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The decision was expected. Trenitalia has announced its intention to operate 5 daily return trips between Paris and Lyon from 10 December, compared with the current three. This refocusing on this strategic route had been planned ever since the landslide in the Maurienne valley on August 27 interrupted services to Turin, the capital of...

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...

How would you assess Trenitalia's arrival in France? Roberto Rinaudo - The results are very positive, even though since the summer we have had to concentrate on the Paris-Lyon route because of the landslides that occurred at the end of August in the Maurienne valley, which led to the suspension of services to Milan until June 2024. Our...

The high-speed rail link between Paris and London via the Channel Tunnel is attracting a lot of interest. While Eurostar has just merged with Thalys and is preparing to launch its first branding campaign, the Evolyn project is entering a new phase with an order for 12 Avelia TGVs (+ 4 options)...

It was a hard blow. Just as Trenitalia was getting off the ground in France, landslides on 27 August in the Maurienne valley forced the Italian company to suspend its two daily Paris-Milan rotations. And a return to normal operations is not expected before June 2024, by which time the thousands of...

"Don't ever call me Thalys again". On 1 October this year, Thalys disappeared, merged with Eurostar, the brand chosen because it is the best known, particularly among overseas customers. This new beginning was well worth a presentation yesterday in London at the company's offices near St Pancras International station, and a small party to celebrate its first campaign...

Buoyed by a healthy cash position during the pandemic, MSC is continuing its shopping spree. After acquiring Bolloré Africa Logistics and Aliscargo Airlines in the freight sector, the Swiss-Italian shipping group is now gaining a foothold in passenger transport by acquiring a 50% stake in Italo, Trenitalia's competitor in the Italian high-speed rail market. The...

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...

The High Speed 2 (HS2) project, Britain's second high-speed rail line after the Eurostar to St Pancras, has been a veritable snake in the grass. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak blew the whistle on the project on Wednesday at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, in this major metropolis in the...

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...

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...

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...

The same message is appearing on the various rail companies' online booking sites: trains cancelled between France and Italy. The situation is critical for road and rail traffic between the two countries. With torrential rain in the Alps, a landslide occurred on Sunday in the Maurienne Valley...

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...

After two years of Covid, which almost bankrupted Eurostar, the Eurostar Group, formed by the merger of Eurostar with its cousin Thalys, returned to growth in 2022. The financial year will see sales of €1.5 billion, 2.5 times more than in 2021, for traffic of 14.8 million passengers...

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...

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...

With Europe's largest network of high-speed lines, the Spanish market is attracting a lot of interest from operators. After the SNCF and its Ouigo services, it's Trenitalia's turn to enter the battle under the Iryo brand. The official journey took place yesterday between Madrid and Valencia, in anticipation of Friday's opening of the first...

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...