Tag: SNCF
Is the SNCF Paris – Clermont-Ferrand line really the worst in France?
No more water, no more electricity or heating and a journey that lasts eleven hours instead of three. Last weekend, the 700 passengers on the train which linked Paris to…
Christophe Béchu summons the CEO of the SNCF after the breakdown on the Paris-Clermont
The Minister of Ecological Transition Christophe Béchu announced this Tuesday that he had summoned the CEO of the SNCF Jean-Pierre Farandou after the breakdown of a locomotive on the Paris-Clermont,…
Air pollution in the metro in Paris, “what scares me the most is that it’s invisible”
Pollution in public transport is nothing new. But a new study, published this Monday, carried out by Ile-de-France Mobilités with Airparif, relaunches the debate in Paris. This reveals the three…
A 14-year-old girl killed by a train near Montauban
A 14-year-old girl was killed by a train on Friday evening near Montauban while she was crossing the tracks via a passage provided for this purpose, the prosecutor said on…
Paris-Clermont broken down, ten hours late in extreme cold
Nearly 700 passengers on the Paris-Clermont-Ferrand train arrived at their destination on Saturday morning after a delay of almost ten hours following a locomotive breakdown which blocked their train on…
TGV and Ouigo still crowded in 2023… SNCF victim of its success?
“We are indeed in the golden age of the train”… The SNCF has recorded new attendance records in 2023 but is facing a lack of trains to meet the explosion…
Why TER prices could take a big hit in 2024
“Fed up with the rail financing system in the country,” says Christophe Coulon, vice-president of transport for the Hauts-de-France region. Like him, it was his counterparts from the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté,…
Hit by a train, a pedestrian found in swamps
The Loire-Atlantique firefighters intervened on the evening of January 1, 2024 to try to find the lifeless body of a pedestrian, mowed down by a train traveling on the LGV…
Gironde: TER traffic severely disrupted after an accident between a train and a motorcyclist south of Bordeaux
TER traffic has been disrupted in Gironde since Monday morning, particularly on the Bordeaux-Langon line. This has been interrupted since 9 a.m., after a train hit a person between Beautiran…
For the Christmas holidays, the SNCF has 4 million reservations and no strikes
As the Christmas holidays approach, there is no question of being peaceful in an empty TGV carriage. The CEO of SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou said on France Info this Tuesday that…