TGV inOui

TGV inOui is the brand name of premium TGV train services operated by SNCF since 27 May 2017 on certain high speed rail services.[1] SNCF is in the process of replacing 'classic' TGV services with the premium inOui and low-cost Ouigo brands in preparation for the future opening of France’s high-speed rail infrastructure to competition. The name inOui was chosen because it sounds like the French word inouï meaning “extraordinary” (or more literally, “unheard of”).[2]

TGV inOui
TGV inOui logo on a Euroduplex train at Paris-Montparnasse
Overview
OwnerSNCF
Area servedFrance
Transit typeHigh-speed rail
Websitehttps://www.oui.sncf/tgv-inoui
Operation
Began operation2017
Operator(s)SNCF Voyageurs
Host railroads

History

In 2017, TGV inOui trains were tested on the Paris – Bordeaux – Toulouse line.[3]

The brand was officially presented in September 2018. Its aim is replace current TGV's with "plus de confort, de services et de connectivité" (English: "more comfort and connectivity services"). In December 2018, trains circulated between Lille, Marseille and Nice from Paris, before servicing the rest of the network by 2020.[4]

References
  1. "Nouvelle stratégie commerciale à la SNCF". La Croix (in French). 2017-05-28. ISSN 0242-6056. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  2. "Why we renamed TGV service 'inOui'". The Connexion. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
  3. "La connectivité et les services digitaux au cœur de la nouvelle offre inOui de la SNCF". usine-digitale.fr. Retrieved 2020-05-14.
  4. "Avec Ouigo et Inoui, la SNCF verrouille le marché du TGV". La Tribune (in French). Retrieved 2020-05-14.
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