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High-speed rail is one of France’s crowning achievements, even when it’s under attack

Australia has spent four decades and $150 million studying the feasibility of high-speed rail without building a centimetre of it. Over the same period, France has rolled out 2600km of track serving 200 stations.

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Across France for £1.35 per day: A new deal for young rail travellers

Train Talk: Summer promotion emulates Germany’s post-pandemic transport offer – but with an age limit

The Independent UK

Trial of deadly 2015 high speed train crash opens in Paris

The French national rail operator, SNCF, along with two of its subsidiaries and three rail workers are due to appear at the Paris criminal court at the start of a two month trial for their role in the accident involving a high speed TGV train on a test run in…

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A last blast of summer sun: seaside holidays in France, Spain, Italy and Croatia

With the kids back at school, the crowds have gone, prices are lower and there’s still plenty of sun for late-season breaks in southern Europe

The Guardian - UK

Delays to French trains and flights increased sharply last year

2022 was one of the worst years of the past decade for train and air travel in France, an official evaluation has found, with more trains and planes delayed than in any year since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Radio France Internationale

Le Mans: Where to eat, drink, shop, and stay in the motorsport capital of France

With its movie-inspiring medieval architecture, vibrant street art and verdant parks, there’s more to Le Mans than its motorsports legacy, says Zoe Smith

The Independent UK

France-Belgium train traffic interrupted, affecting Eurostar, Thalys services

High-speed train traffic between France and Belgium was interrupted on Monday, affecting Eurostar, TGV and Thalys, after a train touched an overhead wire used to provide current, Belgian rail management company Infrabel told Reuters.

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Macron stands firm on pension bill as protests escalate

French President Emmanuel Macron drew an angry response from unions and opposition parties on Wednesday when he said he would press on with plans to raise the pension age, rejecting calls for a U-turn in response to growing public anger.

Reuters

Man detained on French high-speed TGV after attack threat

A man was arrested after threatening to commit an attack while travelling on a high-speed TGV train in eastern France on Friday.

Reuters

Why we need a high speed three rail network reaching Wales

As HS2 is considered an England and Wales project Wales is losing out on a Barnett consequential of billions

Birmingham Post

Busy Paris rail station shut after arsonists wreck cables

Paris (AFP) - A busy railway hub in Paris suffered a near-total traffic shutdown Tuesday after unidentified vandals triggered a crippling signal malfunction by setting cables on fire in a mysterious arson attack.

AFP

Cable sabotage paralyses busy Paris rail station

Paris (AFP) - A busy railway hub in Paris suffered a near-total traffic shutdown on Tuesday after vandals triggered a crippling signal malfunction by setting cables on fire.

AFP

Cable sabotage cuts all traffic from busy Paris station

Paris (AFP) - One of the busiest train stations in Paris suffered a total traffic shutdown on Tuesday after vandals triggered a major signal malfunction by setting cables on fire.

AFP

French rail strike called off for New Year’s weekend

Train controllers have agreed not to strike over the upcoming New Year’s holiday weekend after reaching a deal with management. Their strike this weekend has created chaotic conditions for hundreds of thousands of people who are travelling for the Christmas holiday.

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Rail route of the month: the slow train from France to Spain

Our slow travel expert dodges the high-speed TGV and takes a regional train from Avignon bound for Portbou, just over the Spanish border

Daily Mirror

New high-speed train will make travelling between cities in Europe even easier

Rail passengers will be able to get from Berlin to Paris and back much more easily once a new direct high-speed rail service is launched on TGVs by SNCF from next year

The Conversation

New research suggests modern humans lived in Europe 10,000 years earlier than previously thought, in Neanderthal territories

Perched about 325 feet (100 meters) up the slopes of the Prealps in southern France, a humble rock shelter looks out over the Rhône River Valley. It’s a strategic point on the landscape, as here the Rhône flows through a narrows between two mountain ranges. For millennia, inhabitants of the…

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