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Local France
05-05-2025
- Local France
French rail bosses say trains 'will circulate' during May strike week
Rail unions representing train drivers, conductors and technicians have issued overlapping strike notices for the period from Monday, May 5th to Sunday, May 11th - targeting the holiday weekend around VE Day. They are aiming for maximum disruption and a 'black week' on the railways as negotiations over pay and working conditions have broken down. Latest: What to expect from this week's French rail strikes However SNCF boss Christophe Fanichet said: "We are far from a black week", adding that the high-speed TGV services should run as normal. Detailed strike timetables are produced 48 hours in advance, but SNCF says that the high-speed TGV InOui and Ouigo services will run as normal from Monday to Thursday. It is expected that they will also be normal on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, but more details will be available nearer the time. Fanichet added: "Even though staff can declare themselves on strike just 48 hours in advance, we have the experience to build transport plans taking into account the current level of strike support and projections for the days ahead.' The disruption will be concentrated on local TER services and the Paris region's RER and Transilien trains. Advertisement The regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts-de-France, Normandie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, Occitanie and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur have all reported some level of disruption on local TER trains. In most cases this involves a reduced service, for example half or one third of the normal level of service. The most heavily impacted is the greater Paris region of Île-de-France where 'severe' disruption is expected on Monday on the RER and Transilien services - including RER B which links Paris to its two airports. The Paris Metro, bus and tram services will be unaffected, as their staff are not involved in the dispute.
Local France
11-03-2025
- Business
- Local France
Paris to Marseille from €27: Trenitalia opens summer train ticket sale
Trenitalia, the Italian rail company, opened ticket sales on Tuesday for trips in France during the upcoming summer period, as it seeks to expand its presence on the French rail network. Notably, Trenitalia will begin operating a high-speed Paris-Marseille line from June 15th, with four daily round trips and stops along the way in Lyon, Avignon (TGV) and Aix-en-Provence. One way tickets will begin at €27 for standard seats, while business seats will start at €37. That said, the rail service will have dynamic pricing, as SNCF does with its high-speed TGV services, so ticket costs may change based on train occupancy and availability. The rail company has already been running a route going from Paris to Lyon (and then to Milan) for the last three years, but it is planning to add an additional round-trip service on this route from June 15th. Previously, the Lyon to Milan connection had been closed due to a landslide in the Maurienne Valley in the summer of 2023, but this service is expected to resume from April 1st. You can find ticketing information on the Trenitalia website. Meanwhile, tickets for France's own SNCF high-speed TGV InOui and Intercités trains will go on sale on Wednesday, March 12th for travel during the peak summer holiday period (between July 5th and August 31st). These can be purchased on the SNCF website. Any plans for the future? Trenitalia is also considering "intensifying its efforts on the south-east axis", Fabrice Toledano, the Sales and Marketing Director for Trenitalia told French daily Le Parisien. They hope to optimise the running of current trains before considering other connections, but the train company is reportedly considering extending the Paris-Marseille line to Nice, Genoa and Milan. However, this "will not take place in 2025 (...) We already have a lot of new features, we do not have the ability to extend the service at this stage," Marco Caposciutti, the head of Trenitalia France told Le Parisien. As for new routes in France, the company is 'studying these projects in the long term'.
Local France
07-03-2025
- Local France
French rail tickets to go on sale for peak summer holiday period
Tickets for France's high-speed TGV InOui and Intercités trains will go on sale on Wednesday, March 12th for travel during the peak summer holiday period (between July 5th and August 31st), SNCF announced on its website. Which tickets are going on sale? Budget-friendly tickets with France's Ouigo services will be available for the period of July 5 to December 13th, as well as those for the TGV InOui Sud-Est trains. As for trips on the TGV Lyria and Inoui journeys (to Spain or Italy), you will be able to book trips between July 5th and December 13th. For travel to Luxembourg, Fribourg or Brussels, you will be able to buy tickets up to August 31st. Meanwhile, for Deutsche Bahn Aktiengesellschaft customers, reservations are possible six months in advance. The benefits of buying tickets quickly... According to a study conducted by the ticket sales platform Trainline and reported by Le Parisien, TGV users are better off buying their tickets in the week that sales open to get the best prices, so mark your calendars. The most popular services – between Paris-Nice, Paris-Cannes, or Paris-Marseille – are known to sell out very quickly. You can also set up an alert to find out if tickets to your preferred destination have gone on sale via SNCF-Connect.
Local France
12-02-2025
- Local France
France's SNCF opens ticket office for early summer getaway rush
French train operator SNCF has opened the ticket office for rail trips between May 13th and June 12th – a public holiday-heavy period for France, including the Ascension (May 29th) and Pentecost (June 9th) jours fériés. And, from Thursday February 13th, sales will open for TGV InOui and Intercités running from June 13th to July 4th inclusive. All Ouigo Grande Vitesse destinations can be booked until July 4th, with 'more than 60 destinations accessible from €16'. Meanwhile, European train tickets can be booked according to the following schedule: until July 4th for TGV Inoui to Spain and Italy, June 27th for TGV Lyria, and up to six months in advance for TGV Inoui and ICE to Germany from DB-SNCF Voyageurs. SNCF also announced the return of the seasonal Paris-Perpignan line from March 31st, with 'a daily return service to Lyon Saint-Exupéry, Nîmes, Montpellier, Sète, Agde, Béziers and Narbonne'. And a direct TGV Inoui line between Paris and Milan, which was suspended in August 2023 due to a landslide in the Maurienne valley, will resume on March 31st, with 'three daily return trips serving Paris, Mâcon, Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Modane, Oulx, Turin and Milan,' SNCF announced. When sales opened last year for the spring holidays, more than a million tickets were sold in 24 hours.
