The railway start-up Kevin Speed announced on Thursday February 29 the signing of a framework agreement with SNCF Réseau to run low-cost trains between Paris, Lille, Lyon and Strasbourg, from 2028. Kevin Speed ordered 20 high-speed trains to the manufacturer Alstom, all of which should be delivered by 2028, the start date of marketing of their offers, with tests scheduled to begin in 2026.
“The more we travel, the less we pay,”
asserted the president of the start-up, Laurent Fourtune, promising an offer with a price reduction as the customer purchases tickets.
“With the attack prices that we have planned, our trains will be full
,” he added.
The main offer called
“Illisto”
starts at three euros per 100 km off-peak for trains to Strasbourg and Lille, and from five euros per 100 km off-peak for those leaving for Lyon.
Sixteen daily passages
Kevin Speed promises 16 daily passages, every hour, from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., in both directions:
for the northern line at the Lille Flandres, TGV Haute-Picardie, Paris Gare du Nord stations;
for the eastern line: Strasbourg-Lorraine TGV, Meuse TGV1, Champagne-Ardenne TGV, Paris Gare de l'Est;
and for the central line: Lyon Part-Dieu, Macon-Loché TGV, Le Creusot-Montceau-Montchanin TGV, Paris Gare de Lyon.
Kevin Speed estimates the necessary investments at one billion euros, for the 20 trainsets, future workshops and training of train drivers, according to Laurent Fourtune, who hopes to complete the fundraising by this summer.