SNCF articles Tag

Train Travel: What Luggage to Take on SNCF Trains?

What changed at SNCF in February 2024? For air travel, passengers are already accustomed to checking the weight and size of their suitcases. Until recently, this was not the case for train travel. An informal and little-known rule among travelers stated that "you must be able to carry all your lugg ...

04
Mar
2024

The TGV: 5 Anecdotes About the High-Speed Train

irst TGV! The world's first high-speed line connected Tokyo to Osaka. The first prototype was powered by gas. With this high-speed train project, the SNCF hopes to restore the attendance of its trains, which has been in constant decline during the 1960s. The company is betting on increasing speed to ...

12
Mar
2007

Cancelled or delayed flight or train: what compensation?

My train is delayed on arrival. If you have chosen to travel by train on a TGV Inouï or an Intercités chartered by SNCF and your train shows a delay of 30 minutes or more upon arrival, you can benefit from the 30-minute Guarantee or G30. In practice, you simply need to fill out an online form on ...

17
July
2024

Paris Book Fair: the Paris book fair at Porte de Versailles

ery year, some 2000 authors come to sign their latest book. Many partners are associated with this event, including France Télévision, Radio France, SNCF, Virgin Megastore, as well as the printed Press and the world of publishing. To find out the details of the program, we invite you to visit th ...

22
Mar
2007

The Legion of Honor: History and Characteristics

munities. It has thus been awarded to the French Red Cross (1946), the "Resistance PTT" Network (1946), the Abbey of Notre-Dame-des-Dombes (1948), and the SNCF (1949). Since the overall reform of the French Orders, the Legion of Honor is reserved for "eminent merits" while the National Order of Mer ...

20
Apr
2009

Gradual Retirement: What Changes in 2024?

ficial Journal on April 15, 2023, progressive retirement has been extended to new beneficiaries: - civil servants; - agents of special regimes (EDF, SNCF, RATP, etc.); - liberal professions (doctors, lawyers, architects, notaries, accountants, etc.). Note: permanent public service agents have been ...

09
Jan
2014

French Riviera: 5 good reasons to go to the Lemon Festival in Menton

side of the Biovès gardens. The citrus patterns exhibition and the orchid festival are therefore on two very close and easily accessible sites from the SNCF train station in Menton. If you arrive by train, you will have to walk for only 5 to 10 minutes to get to the gardens and already catch a ...

20
Feb
2023

The Durance by bike: a cycle route along the water.

t is easily accessible by regional trains (TER). To discover the natural and cultural beauties that await you along La Durance by bike, all you have to do is take the train! Several SNCF stations along the railway line from Briançon to Marseille make it easy to reach the V862. One of the most prac ...

09
May
2023

Cheaper holidays: what if you tried green tourism?

o not hesitate to compare companies! If you are planning a stay in Germany, for example, know that Deutsche Bahn offers more advantageous prices than SNCF. On the ecological level, the carbon footprint of a train journey is unbeatable. For a Paris - Barcelona trip, for example, the plane generates ...

12
June
2023