Train Accident Disrupts Rail Traffic at Lyon Railway Junction – October 26 Incident Updates

Train Accident Disrupts Rail Traffic at Lyon Railway Junction – October 26 Incident Updates

©PHOTOPQR/LE PROGRES/Maxime JEGAT – Lyon 05/17/2022 – A TER train and passengers on the platforms of the Part Dieu SNCF station seen from the construction site of the tower – To-Lyon in the district of Part Dieu in Lyon. (MaxPPP TagID: maxnewsworldfive713819.jpg) [Photo via MaxPPP] It was almost 7 a.m. Thursday October 26 when a … Read more

MEPs’ Unexpected Detour: Train Bound for Strasbourg Ends up at Disneyland Paris

MEPs’ Unexpected Detour: Train Bound for Strasbourg Ends up at Disneyland Paris

According to SNCF Réseau, this type of incident remains very rare. It has something to make you smile. This Monday, MEPs who had taken their seats on a Brussels-Strasbourg train were surprised to end their trip in Ile-de-France and not in Alsace. Due to a switching error, their TGV headed towards Marne-la-Vallée (Seine-et-Marne), the station … Read more

SNCF Voyageurs Wins Contract to Operate Pays-de-la-Loire TER Network

SNCF Voyageurs Wins Contract to Operate Pays-de-la-Loire TER Network

SNCF Voyageurs, a subsidiary of SNCF, has won a contract worth 100 million euros for the operation of the first batch of the Pays-de-la-Loire TER network. The region has chosen to open up the network to competition in order to increase its rail offer. This is the fourth batch of TER open to competition awarded … Read more

Future Paris-Berlin TGV Line Likely to Bypass Strasbourg, Raises Concerns from Local Elected Officials

Future Paris-Berlin TGV Line Likely to Bypass Strasbourg, Raises Concerns from Local Elected Officials

The future Paris-Berlin TGV line may not pass through Strasbourg, according to Germany’s state-owned operator Deutsche Bahn. The company cited an agreement with the French national railway company SNCF as the reason for the potential change in route. This decision has sparked protests from elected officials in Strasbourg and the neighboring German town of Karlsruhe. … Read more

Hirsch, Pepy, Pénicaud… “Servants of the State” in the lucrative business of private education – Liberation

Hirsch, Pepy, Pénicaud… “Servants of the State” in the lucrative business of private education – Liberation

Investigation Article reserved for subscribers Since the start of the school year in September, Galileo, a lucrative higher education juggernaut, has lined up the hiring of “servants of the State”. A way to establish the legitimacy of the group. Hardly have we on the phone that he plants there. “The boss of Orpea calls me. … Read more

“We hope to make the government back down”

“We hope to make the government back down”

For the first time in almost 12 years, all the French trade union organizations (CGT, CFDT, FO, UNSA, CFE-CGC, Solidaires, FSU, CFTC) will come together to protest against this reform which they consider “unfair” and “cruel”. Many businesses and public services will be idling. But then what do the unions and a majority of French … Read more