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13.4 billion: this is the investment that the government will be making over the current five-year period, as part of the Mobility Orientation Law (LOM). It's an ambitious programme, and one in which rail will play a key role, as Elisabeth Borne recently explained to the Conseil d'Orientation des Infrastructures (COI). Indeed, the...

Jean Bertin's aerotrain could be reborn. Specialising in aeronautics, the Jacques Vaucanson start-up - named after an 18th-century inventor - is working on a pneumatic train project based on the engineer's concept from the 1970s. Called Spacetrain, this fully automated shuttle is powered by linear induction motors. These...

The 2004 passengers surveyed by OpinionWay at the beginning of January, at the request of the Trainline platform, had this to say: "Managing your day-to-day life means planning ahead". Unsurprisingly, rail transport users are looking for information to help them organise and optimise their journeys. According to the results of this survey, published...

Business travellers were already familiar with V-Pro, the digital toolbox launched almost a year ago by Voyages-sncf.com. Since then, the platform has found its audience by offering a toolbox that centralises most of the needs of mobile professionals, from 1-click booking to expense management. In fact, V-Pro...

The SNCF and AccorHotels are celebrating the 134th anniversary of the Orient Express' first journey between Paris and Constantinople on 4 October 1883 by announcing the relaunch of this legendary brand. The French hotel group will take a 50 % stake in Orient Express, which is currently 100% owned...

Following on from Eurostar and, more recently, Thalys, it is now TGV Lyria's turn to divide its transport offer into three classes. From 12 October, passengers will be able to book tickets for travel from 10 December in either Business 1st, Standard 1st or Standard. In detail, Business...

"We made history two minutes after midnight on the night of 12 May": the statement sent out by the people behind the Hyperloop One project is not exactly half-hearted or humble. The reason for this enthusiasm: a successful test in the Nevada desert, during which the system...

Hyperloop One, Elon Musk's ultra-fast transport project, is taking shape. Those in charge of the project recently unveiled the nine links that could soon be taking shape in Europe. The longest line (1,060 km) would link England, Scotland and Wales. The shortest would stretch 90 km between Estonia and...

Sixteen million passengers have travelled between France and Germany since the creation of the Alleo commercial alliance. Two out of three customers now choose the train between Paris and Stuttgart, thanks to the six daily round trips in 3 hours 08 minutes (including 1 extended to Munich) and one passenger in three between Paris and Frankfurt with 5 round trips...

After making their debut at the end of 2015 on the Paris-London route, Eurostar's new e320 trains will enter service on 28 May on the London-Brussels route. Passengers travelling between the British and Belgian capitals will be able to enjoy the enhanced comfort offered by these trains developed by Siemens and designed by the Italian company Pininfarina....

It's a fact that music softens the mood. It can also enhance a business trip. That's the credo of Eurostar and Sony, who have joined forces in an original initiative called "Sound Menu". This month-long experiment, which starts on 27 April, is part of the entertainment system offered on board Eurostar. It has been designed with...

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...

On 3 February, the Eurostar teams proudly unveiled their new business lounge. A few hours later, it will replace the lounge previously used by European business travellers, thus freeing up space to enlarge the rail company's waiting room. It will be accessible from 4 February to...

"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,...

Business travellers are increasingly favouring the train. This is one of the findings of a study published on 14 November by Concur. The expense claim specialist analysed nearly six million rail transactions over two years, up to the second quarter of 2016. What emerges is that these...

You're joining Trainline at a special time for the company: what's your roadmap? Dick Wissink - It's true that I'm joining at a key time, as CaptainTrain has just rebranded. So we're in the process of bringing our teams and offerings closer together. Trainline already had a BtoB team...

Trainline and Concur have published the results of a study carried out among the business customers of the rail booking platform previously known as CaptainTrain. In particular, the two business travel partners deciphered booking habits according to the gender of the traveller. The resulting infographic confirms the findings of other studies published in the course of the year...

Station or airport? The French have chosen. Unsurprisingly, the majority of French travellers (78%) voted rail as their "preferred place of departure". Stations are ahead of airports (73%) and ferry terminals (60%). This fairly logical result is the fruit of a study carried out by YouGov for Trainline - the French rail transport company...

At the beginning of August, Thai National Railways presented to the public for the first time the future trains that will run before the end of the year on the Bangkok-Chiang Mai line. Between now and September 2017, they will equip the lines to Hat Yai in the south, as well as Nakhon Ratchasima and Ubon Ratchathani in the north-east. Spacious,...