France’s high-speed rail network TGV has been hit by significant disruptions due to “malicious acts,” including arson attacks, just hours before the Paris Olympics opening ceremony, according to…
The “company train” was supposed to offer an alternative to the company car. That’s the view according to Alain Krakovitch, the Managing Director of TGV-Intercités, the fastest trains…
Two months after signing a framework agreement with the SNCF Réseau for the launch of their Ilisto service, French private operator Kevin Speed is gearing up for the…
SNCF Voyageurs showcased the livery of the forthcoming TGV INOUÏ (dubbed TGV M) on 29 April 2024, at Alstom’s Belfort factories. This unveiling marks the final industrial phase…
To mark the occasion, starting from April 17, exactly 100 days before the commencement of the games, Trésor Makunda, a para-athlete with SNCF Voyageurs and an employee of…
SNCF Voyageurs is embarking on a vast programme to modernise its maintenance centres to accommodate the future TGV INOUI, the fifth generation of French high-speed trains. The aim…
The tracks upstream of the French-Italian Fréjus tunnel, between the French Saint-Michel-Valloire and Modane, were completely blocked by a rockslide on 27 August 2023, interrupting rail traffic. Repair…
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…
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…
France is aiming for a new record in summer train ticket sales this summer, according to the SNCF. Last summer, the SNCF had a record-breaking summer in terms…
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…
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…
It has now been almost thirty years since the first section of France’s Northern high-speed line was opened, on 23 May 1996. This line, which runs from Paris…
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”.…
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…