Ăle-de-France MobilitĂ©s has released consolidated punctuality figures for RATP and SNCF rail services in the Ăle-de-France region for November 2023, revealing continued disappointment on certain lines.
104 French high-speed trains will be getting a facelift. SNCF Voyageurs and its rolling stock division are launching the ‘Botox Programme’ to optimise the use and lifespan of their existing…
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…
With five months to go until a new EU law comes into effect that requires all new rail service contracts to be put out to tender, the Nouvelle…
Over 400 kilometres of rail tracks were taken out of service between 2019 and 2021, according to the annual review by the French Transport Regulation Authority (ART) published…
Trains on the Paris-Granville line in Normandy have recently hit a milestone of 3,5 million kilometres covered on B100, a biofuel entirely made from French rapeseed, instead of…
Following Macron’s announcement at the end of November to focus on the creation of the express regional network or âRĂ©seau Express RĂ©gionalâ (RERs) in the 10 largest French…
SNCF RĂ©seau will be deploying five additional so-called Strail Grid installations in France in an ongoing effort to reduce wildlife collisions. The company counted 121 such incidents last…
For the first time in France, the SNCF is set to lose the operation of a TER (Regional Express Train) line. The Provence-Alpes-CĂŽte d’Azur region is expected to…
The first RĂ©giolis trains for French-German cross-border services were presented to elected representatives in Neustadt an der WeinstraĂe (Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany) in June. The French Grand Est region wants…
The liberalisation of the domestic rail market in France is a special case in a country that is very keen to value its historic company. In France, railway…
SNCF Voyageurs has placed an order with Alstom on behalf of four regions for twelve hybrid hydrogen-electric RĂ©giolis trains from the Coradia Polyvalent line. In total, the order…
French infrastructure manager SNCF invests 55.5 million euros for the modernisation of the ‘Ligne des Horlogers’ (Watchmakers line) between Besançon and the Swiss border. From March 1 to…