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"Before meeting you on the pitch, I'm delighted to welcome you to the station throughout the Rugby World Cup France 2023": professionals travelling through France will be surprised to hear the voice of Antoine Dupont guiding them during their journeys. Throughout the competition, the captain of the French rugby...

What if SNCF and SNCB launched a remake of IZY? Launched in 2016, Thalys' low-cost subsidiary disappeared from the radar last summer after six years of service between Paris and Brussels. The project unveiled on 18 July by the Franco-Belgian duo is reminiscent of this intermediate positioning: a...

Ten euros more per journey. That's what the SNCF has just announced for its guaranteed fares with the SNCF Avantage Card. The SNCF's Carte Avantage is used by some 4.5 million people and gives access to a discount of 30%. As well as a cap on fares. The latter cost...

Updated on 13/07 at 10am The SNCF is continuing to secure its supply of sustainable electricity. A few days after announcing its launch in the production of energy from photovoltaic panels, the railway company is unveiling a partnership with the Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR). This is the biggest power purchase agreement ever signed in France...

If you want something done right, do it yourself. Spurred on by the sudden surge in energy prices following the crisis in Ukraine, and driven by eco-responsible issues, the SNCF has decided to become a solar energy producer. To this end, the rail group has launched SNCF Renouvelables, a new subsidiary dedicated to the installation of...

There was no doubt about it for the German and French authorities. The creation of a direct TGV line between Paris and Berlin is seen as a major step towards a European railway system, one of the major assets in the decarbonisation of the continent. Except that the controversy has focused on the route to be taken...

After renovating the interior of the Gare de Lyon in Paris - in particular the fresco gallery and its Grand Voyageur lounge - SNCF Gares & Connexions is now tackling the renovation of the part of the building on the Seine side, overlooking the rue de Bercy and the Bercy business district. The aim of the transformation is to...

SNCF has decided to review the Intercités night train services between Paris and south-west France. Announced on 24 May at a rail services monitoring committee meeting, this measure concerns the night trains known as "Le Pyrénéen" and "L'Occitan", the latter incorporating the new Paris-Aurillac-Paris.... night service.

After the programme that gave birth to the TGV forty years ago, a project on the same scale - 100 billion euros - is preparing to revolutionise the French rail world in the decades to come. Not at high speed this time, but at the gentle pace of commuter or regional trains. A...

With another day of general strikes against pension reform - the tenth - scheduled for Thursday 6 April, business travel in France is likely to be disrupted, but to a lesser extent than during previous strikes. As far as air travel is concerned, the French Civil Aviation Authority (DGAC) is not forecasting any disruption...

Following the success of Ouigo in Spain, SNCF plans to roll out its low-cost concept in Italy by 2026, according to information presented by Le Parisien on 15 March. Called Allegro, this project - which is due to be made official by SNCF shortly - involves operating high-speed trains on the Turin-Milan-Rome-Naples routes...

The launch of the SNCF Connect app in January 2022 was complicated. How would you assess it one year on? Arnaud Coiffard - The year was divided into three phases. The first, for three months, was to iron out any bugs that may have existed so that the platform would be technically stable. The second was...

Updated on 14 March at 6.30pm. The first few days of the week saw traffic return to normal on the Paris metro, although there were still slight disruptions on the RER and Transilien lines. But what will happen on Wednesday 15 March, when a new call for a general strike has been issued by the...

RATP expects a gradual improvement on 8 March and 9 March. However, the Paris metro will continue to experience major disruption on Wednesday. The automatic lines will be spared, with normal traffic on lines 1 and 14 and near-normal traffic on line 4. Almost all other metro lines will be running...

Tuesday 7 March marks a new day of action against pension reform. As a result, further disruption to transport services is expected in France. One flight in five is expected to be cancelled at Paris-CDG on 7 and 8 March. The cancellation rate is expected to reach 30% at Orly, Beauvais, Bordeaux,...

On Friday, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne made official what she described as the "new deal for rail". And she confirmed the figure that had already been circulating for a few hours - and even for several months, in Jean-Pierre Farandou's speech - i.e. 100 billion euros. "We are choosing to give priority to investing in...

The players in the tourism industry are each turning the page on the pandemic at the turn of 2023. Hotel groups have seen revenue per room exceed 2019 levels. Air France-KLM reported fourth-quarter revenues of €7.1bn, "a record level in the group's history...

Rail travel will again be affected on 8 February by a strike against pension reform. SNCF is reporting an average of 2 trains out of 3 for TGV INOUI and OUIGO. The company expects 2 out of 3 trains to be running on the Northern TGV axis...

So it's going to be another complex day for mobile professionals. The strike against pension reform is leading to a new strike action on 7 February. RATP is expecting major traffic disruption on the Paris metro. Almost all lines will be affected on Tuesday, with the exception of lines 1, 14...

The strike on 31 January will result in major traffic disruption at RATP. As is often the case, metro lines 1 and 14 will be the only ones spared, but will be at risk of saturation. On line 1, Reuilly-Diderot, Bastille and Champs-Elysées Clémenceau stations will only be open during rush hour (7.30am-9.30am and...