Good trains. Sensible company. Thoughtful offer. I wish them well! And some international trains - to Genova and Madrid - are being considered, as well as operation of 16 carriage trains to Lyon
Also none of this OUIGO “democratiser le train” bullshit the French are doing. Different travel classes in the same train, even with some adaption according to need. A standardised fleet of trains designed to be interoperable from the start. Choice of routes based on what’s possible & makes sense
This is sensible. It's not radical or innovative or super clever. It's doing the basics well and solving problems
And also remarkable, in that it stands in contrast to what many others are doing.
@jon The initial premise of OUIGO was not totally incorrect though, I personally know some people who take OUIGO regularly thanks to its ticket prices and would never have taken trains otherwise (modal shift is good!).
But what was wrong was when SNCF broke its promises and started replacing existing TGV services by OUIGO, breaking the network effect in many places. At least the EU directive forces them to guarantee connections now...
@corentin You only needed OUIGO because the number of cheap tickets on TGVs 2nd class was very limited. My problem is not cheap tickets, my problem is a cheap and crappy only train run by the same company as the non crappy train. A student and a business person who wants a massive seat can both be in the same train Paris-Lyon, and it is more efficient if they are.
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