Tag: SNCF
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…
One day before Paris-Berlin, the Paris-Aurillac night line returned
It is once again possible to travel by rail from Paris to Aurillac under the gaze of the Moon. Abolished twenty years ago, the night line has been back since…
Electrocuted migrant dies in freight train fire
The tragedy occurred shortly after 8 p.m. Saturday evening near Calais. Firefighters intervened to put out a fire on a freight wagon which contained paper, reports the daily la Voice…
How the “French train champion” protects herself from competition
To understand the importance of this meeting, you had to look up at the ceiling of the Rennes technicentre. Unaccustomed to welcoming big parties, this SNCF repair workshop displayed a…
A new signaling system, the key to trying to make people prefer the train from Marseille to Ventimiglia
A change to the signaling system to be able to increase the pace. On the rails, between Marseille and Ventimiglia (Italy), where this major railway line on the Mediterranean axis…
“Fare freeze” on Ouigo and Intercités trains for the year 2024, announces Clément Beaune
RATP prices promise to explode but those of the SNCF will be frozen. In any case, this is a promise from the Minister of Transport, who announces the freezing of…
Christmas strike threats definitively buried
By Richard Flurin Published 33 minutes ago, Update 29 minutes ago ” data-script=”https://static.lefigaro.fr/widget-video/short-ttl/video/index.js” > The SUD-Rail union, which alone pleaded for a vast walkout during the end-of-year holidays, finally threw…
The prospect of a Christmas strike recedes
Meeting at an inter-union meeting on Tuesday, the SNCF unions did not validate the idea of a strike at Christmas to put pressure on management on the issue of wages,…
The price of metro tickets will almost double during the summer, a “special package” for tourists
The price of a single Paris metro ticket will almost double during the summer, announced the president of the Ile-de-France transport union IDFM, Valérie Pécresse, who thus wishes to finance…
Brittany: Hit by a train, an 82-year-old man found standing and alive
Firefighters are still struggling to explain what could have happened. This Monday morning around 8:20 a.m., firefighters were nevertheless called by the SNCF for “a personal accident” on a level…