Seasonal routes to take advantage of this summer
Nectarines, peaches, blueberries, and certain fleeting train services… These are some of the seasonal goods to take advantage of this summer. SNCF, Deutsche Bahn, ÖBB, SBB, Thalys, NS, and Renfe are some of the operators...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
SNCF Renouvelables: SNCF launches solar energy production subsidiary
On Thursday, the French national railways announced the launch of ‘SNCF Renouvelables,’ its solar energy production subsidiary. The division will oversee the creation of solar power stations across the country on land owned by SNCF....Read more
SNCF fined for the death of passenger’s cat
SNCF has been fined 2.000 euros by a French police tribunal, for unintentionally endangering the life of an animal. The trial took place after a pet cat was killed by a departing TGV at Montparnasse...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
Conclusive tests for the first French hybrid Régiolis trainset in Toulouse
The last testing phase in the project to turn a diesel-electric Régiolis train into a battery-electric diesel hybrid in France, initiated in 2018 by SNCF and Alstom, was recently concluded. Earlier this week, the train...Read more
Renfe given green light for French branch, ticket sale about to start
Spanish operator Renfe has completed the registration of its branch in Lyon in the French commercial register. The company can start commercial activity imminently, and ticket sale for the first services Barcelona – Lyon and...Read more
IDF Mobilités tests the Parisian T12 tram-train
Dynamic testing of the T12 tram-train has begun along the entire line south of Paris. The 20.4-kilometre route will connect Massy to Évry-Courcouronnes in 39 minutes, passing through 13 municipalities in the Essonne department. Following...Read more
OTIV rolls out solution for shunting operations with SNCF’s Rail Logistics Europe
Belgian provider of autonomous technology for rail OTIV earlier this month began the deployment of its OTIV.ONE solution for shunting operations with the SNCF Group’s Rail Logistics Europe (RLE) division. The camera-based sensor suite gives...Read more
Taxing motorways to finance rail infrastructure? SNCF CEO says yes
To finance the 100-billion-euro plan announced last month by French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne, SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou insists that “all accessible sources of funding must be used”. He even proposes taxing motorways and airports...Read more
Modernisation of SNCF’s Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Technicentre advances
Last week, Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) and Transilien SNCF Voyageurs signed a 590-million euro financing agreement for the renovation of the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges (TMV) Maintenance Technicentre in the Val-de-Marne. The intention is to make it the most...Read more
SNCF beats competition in novel French rail tender
SNCF Voyageurs has won the Hauts-de-France region’s (HDF) tender for the operation of passenger trains. The process marked the first open tender in the region. They will operate passenger trains on the tracks around Amiens....Read more