France

France, Quick takes

How to not fall foul of SNCF’s luggage rules

SNCF – for all TGV inOui and TER trains – introduced new luggage rules in February 2024, with a transition period up until mid September 2024 for their introduction, although it seems that even at the time of writing (August 2024) some SNCF staff are getting a bit over zealous […]

Analysis, European Union, France, Germany, Italy

Peel back the rhetoric and state railways are naked on Europe-wide ticketing – only EU law is going to fix this mess

For the past few years the state owned railways in Europe – represented in Brussels by Community of European Railways (CER) – have been working on their “Ticketing Roadmap” (yes, don’t laugh, railway companies really have a roadmap). This roadmap is the railways’ response to customer and political demands to […]