Tagged With "SNCF"
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Re: France Train Service, SNCF, Expands Low Cost Trains and Buses
It's great news for budget travelers. I took the Ouigo train from to Marseille in 2013 and loved it.
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Re: SNCF: Oooops, we made the trains too big!
I'm astounded at the level of incompetence! Does SNCF order trains without providing manufacturing specifics, like how tall and wide a train should be? Really?
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Re: SNCF: Oooops, we made the trains too big!
I suspect, although without evidence, that since the trains are very close to the previous size, that someone looked, saw a fairly familiar measurement and said, say “2.6 meters…that’s not so different from 2.5…OK!” Puts me in mind of the rocket that missed Mars because one team was measuring in metric units and the other in English… http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9909/30/mars.metric.02/
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France Train Service, SNCF, Expands Low Cost Trains and Buses
Frances train service, SNCF, is expanding its low cost TGV service, Ouigo and tripling it's fleet of coaches called Ouibus. Ouigo was set up in 2013 to run TGV trains from Paris to the south of France, namely the cities of Lyon,...
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Going to France? Summer TGV tix available now
If you're going to France this summer and your plans involve rail travel, you might want to know that TGV tickets for summer dates are available now. Especially since discounts can sell out. Usually SNCF, the French rail carrier, starts selling...
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Obstacles on track for French, German railways?
Germany cautiously raises fares, fearing low-cost competition; France's Senate tells SNCF to fix what it has before building more.
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Paris: Abandoned rail sites get new lives
French rail operator SNCF, after years of keeping unused Paris properties off the market, is working with arts-based groups to create new uses.
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Trouble on the tracks: French rail strike ahead
Four French rail unions, acting together for once, have called a 37-hour strike for next week over pay, staffing and working conditions.
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New French bus rules could mean big business
France's deregulation of long-distance bus service, reported HERE last week, may herald a huge change in France's transportation patterns. Major bus carriers are opening new routes that may not only drive down bus fares but compete with SNCF train routes as well.
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SNCF: Oooops, we made the trains too big!
SNCF, the French rail operator that last year ordered trains too wide for its platforms has now ordered cars too tall for the tunnels that connect the rail systems of France to Italy.
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France Re-Joins Eurail Select Pass
The French national rail operator SNCF, which dropped out of Eurail's "Select Pass" program last year, will be back "in the house" starting April 1st.