Early this morning France state-owned railway company SNCF announced that they had been "the victim of several acts of malevolence" overnight. Fires were started along several high-speed lines causing ...

France’s high-speed train lines were targeted by multiple “malicious” acts including arson on Friday, in what has been described as “an attack on France” and “coordinated sabotage” to disrupt travel ...

France's rail operators face embarrassment after a mixup led to trains being ordered that can't fit through some stations Media reports say operator RFF took measurements from newer stations, ...

French railway operator SNCF has ordered that 2,000 new trains that are mistakenly too wide for many of the country’s regional platforms, at a cost of €15bn. The ...

The SNCF's meeting with union leaders follows Tuesday's strike by train drivers, called as part of a protest to speed up a deal over bonus payments for working through the Olympic period. The SNCF is ...

Avelia Horizon very high-speed train. Credit: Alstom Design & Styling. The board of directors of SNCF Mobilités has approved a contract worth €2.7bn for 100 next–generation Avelia Horizon trains from ...

Pepy announced that the budget for security on SNCF trains will increase by 50 percent to around €400 million. More metal detector gates will be placed on platforms but the stand-out measure is the ...

French state-controlled railway operator SNCF will be forced to modify more than a thousand stations after it was revealed that the 1,860 new trains it ordered at a cost of €15 billion ($20.5 billion) ...

Railways defined the first industrial revolution – now technology is at the heart of train networks’ modernisation in the 21st century. In a recent blog post, Forrester principal analyst Dan Bieler ...

As more and more people swap planes for trains, here's what you need to know about using the French rail network. The French train system, almost exclusively operated by state-owned company SNCF, is ...

France’s national railway operator aims to have autonomous high-speed TGV trains running by 2023, according to a report from FranceInfo. The train operator, known by the French acronym SNCF, will ...