Overview
- TGV Inoui, OUIGO Grande Vitesse and TGV Lyria tickets are now on sale for travel from July 4 to December 12 via SNCF Connect, with Intercités available on a shorter window to September 16.
- By 10:00 on opening day, SNCF Connect reported more than 640,000 tickets sold, a 4% rise on last year, with strongest interest around July 4, the July 14 holiday period and the late‑July crossover weekend.
- SNCF is adding 200,000 extra TGV seats toward Marseille and Nice and 60,000 between Paris and Annecy, with weekend reinforcements on routes including Paris–Strasbourg and additional summer service toward La Rochelle, Quimper and Perpignan.
- OUIGO launches a new Paris‑Austerlitz–Bordeaux service on weekends from April 4, reinstates the seasonal Paris–Perpignan line from March 30, and summer night trains between Paris and Cerbère will run daily with new stops at Port‑La‑Nouvelle, Leucate‑La‑Franqui and Rivesaltes.
- Fares remain dynamic and rules differ by brand, with Inoui and Intercités generally refundable or modifiable and OUIGO more restrictive, while competition intensifies with Trenitalia bookings open since March 4 on key France routes.