TGV

Brittany and the French overseas departments have never been so close. Travel between these two parts of the world will be easier from 6 March thanks to the TGV Air offer. Air France customers living near Rennes will be able to take advantage of train-plane tickets to Fort-de-France, Point-à-Pitre, Cayenne and Saint-Denis. This offer is in line with the...

Guillaume Pepy's argument for changing the name of the TGV offer to InOUI is to be one step ahead in terms of services in preparation for the opening up of mainline services to competition in 2020. The rebranding will take effect from 2 July, when the Summer on InOUI programme begins.

No longer called TGV, but InOui, the SNCF is abandoning a well-established name that has been virtually part of everyday language for almost forty years, in favour of a new brand identity that is both affirmative and positive. InOui joins OUIgo, OUIbus, OUIcar and soon OUI.sncf in the "yes" family, since to harmonise everything, the...

On 18 April, Air India and SNCF announced the signature of a bimodal partnership, which will enable the Indian carrier to join the TGV AIR network. In practical terms, this means that both business and leisure travellers will have access to a pre- and post-carriage service to one of the 77 destinations served by the airline from...

The SNCF is "simplifying its high-speed offer": this was the title used by the rail group on 7 March to confirm the end of the IDTGV offer, in order to refocus on two brands, TGV and Ouigo. The announcement, published on Tuesday, begins by stating that "IDTGV will not disappear...

The Paris-Bordeaux train is not yet travelling at very high speed, and business travellers cannot yet buy their tickets for the period in question. But today, Tuesday, the inauguration of the SEA Tours-Bordeaux High Speed Line was celebrated with great pomp and ceremony. François Hollande travelled to the Charente region - to be precise...

"The roll-out of Internet on board will be massive and rapid! The statement may use the future tense, but this little revolution initiated by SNCF is really in the present tense. It's a phrase that business travellers have been dreaming of hearing for a long time, and it became a reality on 15 December with the launch of TGV Connect. This service,...

China has become one of the world's high-speed rail giants, investing the equivalent of 50 billion dollars over the course of a decade to link not only all of China's major metropolises but also, and increasingly, its secondary cities. The success has been overwhelming. In 2015, 961 million passengers...

The United States is rediscovering the advantages of trains, particularly high-speed trains, as a competitive alternative to air travel and a city-to-city link. Alstom is to supply 28 latest-generation TGVs to Amtrak for its Boston-Washington line. Introduced into service in 2000, this 730 km line, which also serves the...

On Wednesday, SNCF and Alstom presented their first innovation partnership, a cooperation unit designed to design the new generation of high-speed trains (TGV). This multi-disciplinary team of around twenty people will be open to the outside world, and intends to rely on experts, invited guests, and collaborations with engineering and design schools, as well as with...