{"id":217375,"date":"2026-02-20T10:25:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=217375"},"modified":"2026-02-20T11:27:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T10:27:42","slug":"sncf-50-ans-duree-vie-tgv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/sncf-50-ans-duree-vie-tgv","title":{"rendered":"SNCF extends the lifespan of its TGVs to 50 years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite having clocked up 13.8 million kilometres, the 377-seater TGV No. 4718, which entered service on 3 March 1995, is looking very good in the Landy technicentre in Saint-Denis. Over a period of 7 weeks, it has undergone a \u20ac2.5 million facelift as part of the SNCF's project to extend the operation of 104 TGV trainsets from 2 to 15 years. In the next few days, it will be able to resume services from Brussels to Strasbourg, Marseille and Montpellier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\u00a0It's an industrial and ecological world first, designed to keep high-speed trains running for up to 50 years.<\/em>said Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs. Called O2D for Op\u00e9ration d'Obsolescence D\u00e9programm\u00e9e (Operation for Deprogrammed Obsolescence), this project was launched in 2023 by the company when it realised that Alstom's delivery of new TGV M<\/a> was about to see its schedule derailed.<\/p>\n

Initially announced for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the first 4 TGV 5th<\/sup> The new generation will not start running until next summer, followed by 8 in September and 13 in December. \"\u00a0In order to maintain our high level of service despite the delay to the TGV M, we have suspended all write-offs of trainsets that could still run on the network, made our TGVs run more efficiently thanks to optimised maintenance, increased the capacity of our TGVs by 50 seats during their mid-life refurbishment and developed Ouigo, our ultra-capacity low-cost service.<\/em>\u00a0\"he adds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n