Topic: Le Train

Bordeaux saint-jean train station (Shutterstock)

New funding for LE TRAIN

France’s first private high-speed rail company to offer inter- and intra-regional services, LE TRAIN, announced today that it has finalised a new financing round worth 8 million euros and is preparing to start its service.Read more

03-07-2023|Comment|author: Emma Dailey

Four French entrepreneurs want to operate trains differently

AnalysisLaunching your own trains in France is not easy, yet four entrepreneurs are trying to put private trains on the rails where the SNCF has abandoned services. They all have a different business model and...Read more

24-01-2023|Comment|author: Frédéric de Kemmeter

France seems to welcome competition on the rails, yet new services keep getting postponed

AnalysisOnly one competitor to the state-owned railways SNCF currently runs trains on the French network. This is Italy’s Trenitalia, which has been running on the Paris-Lyon-Milan axis since 2020. Although there are quite some plans...Read more

31-10-2022|Comment|author: Esther Geerts