New low-cost TGV routes, Irish flights: Eight France travel updates

New low-price Ouigo prepare locations added to community 

New locations can be added to France’s low-price Ouigo rail community from December onwards. 

Tickets for the brand new routes can be in the stores from October 5 with costs ranging between €16 and €19. 

The brand new locations are: 

• Paris – Brest: trains will cease at Saint-Brieuc, Guingamp and Morlaix. This route can be a brand new department of the present Paris-Quimper line, which stops at Rennes, Vannes and Lorient.
• Paris – La Rochelle: this route will solely be accessible on weekends. It will likely be a brand new department on the Paris – Bordeaux route, stopping at St-Pierre-des-Corps, Poitiers, Niort and Surgères. 
• Paris – Perpignan: this can be an extension of the Paris-Montpellier route together with stops at Sète, Agde, Béziers and Narbonne. It will likely be accessible from March 2023.

Air site visitors management strike: 1,000 flights cancelled 

Greater than 1,000 flights have been cancelled in France as we speak (September 16) as the results of an air site visitors controllers’ strike which can final till 06:00 tomorrow. 

Aviation authority the Path générale de l’aviation civile (DGAC) requested airways to chop their schedules in half to assist handle the results of the strike, however nonetheless warned of “extreme” disruption and inspired passengers to postpone their journeys if attainable. 

€1 for regional prepare tickets in Occitanie 

Individuals in Occitanie can journey across the area at €1 per TER prepare ticket on weekends within the month of September, because of a partnership between the native council and SNCF. 

Tickets will be purchased at this value for any vacation spot inside the area, so long as they’re for a TER and the journey is on September 17, 18, 24 or 25. 

Tickets will be purchased on-line, at ticket machines or by way of the Trainline app.

There are additionally 5 TER traces in Occitanie on which tickets are €1 all year long. These are: 

• Nîmes – Le Grau du Roi 
• Carcassonne – Quillan 
• Perpignan – Villefranche-Vernet-les-Bains 
• Marvejols – La-Bastide-St-Laurent-les-Bains
• Béziers – Bédarieux – St-Chély-d’Apcher 

This weekend, folks in Occitanie may use the €1 supply to benefit from the Journées du Patrimoine cultural occasions, which can final till Sunday (September 18).

Paris métro Ligne 4 goes automated 

Some trains on the Ligne 4 of the Paris métro community at the moment are working with no driver because of modernisation works which started in 2016.

The road, which runs down the center of the town, joins the Lignes 1 and 14, that are already operated mechanically. 

RATP chief government Catherine Guillouard has mentioned that the automation of the Ligne 4, which is the second busiest on the community, will enhance its capability by 20% by enabling trains to cease at stations each 85 seconds. 

“We now have [this week] debuted the launch of 4 autonomous trains, earlier than climbing progressively to the automation of all 52 trains by the tip of 2023,” she mentioned.

The automation course of is costing €640million, and €240million is being spent on the trains themselves. 

Neglect firm automobiles: SNCF considers ‘firm prepare’ scheme 

French prepare operator SNCF might quickly start to supply a ‘firm prepare’ service as a substitute for an organization automotive, the director of TGV-Intercités has mentioned. 

Alain Krakovitch has mentioned that this scheme, which might be accessible from 2024, would “reply to the necessity for sustainable improvement, whereas providing benefits similar to that of an organization automotive.”

It could in all probability contain a ‘transport credit score’ scheme enabling staff to take trains and rent automobiles to get them from door to door.

“There are an enormous variety of particular person firm automobiles in France as we speak: 2.8 million,” Mr Krakovitch mentioned. “I discover it fascinating to consider another that we will suggest to firms wishing to have the ability to supply different options which align extra carefully with rising aspirations for a extra eco-friendly sort of journey.

“I believe younger staff can be receptive [to the idea],” he added.

Volotea pilot in Brest-Landivisiau airport mix-up

The pilot of a Volotea flight from Ajaccio to Brest practically landed on the Landivisiau naval air station as an alternative final weekend when he confused the 2 airports.

The airplane started to descend into Landivisiau, which is 25km away from Brest, however the pilot realised his mistake on the final minute and started ascending as soon as once more from 1,300 toes to keep away from what would have been a harmful touchdown. 

The error was in all probability brought on by the truth that the airport and the air station have “the identical alignment”, though maps do warn of the chance of confusion.

In all, the error brought on an 18-minute delay to passengers. 

Local weather activists stage daybreak protest outdoors Bordeaux cruise ship

Individuals sleeping on board a cruise ship docked in Bordeaux had been woken by a gaggle of Extinction Riot activists protesting in opposition to the air pollution brought on by this kind of tourism.

The protesters had been drumming and fanfaring outdoors the Seven Sea Voyager ship for 45 minutes, shouting “Get up! The local weather is altering” and “Cease sinking the local weather” and holding up banners. 

“The common vacationer ship emits as many nice particulates as a million automobiles every day, and the impression of this air pollution can unfold over a whole lot of kilometres,” Extinction Riot claimed.

The protesters mentioned that some passersby joined them, with one saying: “It is a shame! We now have all noticed the ecological emergency in Bordeaux and we discover ourselves in entrance of large ships; it’s mindless!”

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