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SNCF Connect, formerly OUI.sncf until January 25, 2022, [1] is a subsidiary of SNCF selling passes and point-to-point tickets for rail travel around Europe. It has commercial links to major European rail operators including SNCF, Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn, and Thalys, and is made up of four independent companies in distinct geographical areas.
TGV inOui is the brand name of premium TGV train services operated by SNCF since 27 May 2017 on certain high speed rail services. [1] SNCF is in the process of replacing 'classic' TGV services with the premium inOui and low-cost Ouigo brands in preparation for the future opening of France's high-speed rail infrastructure to competition.
Ouigo (French pronunciation:) is a low-cost service range of both conventional and high-speed trains run by SNCF in France, and also to Belgium in cooperation with NMBS/SNCB. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The literal translation of Ouigo from French to English is "yes go"; the name is also a play on words with the English homonym "we go."
SNCF Voyageurs (English: SNCF Travelers) – State-owned enterprise that operates trains in France and Europe, including the flagship TGV inOui service, along with the low cost Ouigo TGV service, Intercités traditional long-distance services, and TER and Transilien regional services;
The SNCF, France's state-owned rail company, operates both a premium service and a budget service . The French national high-speed rail network follows the spoke-and-hub model , centered on Paris. Besides its main operator, the SNCF, it is also used by Eurostar, Thalys, Deutsche Bahn, Trenitalia France, RENFE, and the Swiss Federal Railways.
Ouigo España [1] is an open-access operator of high-speed railway services in Spain. It is a subsidiary of SNCF Voyageurs, the French national railway company, and uses its trademark Ouigo. Ouigo España was set up in 13 December 2018 and was highly structured around SNCF's existing Ouigo domestic services in France.
The state-owned SNCF started working on a high-speed rail network in 1966. It presented the project to President Georges Pompidou in 1974 who approved it. Originally designed as turbotrains to be powered by gas turbines, TGV prototypes evolved into electric trains with the 1973 oil crisis. In 1976 the SNCF ordered 87 high-speed trains from Alstom.
SNCF Voyageurs (French pronunciation: [ɛsɛnseɛf vwajaʒœʁ], "SNCF Travelers") is a state-owned enterprise founded on 1 January 2020, [1] an independent subsidiary of the French National Railway Company (SNCF), in charge of operating passenger trains. [2] Its predecessor is (partially) SNCF Mobilités EPIC which was founded on 1 January 2015.