The Italian company Trenitalia, which has been running its high-speed trains between Paris, Lyon, Turin and Milan since December 18, will add a daily Paris-Lyon round trip on April 5 and two more on June 1, in competition with the SNCF TGV.
On this date, the Frecciarossa (Italian high-speed trains) will provide five daily round trips between Paris and Lyon.
By comparison, the SNCF currently provides 22 rotations per day between the two city centers.
Two rotations will continue as today, from Gare de Lyon in Paris, to Chambéry, Modane, Turin and Milan after a stop at Lyon-Part-Dieu, the three additional round trips terminating at Lyon-Perrache after the Part-Dieu service.
And reciprocally.
With these new frequencies, Trenitalia enriches the current rail offer with more than 4,600 additional seats per day.
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Paris-Lyon from €23
The timetables apply until October 3, 2022 on the Paris-Lyon and Paris-Lyon-Milan lines of Trenitalia.
Trenitalia press office
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The hourly range of frequencies, from 6.30 a.m. to 8 p.m., will make it possible to meet the requirements of all schedules and thus to carry out the round trip during the day
", specified the company, adding that the sale of tickets was already open on its website for the Paris-Lyon and Paris-Milan trains this summer.
Trenitalia is the first operator to challenge the SNCF on the high-speed market in France since the opening of free access to this sector to competition in December 2020. The operator offers tickets from €23 between Paris and Lyon in Standard class (equivalent to 2nd class) and from €29 in Business class (equivalent to 1st class).
Prices that necessarily change according to demand and the filling rate of the trains.