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Japan is making a strong impact in the railway sector. After its famous Shinkansen, the country has just given the green light for the construction of the first magnetic levitation line between Tokyo and Osaka, a distance of some 500 km, passing through Nagano, Nagoya and Kyoto in particular. The project has seen significant progress in recent days,...

Faced with the saturation of its rail network, but also with global warming and the carbon emissions of air travel, India is converting to high-speed rail to connect its megacities in a country that has 1.45 billion inhabitants. The first high-speed line (HSL) is under construction between Mumbai, the capital…

Following its new Première Signature in 2025, TGV Lyria has just implemented a loyalty program based on annual spending by business travellers or companies with the Franco-Swiss rail operator, a subsidiary of SNCF. The system is thus based on 4 different tiers according to total expenditure, with...

The California high-speed rail project is of more interest than ever to French rail sector specialists. United within a joint venture integrated into the Momentum Alliance Partners consortium, Keolis and SNCF Voyageurs have indeed just concluded a co-development agreement with the California High-Speed Authority, which is responsible for the construction of the California high-speed rail link. More precisely,...

On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the France-Brussels link, celebrated last June 12th in the Belgian capital in the presence of Jean Castex, the chairman of SNCF, the rail company announced the extension of the TGV Inoui Brussels-Strasbourg to Basel, Switzerland, from July 2027. The service will be scheduled for Fridays, Saturdays and...

After Morocco at the end of 2018, will Ivory Coast be the second country on the African continent to have a high-speed train? The government of this West African country indeed wishes to build a high-speed line between Abidjan, the economic capital, and Yamoussoukro, the political capital created by the former...

Updated 9 June at 6:00 PM It was already announced as being quite well-followed at the beginning of May, when four SNCF unions filed notice of a strike against the ongoing reorganisation within the group and the spin-off processes which, according to them, are causing dramas among employees. It is indeed expected to be.

Eurostar has unveiled its results for the 2025 financial year, during which it surpassed the 20 million passenger mark. This represents a slight increase of 31% in passenger numbers, with turnover of €2 billion (+1.71% compared to 2024) and EBITDA of €337 million (-2.61%). The SNCF subsidiary is therefore performing somewhat…

Expected on July 1st on the Paris-Lyon-Marseille route, the TGV M should finally begin commercial operation in early September. This is despite the fact that this 5th generation TGV has finally obtained its approval from the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA). Although the commercial loss of the summer season is significant for the SNCF, the…

It's the SNCF's "Arlésienne" (a long-awaited, never-arriving event). The TGV M, which is due to run on the Paris-Marseille axis as well as Paris-Milan in order to compete with Trenitalia, doesn't seem ready to show its white nose on the horizon anytime soon. As a reminder, this "TGV of the future", built by Alstom, was supposed to be launched at the end of 2023, then for the...

This is a small revolution brewing in the railway sector if the European Commission manages to get its proposal adopted. In order to reduce the role of air travel and thus carbon emissions at the European level, it intends to promote train travel in Europe. After supporting the creation of ten cross-border routes, the European body…

"Optimum+ is finding its customers," assures Benjamin Huteau, Director of the South-East TGV Inoui Division, who this week presented an initial assessment of this new class, launched exclusively at the beginning of January on the Paris-Lyon route. An improved version of the Optimum class, which replaced Business 1ère, Optimum+ is offered on all 19 daily return services…

The London-to-Switzerland service project is on track. Eurostar, SNCF, and SBB, the Swiss railways, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect, which foresees a feasibility study for a London-Geneva service by 2030. The three rail operators will thus be able to work on…

Cross-border invasions continue in Europe as part of the opening up of rail competition. While SNCF will enter the Italian market in 2027 with its low-cost brand Ouigo, the Italian company Italo has just announced its intention to establish a presence in Germany in 2028 in order to compete with Deutsche Bahn (DB). The…

SNCF Voyages Italia will launch its low-cost TGV Ouigo services in Italy in September 2027, aiming to compete with the two existing rail operators, Trenitalia and Italo (*). SNCF Voyageurs will dedicate a budget of €800 million to this venture. This budget will be used for the acquisition from Alstom of 15 Avelia Horizon trainsets, more commonly known as…

Rail competition could intensify a little further in France. On Thursday, following heated debate, the Senate opened up access to SNCF Connect for rail companies other than SNCF, thanks to the vote on Article 9bis of the framework bill on the development and financing of transport in France. From 31...

Many upgrades are planned this year on the TGV Lyria lines between France and Switzerland, which will have repercussions on services and journey times for the TGV operated by the partnership between SNCF and CFF, the Swiss Federal Railways. Starting with the Paris-Lausanne connections in…

The work carried out by SNCF Réseau is incessant, some of it with significant implications for TGV and TER (regional train) traffic. The latest announcement from SNCF is that they plan to replace no fewer than 9 points at the entrance to Marseille Saint-Charles station in May. This will have an impact on...

While its AVE, its high-speed trains built by Talgo, already run between Lyon and Barcelona and from Marseille to Madrid, Renfe has been trying in vain for years to get these same trains approved for departure from Paris. Faced with these difficulties, as well as the lack of prospects for real progress on…

TGV Lyria, the Franco-Swiss railway company, has partnered with International Workplace Group (IWG) to offer a coworking service through a selection of spaces from its brands Regus, Spaces and Signature, located close to the French and Swiss stations it serves. Business travellers will benefit from advantages on the day of their journey with TGV Lyria.…