Renfe plans to run new trains to France before summer following end of SNCF cooperation

Renfe high-speed train between France and Spain
Renfe high-speed train between France and Spain trough the Perthus tunnel Renfe / SNCF

Spanish national operator Renfe wants to once again operate trains to France on the routes Madrid-Marseille and Barcelona-Lyon before the summer of 2023, the operator says in response to questions from RailTech.com. After its cooperation with the French SNCF expired in December, Renfe obtained its individual certificate for operations on the two routes in France.

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Author: Esther Geerts

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1 comment op “Renfe plans to run new trains to France before summer following end of SNCF cooperation”

Joachim Falkenhagen|15.01.23|00:56

Also no services between Spain and Switzerland as yet, none from Spain to Germany. Probably RENFE has no adequate trains, neither for night nor daytime services to Germany, but SNCF possibly does.
Adding the direct trains’ traveltime of 8 hours from Frankfurt to Montpellier and 3 1/4 hours from Montpellier to Barcelona would be rather attractive, particularly at night, but not so with detours through Paris (with change between stations) as currently required.

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Renfe plans to run new trains to France before summer following end of SNCF cooperation

Renfe high-speed train between France and Spain
Renfe high-speed train between France and Spain trough the Perthus tunnel Renfe / SNCF

Spanish national operator Renfe wants to once again operate trains to France on the routes Madrid-Marseille and Barcelona-Lyon before the summer of 2023, the operator says in response to questions from RailTech.com. After its cooperation with the French SNCF expired in December, Renfe obtained its individual certificate for operations on the two routes in France.

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Author: Esther Geerts

Former Editor RailTech.com

1 comment op “Renfe plans to run new trains to France before summer following end of SNCF cooperation”

Joachim Falkenhagen|15.01.23|00:56

Also no services between Spain and Switzerland as yet, none from Spain to Germany. Probably RENFE has no adequate trains, neither for night nor daytime services to Germany, but SNCF possibly does.
Adding the direct trains’ traveltime of 8 hours from Frankfurt to Montpellier and 3 1/4 hours from Montpellier to Barcelona would be rather attractive, particularly at night, but not so with detours through Paris (with change between stations) as currently required.

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