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The Austrian Federal Railways (ÖBB) have just signed a cooperation agreement with Star Alliance for an innovative intermodal partnership that will simplify passenger mobility in Austria. The agreement enables the 25 Star Alliance member airlines to offer pre- and post-train services in Austria. Passengers will also be able to...

There was a big crowd this morning on platform 5 of the Gare de Lyon to attend the presentation of the interior fittings of the future TGV M. A fifth generation TGV which, however, is taking longer and longer to give birth, since it is expected to enter commercial service in...

This is "only" the construction of 6.5 km of track, which will take 25 years to complete, and which will radically improve rail travel for the people of the Somme, Oise and north-east Val d'Oise. The work is due to be completed at the end of 2026...

The Labour government in the United Kingdom has embarked on a major reform to simplify the country's rail services, a reform initiated by the Conservatives. While competition between private operators on the UK network will continue - a reversal of the initial idea of renationalising the entire network - the government is also...

Rome will not only be vibrating to the rhythm of the 27th jubilee in the history of the Catholic Church in 2025. Next spring, the Eternal City will also be celebrating the opening of the first Orient Express hotel since the relaunch of this legendary brand by the Accor group. Located just a stone's throw from the Pantheon, this new...

The recent bad weather and floods that have affected Austria's federal railways continue to have an impact on the country's main international line, the "West Line". This connects Vienna with Linz, Salzburg and beyond to Germany and the rest of Western Europe. The brand new western section, which for the past few months has enabled...

Monika Ribar, President of SBB (Photo: SBB) On 12 August, SBB President Monika Ribar explained the Swiss rail group's strategy in detail in a lengthy interview with the daily Neue Zürcher Zeitung (NZZ). Cooperation in Europe was at the heart of this conversation. Here is a summary of her interview. According to Monika Ribar, the...

Taking on SNCF and opening up new rail lines in France, whether conventional or high-speed, is a long and difficult journey, fraught with pitfalls. Railcoop has just paid the price, with the directors of this original project announcing on 27 March that they were winding up their SCIC (société coopérative d'intérêt collectif - cooperative society of collective interest).

2023 was a good year for SBB, with traffic returning to the record levels of 2019. Every day, Swiss trains carried 1.32 million passengers, compared with 1.16 million in 2022. Total passenger traffic for the year was close to 482 million. The return of customers has naturally...

Kevin Speed is promising a revolution in high-speed rail travel with its project for low-cost TGV trains that should be running on the Paris-Lille, Paris-Strasbourg and Paris-Lyon routes by 2028. Through its commercial offer, called Illisto, the rail start-up intends to offer a kind of high-speed RER with 16 journeys per hour.

By 2022, Austrian railways had already set a record with almost 467 million passengers. Of this total, 42 million travelled on long-distance services, including 14.7 million on international routes. By 2023, estimates put the figure at over 480 million. In addition to the creation of new rail lines, the...

According to an article in Le Parisien, which obtained access to an internal SNCF document, the railway company is considering "optimising TGV services" on its loss-making routes. This could ultimately result, at worst, in the closure of certain lines, and at best in a reduction in the number of daily trains....

The ASLEF union is behind the call for strike action by train drivers. The strike is due to start on 30 January and run until 5 February. At issue: a pay dispute with the government and British rail companies. The latter will be affected in turn during this period...

Deutsche Bahn had hoped for a last-minute miracle following the announcement of a general train strike from 10 to 12 January by the GDL railway workers' union. DB had twice appealed to the Labour Court (Arbeitsgericht) in Frankfurt to prevent the strike. The court rejected Deutsche Bahn's injunction to...

Since 27 December, a train service operated by LTG Link, the passenger branch of Lietuvos Geležinkeliai (Lithuanian Railways, LTG), has offered a round trip between Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, and Riga, the capital of Latvia. The two cities are 300 km apart. A standard train ticket between...

After an average fare increase of 5% in 2023, SNCF is set to increase its Inoui TGV fares again next year. However, this increase will have to be limited to the rate of inflation, i.e. 2.6%, according to the government's wishes. SNCF Voyageurs is unlikely to be happy with this framework, as it will have to...

The modernisation and renewal of track on the French and Swiss networks will result in changes to services on the France-Switzerland route in 2024. According to the Swiss Federal Railways (SBB) line programme, TGVs running on the Paris-Geneva-Lausanne route will be affected by the work. Benefits for the railways

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...

The modernisation of the train reservation system in Canada will result in a complete suspension of ticket reservation options on the VIA Rail network. VIA Rail Canada's current reservation system will be switched over to a new platform. This means that the system will be shut down between 7.00 p.m. (CET) and...

The opening up of French regional lines to competition has also been on the cards since December 2019, fanning the flames of interest from Transdev (a subsidiary of the Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations), RATP Dev Rail, Régioneo (a joint venture between Getlink and RATP) and Arriva (a subsidiary of DB), all keen to make inroads into the SNCF. In...