No trains for days between France and Italy after Alps rock slide
No trains will run between France and Italy until at least Wednesday, states the SNCF. This is due to a significant avalanche in the Maurienne valley in the French Alps, near the border with Italy...Read more
SNCF Réseau ramps up Vegetation Control Technology
French railway network operator SNCF Réseau, has enhanced its vegetation management operations in response to unseasonable overgrowth, incorporating a state-of-the-art spider excavator to improve track maintenance. With an allocated budget of between €6 and €7...Read more
First ever weekday closure of the RER B North axis in Paris
On Saturday 12 to Monday 14 August 2023, important modernisation work on the northern axis of the Paris train system RER B will result in a complete halt of traffic in both directions. SNCF Réseau....Read more
SNCF and RATP use massive crane for operation ‘Chagall’
SNCF Reseau and RATP are renewing two bridges in Essonne, in the Île-de-France region. The aim of this 116 million euro project, nicknamed operation ‘Chagall’, which started in 2020, is to improve the performance of...Read more
SNCF and CNR sign the largest wind power PPA in France
SNCF Energie, a subsidiary of SNCF Voyageurs, and Compagnie Nationale du Rhône (CNR) have signed the largest direct purchase contract for wind-generated electricity in France. This announcement comes on the heels of the launch of...Read more
Alstom’s TGV M tested on the French rail network
During the night of 21 to 22 June, dynamic tests began in France with the TGV M, the fifth-generation TGV built by Alstom. The high-speed train is due to enter commercial service with SNCF in...Read more
Summer works on the Île-de-France network in full swing
Starting this month works in the Île-de-France region of France will begin, as part of a 4.2-billion euro infrastructure modernisation campaign for the infrastructure network, including Réseau Express Régional (RER) commuter rail, regional trains, metros,...Read more
May works in Ile-de-France continue on the Eastern and Atlantic axes
After a wave of projects in the Hauts-de-France region, SNCF Réseau is announcing the work planned for May in the Île-De-France region. In 2023, around 2 billion euro worth of work will be carried out...Read more
Famous Parisian hub Gare du Nord will temporarily close in May
SNCF Réseau is taking advantage of the drop in public transport traffic during the holiday weekends in May to carry out operations that will require traffic to be interrupted. This will take place throughout France,...Read more
SNCF Réseau springtime track work in full bloom in Hauts-de-France
May and its public holidays are fast approaching. For SNCF Réseau, this season is an opportunity to carry out modernisation works throughout France. Several worksites are planned on the 2,862 kilometres of rail lines in...Read more
Schedule for next stop for HS1 in wine region Bordeaux is a tight one
High Speed 1 (HS1), also known as the Channel Tunnel Rail Link, remains serious about its long-promised plans to open a new route connecting St. Pancras International Railway Station in London to the Gare de...Read more
Renfe plans to run new trains to France before summer following end of SNCF cooperation
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...Read more
French electricity price for rail will increase 745 percent
SNCF Réseau will increase the electricity prices in France, from 56 euros/MWh in 2021 to 473,51 euros/MWh in 2023, which means an 8.5-fold increase in prices. What are the consequences for rail freight and passengers?Read more