, SNCF is set to increase its Inoui TGV fares again next year. However, this increase will have to be limited to the rate of inflation, i.e. 2.6%, according to the government's wishes. SNCF Voyageurs is unlikely to be happy with this framework, as it will have to...

The Train + Air service gives passengers a single reservation for their entire journey, combining rail and air. Above all, it guarantees them a seat on the next flight or train in the event of delays, free of charge. Last year, the service even entered the digital age, with...

In mid-July, Renfe began services on the Lyon-Barcelona and Marseille-Barcelona-Madrid routes. One year after the arrival of Trenitalia and its Frecciarossa operating on the Paris-Lyon-Milan route, the launch of the Spanish national carrier on French rail represents a new stage in the opening up to rail competition, which will be possible from December 2020. Following the applications...

Normandy, Brittany, Pays de Loire, Hauts-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire: in these five regions, TER trains will be at a standstill on Thursday 2 November - or even from Wednesday evening until Friday morning. The storm Ciaran is forcing SNCF Réseau to introduce this radical measure: the preventive stoppage of rail traffic. The measure, known as "stop...

In order to fine-tune its yield management system and adapt to more open rail competition on its most profitable lines, SNCF has been moving in successive stages since 26 September to a new booking platform to replace the ageing ResaRail system. Starting with BtoB reservations for...

Clément Beaune, the French Transport Minister, came in person to witness the arrival of the TGV M at the Paris-Charenton Technicentre, on a maintenance track modified to accommodate this extraordinary train. This presentation comes as the future TGV begins its trials on the national network, following those carried out in the Czech Republic...

Consolidation work on the railway section in the Maurienne valley is proving more complicated than initially expected. A landslide had interrupted traffic since August. Announced for November, the resumption of the railway line linking Paris to Turin and Milan has now been postponed until the end of June 2024....

On 30 September last, at Brussels-Midi station, a small ceremony celebrated the last TGV to run under the Thalys brand, bringing to a close a railway adventure that began in 1996. The Thalys.com website was closed at the same time, with users now being directed to the Eurostar.com website as part of the merger of the two subsidiary companies...

Guillaume Confais-Morieux, the SNCF's Travel Agencies Market Director, was all smiles when he unveiled the results for business traffic at the IFTM Top Resa tourism trade fair. "While 2022 was a record year for leisure travel, 2023 saw a recovery in business traffic, with a small increase in the number of business travellers....

Under the rather quirky code name of "Botox", the SNCF has unveiled its plan to extend the service life of around a hundred TGVs, with the aim of increasing the number of seats by 15% by 2034. This facelift is in fact one of the solutions chosen by the rail company to respond to the...

The SNCF manages around 3,000 stations in France, Deutsche Bahn around 6,500 and the Swiss CFF just over 800, but what is surprising is the extremely small number of luggage lockers offered by the French operator inside stations. And while almost all stations...

A year after unveiling the exterior design of its future TGV M, the SNCF has just presented the design of the 1st and 2nd class seats that will equip the trains delivered by the Alstom group from 2025. "The design of the seats and lamps will be an emblematic marker. They are the result of...