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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...

By the end of 2025, 33 new-generation ÖBB Nightjets will be on the rails, linking European cities by night at speeds of up to 230 km/h. The first trains are due to enter service from late summer 2023 on the most popular routes between Austria, Germany and Italy. Before reaching...

Train travel across the Channel is set for further major disruption in the near future... A major strike action has been formalised by the ASLEF union, which claims to represent 96% of train drivers in England, Scotland and Wales. The walkout will begin at 0.00am on Thursday 15 September...

High-speed rail is gaining support in Europe as the European Commission seeks to accelerate the development of intelligent, sustainable mobility. The European Commission is aiming to double high-speed rail traffic by 2030 and triple it by 2050. To achieve the 2030 target, it will be necessary to...

In recent days, Fiumicino airport has taken another step towards multimodality, and in the process has taken on a new dimension in the Italian mobility market. Trenitalia has launched three new Frecciarossa connections to the Roman hub. The railway company now links Fuimicino to two Neapolitan stations - Napoli Centrale and...

It's a success that has taken political and economic circles by surprise. In June alone, Germany sold 21 million transport tickets for 9 euros. These were in addition to the 10 million season tickets sold each month on local and regional lines. Fears of trains or transport...

It will have cost CWT no less than 100 million dollars to modernise its travel management platform, myCWT. This major investment has resulted in a number of new features that are particularly eagerly awaited by French business travellers. Starting with the booking of train tickets or hire cars, two fundamental needs...

The Germans are in the starting-blocks: to reduce the country's energy consumption - and in particular its oil consumption - the German government has decided on an exceptional measure. The country is launching a €9 ticket valid for all public transport in the country. It will go on sale on...

It would be a revolution in a country where planes and big saloons are king and queen: a system of high-speed trains linking all the major cities in the United Arab Emirates. While the Middle East Rail 2022 conference is being held in Abu Dhabi, Shadi Malak, CEO of Etihad Rail, the developer and operator of the...

The news was eagerly awaited by everyone, especially business travellers used to long-haul flights: from Monday 16 May, masks will no longer be compulsory for travel. "The constantly improving health situation means that we can lift the requirement to wear a mask on all flights from Monday"...

Following the green light given to the Eurostar/Thalys merger by the European Commission in March, a new stage in this project has just been completed with the merger of the two rail companies within the Eurostar Group holding company, named after the cross-Channel carrier, the brand name that will continue to exist. While Eurostar Group's address is...

Deutsche Bahn (DB) enjoyed a more favourable year in 2021 thanks to the first wave of relaxation of health constraints during the spring and summer. As a result, the railway company recorded double-digit revenue growth, exceeding the level achieved in 2019. DB Group revenues rose by 18.4 1TP3Q...

Brussels-Amsterdam by train? The Thalys high-speed train immediately springs to mind. It currently runs eight times a day between the two cities in 1 hour 52 minutes. In comparison, the NS (Nederlandse Spoorwegen) in cooperation with the Belgian railway company SNCB links the two cities 11 times a day on average. But with a journey time of...

There's a lot of talk about the difficulty of booking a ticket or service on the new SNCF Connect application. But what about other European rail companies? A quick look at the applications used by other rail operators is in order. Each has its own advantages and disadvantages. However, we can see that the simple purchase...

The result comes as no surprise. German tourism has not been spared by the Covid-19 crisis, but the pandemic will still have given it some grounds for satisfaction. Admittedly, the total number of foreign overnight stays fell from almost 90 million to 32.2 million in 2020. In other words, its level...

Anyone travelling by train in Switzerland will be surprised by the incredible punctuality of trains on the Swiss Federal Railways network. SBB trains arrive and depart with the utmost precision, down to the minute. And this is no figment of the imagination. For example, SBB...

How would you assess Trenitalia's first steps in France? Roberto Rinaudo - We have exceeded our launch targets. That's very good news. Trenitalia has been very well received, particularly for the very good value for money of our offer. Our trains are full, with a 98% occupancy rate for the...

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,...

Are you allowed to eat while travelling or not? This is not such a trivial question, following the government's announcement at the end of last week that it would be forbidden to eat food on board trains. Especially on long journeys. Before taking a plane or a train, will we have to hurry up and gobble down some food?