Transports
The SNCF attacks the Spanish rail with Ouigo
SNCF is setting out to conquer Spain with its low cost Ouigo TGVs from March 15 between Madrid and Barcelona. With a promise to offer prices 50% lower than the competition.
Ten thousand tickets sold at 1 euro: the SNCF breaks the prices to mark the launch of its Ouigo in Spain, on March 15. The public company wants to attract as many Spanish travelers as possible and promises an aggressive pricing policy. We will be “50% cheaper on average than Renfe”, the incumbent operator, assured Alain Krakovitch, Managing Director of Voyages SNCF, during a video conference organized on September 22, jointly with the boss of SNCF Spain, Hélène Valenzuela. .
SNCF was planning to launch in December, but has fallen behind due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She attacks the Spanish market with its low cost trains, with 5 daily round trips between Madrid, Barcelona, Zaragoza and Tarragona. That is to say an offer of 30,000 seats per day. The 14 Alstom trainsets used are the Ouigo duplex trainsets, but have a bar, unlike the service in France.
