SNCF

It's a certainty that the SNCF will be announcing increases in its leisure and business fares in the coming weeks, as the rail company faces inflation in certain areas and, above all, soaring energy costs since the start of the war in Ukraine. Faced with this situation, and at a time when rail fares are...

Following Air France's announcement of a massive order for sustainable aviation fuel, another major player in French business travel, the SNCF, is now unveiling a key investment in responsible energy. The rail company has signed its biggest ever contract for the supply of renewable electricity with Reden. The contract covers...

On Monday afternoon, the SNCF released its forecasts for the strike action on 18 October. According to the rail company, business travellers should experience limited disruption on the main routes. There will be little or no impact on international routes, particularly on the Eurostar, Thalys and Lyria networks. SNCF expects...

Europa Park will be able to boost its MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conferences & Events) business thanks to the new Inoui TGV stop at Ringsheim/Europa Park station from 11 December onwards on the Paris-Fribourg-en-Brisgau service, in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. This means that the theme park will be 2 hours 37 minutes from Paris-Est, 2 hours 19 minutes from...

At a time when the French government is urging French people and businesses to reduce their energy consumption, there are countless companies involved in business travel that are implementing energy-saving plans, particularly in the areas of transport, accommodation and Mice, such as the SNCF, the RATP and the hotel chain...

On the international front, SNCF opened a second route on Friday for its low-cost subsidiary Ouigo Spain between Madrid and Valencia, a year and a half after the route between the Spanish capital and Barcelona (via Zaragoza and Tarragona) was used by three million passengers. The new service is operated by double-decker Euroduplex TGVs...

Following in the footsteps of Alexia Duchêne in 2021, this Thursday Thierry Marx will sign the new TGV Inoui menu, comprising two hot dishes and a cold salad, plus two desserts. On Tuesday evening, at his restaurant school in the 20th arrondissement of Paris, the famous chef, surrounded by his seconds, presented his...

It was the great success of the summer in Germany and will probably be talked about for a long time to come. When the German federal government decided to reduce its citizens' energy bills for three months, one of the key measures was the introduction of a €9 monthly ticket valid on all regional trains...

At the opening of the IFTM-Top Resa tourism trade fair at Paris-Expo, the SNCF gave an update on its leisure and, above all, business activities. The summer was marked by a 10% increase in traffic in July-August compared with 2019, already a record year for the railway company. Some 28 million tickets were sold...

Presented in mid-summer by American Express GBT, the solution for managing unforeseen events during business trips has been enhanced with functions tailored to the French domestic market. While the solution, known as Proactive Traveler Care (PTC), is primarily designed to deal with air travel disruptions by recommending alternative flights, it now includes the means to...

If the punctuality of the rail operators invited on Wednesday by Trainline is anything to go by, business travel in France is certainly on the right track. The round table organised by the European distribution platform kicked off right on time - and even a little early...

The choice is symbolic. Wooden trophies were awarded yesterday evening at the first Grands Prix de l'Ecomobilité, organised by the SNCF. Fifty or so entries from companies and travel agencies specialising in business travel were examined by the jury, which was made up of six leading figures and chaired by...

Nothing had happened at Strasbourg station for some fifteen years since the installation of the famous glass roof covering the historic façade built in 1883. The latter, built by the Germans, gave the city a truly monumental gateway, creating a new station on the route between Paris and Germany....

SNCF has recorded a record summer, with traffic volumes 10% higher than in 2019, the benchmark year before the pandemic. "The growth dynamic is well underway, thanks to our leisure customers' growing desire to travel by train and their growing concern for the environment", says a delighted...

After four years of design and manufacture, the TGV M, also known as the "TGV of the future", made its first official appearance on Thursday, sporting a more streamlined and aerodynamic design. The curtain was raised by the SNCF and Alstom at the industrial manufacturer's test centre...

The TGV 'M', the code name for the fourth generation of high-speed trains developed by Alstom, will not enter service until 2024. But one thing is certain: SNCF is banking heavily on it to boost its competitiveness, thanks in particular to lower acquisition and maintenance costs for 20% of extra capacity and a...

Announced several weeks ago, the strike on Wednesday 6 July, following a national industrial action led by four SNCF unions, will cause a great deal of disruption on the French rail network. While international traffic on Eurostar, Thalys and Lyria will be virtually unaffected by the strike, the TGV Inoui and Ouigo services...

A chorus of mutual praise marked the celebration of 15 years of high-speed rail services between Deutsche Bahn (DB) and SNCF. Launched in 2007, this cooperation has enabled 25 million people to travel between France and Germany. The railway lines between France and Germany...

On 17 March, Jean-Marie Djebbari, the French Minister for Ecological Transition with responsibility for Transport, and Christophe Fanichet, CEO of Sncf Voyageurs, signed an agreement to develop the Intercités day and night service. The agreement, which runs until 2031, covers some 80 daily trains carrying 8.4 million passengers a year, with...

Three months after the launch of its high-speed rail service in France between Paris and Milan, Trenitalia is sticking to its transport plan, announcing a gradual increase in its offer between now and the summer. In addition to the two daily connections of its Frecciarossa high-speed train, which has been running between Paris and Milan since 18 December via Lyon, Chambéry,...