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Paris-Lille by TGV in 1st class: zero service but we’ve seen worse

Absolutely no service between Paris and Lille on this TGV in 1st class, but a certain level of comfort, which in the end is all that matters. So it's off to Gare du Nord for the start of our trip,...

Cheap train tickets? It doesn’t exist, or almost doesn’t

There is one main obstacle to the development of truly low-cost rail services: the very heavy infrastructure requirements of this mode of transport, both in terms of construction and maintenance. Between galloping inflation, erosion of purchasing power and rising...

Trenitalia wants to connect Paris with Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin

Just over a year after its arrival in France on the Paris-Lyon line, Italian operator Trenitalia is planning to link the French capital with other European capitals. Opening up the rail network to competition is taking time, but things are...

Paris-Rouen in TER Nomad, 1st class: really good for a regional train!

The train is still the most convenient way to get to Rouen from Paris, and even though these are regional trains, the product on offer is pleasantly surprising. When it came to organizing my weekend, I didn't have much choice...

Lyon-Paris, SNCF TGV inOui in Business Première: false advertising or deliberate scam?

It's time to go back to Paris after this excellent but too short stay in Lyon. And for once it is almost with joy and in any case with a lot of impatience that I booked a TGV in...

Impromptu weekend in Lyon

At the beginning of autumn, I suddenly felt like spending a weekend in Lyon. A city that I have often only passed through on business trips that I wanted to take the time to get to know a little...

SNCF TGV InOui Atlantique, 1st class, Paris Montparnasse-St Pierre des Corps

At TravelGuys, we like to make you dream. After Bali, Thailand, Seville and Palma de Majorca, we take you to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps. No, on a more serious note, we've decided to visit the chateaux of the Loire Valley to round off...

TGV Lyria Première post-COVID, Geneva-Paris: Simplicity

End of our long weekend in Switzerland with this train back to Paris from Geneva. Here is the itinerary: Boarding We arrive at Geneva-Cornavin station with our rental car, which we drop off at the Hertz parking at the station, located on...

Air France extends “Train + Air” to Bordeaux: all that for this?

Following the ban on domestic flights that can be replaced by a TGV journey of 2.5 hours or less, Air France and SNCF have extended their "Train + Air" product to the Bordeaux-Orly route. About the aircraft ban on short...