TGV

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...

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...

As far as the TGV is concerned, trains to Luxembourg from Paris now stop at Metz or Thionville, with the last part of the journey being made by bus. This adds at least half an hour to the journey. Buses are only accessible to passengers with an INOUI ticket. This situation will continue until...

The Bordeaux-Toulouse high-speed rail link project is finally back on track. At the end of last week, the 24 local authorities involved in the New Aquitaine and Occitania regions approved the €14.3 billion financing plan for the work. The local authorities will be contributing €5.6 billion, while the French government...

At the Grand Live du Voyages d'affaires, held online on 20 January at the initiative of CDS Groupe and the IFTM-Top Resa trade fair, Jean-Pierre Farandou, head of the SNCF, opened the event with an update on the rail company's business news. A business segment that is currently affected by a fall in demand for...

Since Monday, SNCF has reduced its operations. The reason: the health situation, of course, which is affecting not only demand (-30% since the start of the year on the TGV network) but also the group's teams. "It's not a question of unexpected train cancellations, but of adapted transport plans,...

The Paris-Lyon TGV line is one of SNCF's historic routes, and is still the focus of the rail carrier's attention. At the heart of its traffic and above all the income of the Voyages SNCF branch, it now accounts for 24 daily return TGV services (including two OUIGO services), compared with 13 when the line was inaugurated by President François Mitterrand in September...

Of course, the croque-monsieur is still very much on the menu. But purists will no doubt cry sacrilege, as it has been revisited by young chef Alexia Duchêne, who has been responsible for the recipes of the dishes sold on SNCF Inoui TGV trains since 14 October. Her colleague, pastry chef Nina Métayer, is responsible for...

Thello made no secret of its desire to compete with SNCF on its home turf, particularly on the Paris-Lyon-Milan high-speed line. The ambitions of the company, a subsidiary of the Italian national group Trenitalia, were unveiled back in 2018. A launch was initially expected in the summer of 2020, then postponed due to the economic crisis...

China's technology never ceases to amaze. This is particularly true in rail transport, where the country has become the leader in high-speed trains in less than 20 years. Since the first launches in the early 2000s, the TGV network has become the largest in the world, with 38,000 km of...

After reducing its offer during the last lockdown, SNCF is increasing it again with the lifting of the ban on journeys of more than 10 km on 3 May. From four TGVs out of ten in recent weeks, the Inoui and Ouigo high-speed offer will gradually increase to reach eight TGVs out of ten in...

The Occitanie region and Toulouse Métropole can celebrate after four years of battle over a highly political project. On 27 April, a letter from Prime Minister Jean Castex confirmed that the French government was committing €4.1 billion to funding the Bordeaux-Toulouse high-speed line. By 2030, the project will have...

Ilsa is a subsidiary of Italian rail operator Trenitalia. The company was created to operate a TGV network in Spain. Italian railways hold 45% of Ilsa's capital. The remaining 55% is held by the Spanish regional airline Air Nostrum. But in an interview with...

The Rome-Milan railway line will be offering Covid-free trains from April, announced Gianfranco Battisti, Managing Director of Ferrovie dello Stato, on Monday 8 March. The head of Italy's national railway company hailed the initiative as a way of boosting travel after more than a year of fighting the pandemic. The launch...