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60,000 free train tickets between France and Germany offered this Monday to 18-27 year-olds

Younger visitors to Germany will be able to do so free of charge this summer, thanks to the 60th anniversary of the Élysée Treaty, which reconciled France and Germany after the war. 60,000 tickets are up for grabs this Monday, June 12, 2023!

SNCF: 10,000 Avantage Jeune cards for €1 and vouchers on offer this Monday

Are you under 28 and often take the train across France? This Monday, June 12, 2023, Avantage Jeune cards will be €1, and a competition organized by the SNCF could give you the chance to win vouchers!

SNCF: the CGT calls for a strike on May 31

The CGT Cheminots intends to make itself heard. While a national round table on the question of wages is to be held at the SNCF on Wednesday, May 31, 2023, the CGT Cheminots is calling for a strike on that same day in order to "obtain significant general wage increases".

Festival Vapeur: take a ride on exceptional old locomotives in Seine-et-Marne

Come and admire the most beautiful locomotives coming exceptionally from all over France for the Festival Vapeur, in Longueville, from May 6th to 8th 2023. On the program, trips in these historical trains and the presentation of exceptional pieces.

Strike at the SNCF this Thursday, April 20: here are the traffic forecasts in the RER and Transilien

New day of strike against the pension reform this Thursday, April 20, 2023. So, what can we expect in public transport in Ile-de-France? We discover the traffic forecasts in the RER and on the Transilien network.

RER C: reopening of the Saint-Michel Notre-Dame station this Monday after 8 months of work

Good news for RER C users, the Saint-Michel Notre-Dame station in Paris will finally reopen this Monday, April 17, 2023. The modernization works, had finally been delayed and lasted 8 months, instead of 4!

Transport: traffic disrupted on lines C, N and U until the end of service this Friday

Good luck if you are a user of lines C, N and U to get back home this Friday evening... Due to an important external breakdown at SNCF, the traffic is totally interrupted all day, until the end of the service on the RER and Transilien lines concerned.

Summer vacations: SNCF train tickets on sale from 8 March 2023

Perhaps the summer vacations seem far, far away at the beginning of March 2023. However, it might be time to think about your favorite destination for the 2023 summer vacations since the SNCF is putting a large part of the tickets on sale, starting this Wednesday, March 8, 2023.

The RER E, finally extended to Nanterre-La Folie in 2024

The extension of the RER E to the west should connect the Saint-Lazare station to the Nanterre-La Folie station by 2024. To reach Mantes-la-Jolie, however, it will be necessary to wait until 2025.

Europe: a direct train between Paris and Berlin planned for December 2023

Direct daytime train between Paris and Berlin will be on the rails in December 2023, as announced by SNCF and Deutsche Bahn to the AFP. An alternative to air travels and another reason to visit the German capital city or the French one if you have not already!

Paris transport: why don't the metro and RER run in the same direction?

If you regularly use Parisian public transport, you've probably already noticed that the metro and RER don't run in the same direction. But do you know why?

Orient-Express, the iconic luxury train will soon travel between Paris and Vienna again

To travel from Paris to Vienna, you will be soon able to enjoy an incredible train adventure thanks to Accor group’s project willing to revive the mythical Orient-Express by 2024.

SNCF unveils the TGV of the future to celebrate its 40th anniversary

For 40 years, the French can take the TGV. On the occasion of this anniversary, the SNCF unveiled on Friday in great pomp the "TGV M", a new high-speed train, on the rails by 2024.

Covid: facemask-wearing compulsory in transport “for at least the entire summer”

Facemask-wearing stays compulsory in transport “for at least the entire summer”, despite the health pass extended to long-haul transit, Minister for Transports Jean-Baptiste Djebbari claims.

Night trains in Europe: a Paris-Vienna trip in December 2021, and a Paris-Berlin in 2023

Feel like traveling by night from one big European city to another big European city? Supported by four countries on the Old Continent including France, this project will return from December 2021 with a trip from Paris to Vienna. Then will follow trips from Paris to Berlin, and from Zurich to Rome.

Coronavirus: testing centers set up in front of railway stations in Paris

In order to allow French people to get tested more massively, the SNCF announces coronavirus testing centers will be set up in front of railway stations in the biggest cities in France including Paris, Bordeaux, Marseille and Rennes. Keep reading to find out more.

RATP Strike in Paris on September 17, 2020, impact on the metro and RER

The RATP (Autonomous Operator of Parisian Transportation) has given a strike notice for Thursday September 17, 2020. The CGT-RATP urges "employees and officers" to "build mobilizations and fights to not let it go" and expect Parisian strikers at the Place de la République for a major demonstration. The RATP claims there will be no impact on the network. Yet, several stations are closed on the route of the demonstration. Here they are.

Coronavirus: Air France cancels flights for lack of travelers

Like train network SNCF, Air France must cancel flights this summer for lack of travelers.

Coronavirus: Social distancing rules soon made softer in public transportation?

Minister for Ecological Transition Elisabeth Borne said social distancing rules in public transportations will be made softer starting from June 2 to enable “more flux at peak hours”. Another goal: increasing the number of seats in TGV and enabling French people to go on summer holidays.

Deconfinement: compulsory access vouchers aboard some TER trains in five regions in France

Digital vouchers to download for free to get aboard a TER train in Normandy, Occitanie and even in Hauts-de-France? This is what the SNCF announced in order to limit the number of travelers in regional trains, starting from May 11th.