TGV

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...

In December 2023, to mark the 30th anniversary of the Channel Tunnel, Getlink announced its intention to increase traffic through its tunnels linking France and Great Britain. With this in mind, Getlink subsidiary Eurotunnel has just signed an agreement with London St. Pancras Highspeed, which manages the high-speed line on the British side...

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...

Renfe, the Spanish rail company, has carried one million passengers since the launch in July 2023 of its two routes linking Lyon to Barcelona and Marseille to Madrid. The three most successful routes are, in order, Lyon-Barcelona, Barcelona-Montpellier and Lyon-Montpellier. The Marseille-Madrid corridor accounts for 60% of its overall traffic,...

As the major expansion works at Amsterdam Centraal station continue, Eurostar has just resumed its direct services between the Dutch capital and London on Monday, in 3 hours 50 minutes. There will be three services on weekdays and every Sunday between London St Pancras and the Dutch station, but only two on Saturdays. In...

On Thursday 30 January, on board a TGV stationed at Paris Gare de Lyon, Lyria's teams unveiled the revamped travel offer that will be available to passengers between France and Switzerland from 5 February. First of all, three new classes will be introduced, with the...

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...

The press were invited to Paris this morning to take stock of Trenitalia's three years in France. "We have already carried 3 million passengers, with an increase of 40% per year since 2022. Above all, 98% of customers are satisfied with their journey, from the...

As it does every year at the beginning of January, SNCF Voyageurs has just announced the amount of the increases for its TGV Inoui and Ouigo services, i.e. +1.5% on average in 2025, following an increase of +2.6% in 2024 and +7% in 2023. While the slowdown in this fare growth may be attributable to better inflation figures (+1.3%...

There was a big crowd - and even a DJ - at Paris Est station this morning for the departure at 9.55am of the first high-speed train to link the capital to Berlin, via Strasbourg. For the first time, the route will be operated in around 8 hours, using the ICE 3...

Trenitalia is gearing up for its planned ramp-up in France with the changeover to summer timetables. From 15 June 2025, its high-speed Frecciarossa trains - the "red arrows" - will continue beyond Lyon to serve Marseille Saint-Charles station, with 4 return trips a day. The...

China is continuing to revolutionise the transport sector, particularly the railways, with its new project to have trains running at 1,000 kph by 2035, three times faster than our TGVs in France. The project is based on Japanese maglev-type magnetic levitation technology, using magnets...

In a press release issued on Saturday 30 November, the Vietnamese parliament announced the construction of the country's first high-speed railway line on the north-south route between Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. Construction work will start in 2027, with entry into service scheduled for 2035. The estimated cost is 67 billion...

Updated on 20/11 at 5pm Two years and then gone... After two one-year contracts, this autumn the SNCF quietly ended its collaboration with Michelin-starred chef Thierry Marx on the menu for the TGV Inoui bar. Gone is the "apple rösti burger"...

Faced with steadily rising demand on its Atlantic network, and in order to prepare for the arrival of competitors such as Proxima and Le Train in three to four years' time, SNCF Voyageurs has decided to significantly increase its seat capacity to the South-West, Pays-de-la-Loire and Brittany. To achieve this, the railway company is counting on the use of...

François Durovray's speech to the French National Assembly yesterday made quite an impression. The new Minister for Transport in the Barnier government called on the rail companies, Voyages SNCF and its current or future competitors, not to focus solely on the most profitable routes in order to achieve more harmonious regional development. "In...

"Piccalilli and cauliflower mousseline with curry", "Roast pumpkin with honey and cashew miso", "Baked salmon, coconut rice and black olives", "Citrus delight with green cardamom"... Eurostar is pulling out all the stops for its new food and beverage menu, which is available to...

To keep its passengers informed and occupied between Paris, Dijon and the Swiss cities of Basel, Zurich, Lausanne and Geneva, Lyria has just redesigned its on-board information and entertainment portal. This development has been carried out in collaboration with the specialist company Moment - which has already developed digital solutions for the Inoui TGVs...