Ouigo - Jon Worth

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Ouigo

A collection of 4 posts

Don't be distracted by ÖBB's shiny night train to Brussels - the problems of EU-wide rail run far deeper

Hey journalists! I'm glad to see you're writing about trains! ÖBB running its first NightJet to Brussels seems to have got you into a particular frenzy. It's amazing what a bit of red carpet at Gare du Midi, and Martin Selmayr on board, can

How a little openness and transparency would change EU-wide rail

On Wednesday 15 January 2020, just under 2 months from now, I want to make a rail trip from Bruges in Belgium to Aix-en-Provence in France. What do I need to plan such a trip? The times of the trains, and an ability to book tickets. Shouldn't be

Thalys IZY: market segmentation is not the same as competition

So Thalys - whose rail service always strikes me as the worst combination of anglo-saxon economics and Belgian service - has a new wheeze. A new, lower cost, but slower train between Paris and Brussels, branded IZY (Easy - geddit?) It's like Thalys's version of OUIGO,

Not always the cheapest train in France, and a sneaky 50 cent Belgian charge

A couple of weeks ago Seat61 had the splash that booking cross-border France-Spain TGVs would cost you more on French language websites than anywhere else (Seat61's news page here - you have to scroll down as he has no link to individual stories). After a bit of a