{"id":226087,"date":"2026-07-03T11:06:32","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T09:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/?p=226087"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:42:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:42:20","slug":"sncf-connect-german-and-swiss-trains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/sncf-connect-german-and-swiss-trains","title":{"rendered":"SNCF Connect is the commercial operator for German and Swiss trains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While SNCF refuses to sell its competitors' offers on SNCF Connect (see box), the railway company is opening up internationally by allowing travellers to book German and Swiss trains on its platform following agreements reached with Deutsche Bahn and CFF, Swiss Federal Railways. This partnership provides access to over 200 cities in Germany and around a hundred in Switzerland, with destinations served by long-distance ICE trains in Germany and by regional DB trains in Germany and InterRegio and RegioExpress trains in Switzerland. The aim is to make train travel easier for French customers, particularly for cross-border journeys.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"453\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sncf-connect-db-cff.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-226095\" style=\"width:326px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sncf-connect-db-cff.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sncf-connect-db-cff-300x209-derived.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sncf-connect-db-cff-18x12-derived.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/sncf-connect-db-cff-100x70-derived.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>SNCF Connect also sells tickets in 2<sup>nde<\/sup> What about it<sup>era<\/sup> class, SNCF discount cards and season tickets not working on eligible trains, however. On a connecting journey across the France-Germany or France-Switzerland rail networks, the Libert\u00e9 card used by business travellers will thus only apply to SNCF trains: TGV INOUI, Intercit\u00e9s, TER and TGV Lyria under certain conditions\u2026 Likewise, discount cards offered by DB and CFF are not supported on SNCF Connect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-des-tarifs-plus-chers-sur-sncf-connect-compare-au-site-de-la-db\">More expensive fares on SNCF Connect compared to the DB website<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In this way, SNCF Connect facilitates connections between these partner networks, as with this Paris-Dresden journey tested on the platform for travel on 17 July. It includes a Paris-Frankfurt on TGV Inoui and then a Frankfurt-Dresden on ICE, for a total cost starting from \u20ac189.49 in second class and \u20ac214.89 in first.<sup>era<\/sup> non-changeable class and \u20ac408.40 for a changeable ticket. Regularly criticised on this point, SNCF Connect is marketing fares that are still higher for the same journey than those shown by the German company, since this route on the same day is offered on the DB website from \u20ac119.99 in 2nd class and \u20ac133.99 in 1st class for the first departure of the day at 7:16 am. Similarly, the direct Munich-Hamburg ICE departure at 7:17 am on July 17th is marketed at \u20ac85.49 in second class and \u20ac96.89 on SNCF Connect, but at \u20ac79.99 and \u20ac89.99 respectively on int.bahn.de.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-link-block\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voyages-d-affaires.com\/en\/sncf-connect-trenitalia-renfe-sales\/\" data-id=\"221665\">Also to read: SNCF Connect forced to sell Trenitalia and Renfe from 2028<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-varenne-highlight-box\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-sncf-connect-contrainte-de-vendre-les-billets-de-ses-concurrents-d-ici-le-1-er-janvier-2030-nbsp\">SNCF Connect forced to sell competitors' tickets by 1<sup>er<\/sup> January 2030?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Senate last April, an amendment was tabled in the National Assembly on 25 June which sets the 1<sup>er<\/sup> January 2030\u00a0<em>the obligation placed on multimodal digital service providers (MDSP), with SNCF Connect at the forefront, to market transport tickets offered by competing freely organised services (FOS) of SNCF Voyageurs<\/em>\u00a0In practice, SNCF Connect will have to open its platform to rival companies such as Trenitalia and Renfe, or even to future entrants like Velvet if its high-speed trains run on the Atlantic facade by then. If the Senate wanted an entry into force on 1<sup>er<\/sup> January 2028, MPs granted a deadline until 2030 in order to \u201c\u00a0<em>align the national calendar with the work currently being carried out at the European Union level<\/em>\u00a0\u00bb who campaigns for a similar measure to facilitate train travel in Europe as this mode of transport emits 67 times less CO<sub>2<\/sub> compared to by air.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Europe is notably financing a development plan for 10 cross-border lines, including Prague-Copenhagen and Munich-Milan-Rome. SNCF is strongly opposed to the opening of its platform to its competitors on long-distance lines, estimating that this decision would cause it to lose \u20ac320 million over the 2030-2031 period. The battle is currently being fought in Brussels, where the CER, the Community of European Railway and Infrastructure Companies, which brings together railway operators, opposes this project led by the European Commission, arguing that Air France, for example, is not obliged to sell tickets for its competitors like Ryanair or Lufthansa.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/aside>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SNCF Connect is to add 300 German and Swiss destinations thanks to a marketing agreement with Deutsche Bahn and CFF. 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