Like the sun follows the moon, day follows night, French Rail workers are walking out today on strike. SNCF TGV Réseau at Paris Gare du Nord with a Thayls service on the left (Interestingly, this image was shot during another French rail strike) - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The disruption runs across the SNCF Network from 7pm on Tuesday and end on Thursday … [Read more...]
SNCF to add more seats to TGV Duplex trains
SNCF's is preparing to increase capacity aboard their trains - in particular their Double-Decker High Speed Trains. SNCF TGV EuroDuplex - Image, SNCF (For those of you not in Europe, Rail is actually one of the faster ways of moving around Western Europe - especially the TGV network in France which beats rail in centre-to-centre travel compared to air... so it is rather … [Read more...]
SNCF (French) Rail Strike rolls into a second week
For those of you who are going to and from France and its major transport hubs, you'll have noticed that getting around France on the train has been more vexing than not (as I found on Saturday when I was in Paris). The action caused by CGT and Sud-Rail has caused major interruption to services, impacting the TGV network, TER regional service and RER services within … [Read more...]