European Sleeper, the Lowlands’ private night train operator, had planned to launch a new service between Amsterdam and Barcelona in 2025. But due to “significant challenges”, the company…
SNCF Réseau has launched a major consultation phase focused on route planning and the design of the upcoming Rouen Saint-Sever station on the upcoming Paris-Normandy line (LNPN). The…
Valérie Pécresse, President of Île-de-France Mobilités and the Île-de-France Region, Jean Castex, CEO of RATP Group, Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs, and Séverine Lepère, General Manager of…
European Sleeper plans to operate night trains between Amsterdam and Barcelona starting in 2025 but faces opposition from the French rail infrastructure manager. Co-founder Elmer van Buuren revealed…
In a bid to modernise and enhance railway communication systems, Europe is gearing up to usher in the Future Railway Mobile Communication System (FRMCS-5G), slated to replace the…
SNCF Réseau is awarding one of its biggest calls for tenders for work to regenerate the network over the next 7 years. It involves massive track renewal work…
The LGV Sud-Est, Paris and Lyon, and France’s first high-speed line, will be closed for four days from November 9th to 12th, 2024, in preparation for the implementation…
In a massive leap forward for market opening in French rail, the SNCF will no longer be the only option for those wishing to travel at high speed…
The French railway network is 47,000 kilometres long. Until 2020, these tracks were inspected on foot by agents on average every 2 months. Since then, they have been…
To address declining punctuality on the RER B, the second busiest commuter line in the Paris region, a mass transit expert has proposed 14 recommendations. This ‘Ramette’ plan,…
To fund the 300 million euros earmarked for investment in French railway infrastructure by 2027, a new financing contract has been established by the French government, placing the…
The Frejus Railway, the main rail border crossing between Italy and France, has been closed since 27 August after a disastrous landslide. According to Olivier Thevenet, vice president…
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…
SNCF Réseau needs the green light from the French environmental agency before breaking ground on the construction of a 14 billion euro project, extending the high-speed track linking…
Following the dynamic tests conducted in June, tram-train T12 began its test run on September 11th. The T12 trams are now operating under real conditions on the operational…