French rail firm SNCF considers joining up Eurostar and Thalys services

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Fri, 27 Sep 2019 - 10:44 GMT

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Fri, 27 Sep 2019 - 10:44 GMT

FILE PHOTO: An Eurostar high-speed train speeds on the LGV Nord rail track outside Seclin, France, March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

FILE PHOTO: An Eurostar high-speed train speeds on the LGV Nord rail track outside Seclin, France, March 29, 2019. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol

PARIS (Reuters) - France’s state-owned SNCF rail organization said on Friday it was considering joining up the Eurostar and Thalys rail services to provide stronger competition to airlines.

The project, dubbed “Green Speed”, aims to increase the number of passengers per year on the combined service to 30 million by 2030, compared with 18.5 million currently.

The SNCF has majority stakes in both Eurostar and Thalys, which run rail services between Britain and France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany.

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