Train type France
The different train types and categories in France. From local trains to high-speed-trains.
AVE Elipsos Spain - France / AVE Elipsos
Renfe Operadora (RENFE)
The AVE "Elipsos" are international high speed trains operating between France and Spain via the Perpignan - Figueres high speed line. Services a...
Eurocity Thello / THELLO
Thello (THELLO)
Thello operates daytime express trains from Marseille via Nice to Milan. Trains consist of comfortable refurbished carriages as used on "Frecciab...
Eurostar / EST
Eurostar International (EST)
The Eurostar high speed trains connect London with Paris and Brussels through the Channel Tunnel, providing the fastest connections from the UK t...
EuskoTren / EUSKO
EuskoTren (ET)
Flixbus / FLIX
Flixbus (FLIX)
Hellö / HÖ
Österreichische Bundesbahnen (ÖBB)
Long distance buses operated by Austrian Railways ÖBB. The Hellö brand has been sold to Flixbus; most lines are now operated as Flixbus servi...
ICE Alleo Germany - France / ICE Alleo
Deutsche Bahn (DB)
Alleo is the brand name for international high-speed trains between between France and Germany running at up to 320 km/h. For these services, bot...
idTGV / idTGV
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
idTGV services have been withdrawn and replaced by Ouigo trains in 2017. idTGV is a low-cost offer of SNCF. Usually they are coupled to a regu...
inOui / INOUI
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
inOui is the new brand for French high speed trains operated by SNCF which are now known as TGV. The first trains will operate from July 2017 on...
Intercités / IC
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
Intercités are long distance trains in France running on the conventional lines (unlike TGV trains who also run on high speed lines) throughout t...
Intercités - Ex-Téoz / IC
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
The "Intercités ex Teoz" train are express trains running on a number of main lines in France where no high-speed lines yet exist. They connect l...
Intercités de Nuit / ICN
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
SNCF Intercités de Nuit offer three different kinds of accomodation: Reclining seats (2nd class), 6-bed couchettes (2nd class) and 4-bed couchett...
Ouigo / Ouigo
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
Ouigo is a low-cost service of SNCF. Operated by specially designed TGV trains, services do not call at central Paris stations but instead only c...
Regio / R
Transports de Martigny et Régions (TMR)
TER Bus / TERB
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
TER regional bus connection operated by SNCF as a substitute for passenger train routes.
TGV Alleo France - Germany / TGV Alleo
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
Alleo is the brand name for international high-speed trains between between France and Germany running at up to 320 km/h. For these services, bot...
TGV Elipsos France - Spain / TGV Elipsos
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
The TGV "Elipsos" are international high speed trains operating between France and Spain via the Perpignan - Figueres high speed line. Services a...
TGV France - Belgium / TGV
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
The french high speed train TGV operates on a number of routes from France to Brussels. It connects for instance Montpellier, Marseille, Nice, Bo...
TGV France - Italy / TGV
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
The TGV France - Italy (formerly known as "Artesia") are high speed trains operating between Paris and Milan via the Mont Cenis route, offering f...
TGV France - Luxembourg / TGV
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
The french high speed train TGV connects Luxembourg with Paris as well as with Strasbourg, Lyon and the south of France. The trains operate wi...
TGV Lyria France - Switzerland / Lyria
Lyria (LYRIA)
TGV Lyria services are international high speed trains connecting France with Switzerland. Both single and double deck units are in use, all of t...
THALYS / THY
Thalys (THALYS)
Thalys is a high speed train operating from Paris to Brussels and onwards to either Amsterdam or Cologne. On the main route from Paris to Brussel...
Train à Grande Vitesse / TGV
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
The french high speed train TGV operates on many routes all across France. It connects Paris with very many of the important cities of the countr...
Transport Express Régional / TER
Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français (SNCF)
TER are regional trains operating all over France. They run on secondary lines, connecting small villages with the main lines and larger cities a...