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Travel News

High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts

The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.

13/12/2024

Travel News

Amsterdam to Barcelona sleeper train delayed for a year - here’s why

European Sleeper’s CEO says the company is hopeful for the future of the route, despite the setbacks.

13/09/2024

Travel News

France announces discounted train fares throughout September

Want to explore France by train this September? Look out for these cheap ticket sales.

03/09/2024

Europe News

Multiple fibre optic networks vandalised across France

Installations belonging to Free, SFR and Bouygues were sabotaged during the night. No one has claimed responsibility.

29/07/2024

Europe News

Technicians repair fire damage after arson incidents on French railway

The fires, reported before dawn on Friday, paralysed train travel into Paris for around 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

27/07/2024

Travel News

France train cancellations: Routes affected and how to get a refund

Passengers have been asked not to go to train stations unless they know their train is still running.

26/07/2024

Europe News

Arson attacks halt trains across France ahead of Olympics opening

France’s state-owned rail company SNCF says a 'massive attack' aimed at paralysing the high-speed network is causing delays and cancellations.

26/07/2024

Business

SNCF in talks with drivers to keep trains on track for Paris Olympics

The SNCF's meeting with union leaders follows Tuesday's strike by train drivers, called as part of a protest to speed up a deal over bonus payments for working through the Olympic period.

21/05/2024

Health news

French railway to introduce telemedicine booths in 300 stations

Ten million people pass through the train stations every day, and 90 per cent of the population lives within 10 km of a station.

17/11/2023

Destinations

New French night trains launching in time for ski season

Escape to the French coast this winter with these new night trains.

04/10/2023

Travel News

Bedbug sightings: Is it safe to travel on French trains?

Are French trains infested with bedbugs? Passengers share videos of insects and bites.

29/09/2023

Green News

French train operator fined after pet cat killed by train

An animal rights group took SNCF to court following the tragic incident in Paris.

05/07/2023

Travel News

Spanish transport chiefs resign over trains too big for tunnels

Two officials have now resigned over the matter: Renfe head Isaías Táboas and secretary of state for transport Isabel Pardo de Vera.

21/02/2023

Travel News

Watch TGV test its new low carbon trains in the Czech countryside

TGV's new, greener trains are set to launch in France in 2024.

13/02/2023

Europe Decoded

Which European countries have the strictest anti-strike laws?

French Transport Minister Clement Beaune said the government is interested in implementing the "Italian style" strike system. But what does that mean?

31/01/2023

World News

Strikes over pay disrupt Christmas travel in the UK and France

Air travellers faced possible delays at UK airports as government employees who check passports went on strike in the latest of a spate of walkouts over pay amid a cost-of-living crisis.

23/12/2022

France

Do train strikes happen during Christmas every year in France?

Until now, the SNCF had only experienced two major strikes during the Christmas holidays, in 1986 and in 2019.

23/12/2022

World News

More than half of France’s TGV trains cancelled because of strike

Workers for France’s SNCF trains are on strike, demanding better pay and working conditions.

03/12/2022

France

French rail operator SNCF fined over fatal 2013 train crash near Paris

The state-owned company was found criminally responsible for the accident, the deadliest in France since 1988.

26/10/2022

Experiences

Take a look inside a sleeper train made from refurbished old carriages

With train travel rising in popularity due to climate concerns, SNCF has taken things one step further by transforming their old carriages destined for the junkyard into new sleeper trains.

12/07/2022