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Where to find help with important admin in France
A website and phone helpline exist to help with all kinds of complex documents and processes
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Bedbugs: French authority warns against banned insecticide
The product is still circulating despite being linked to four recent deaths
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Air France increases flight prices again, by up to €50
For the second month in a row, rising kerosene prices increase flight ticket costs
SNCF prepares to cut TGV costs to beat rivals
SNCF prepares for the opening of the railways to competition in 2021
Running costs on TGV trains are to be reduced by up to 30% and fares cut.
SNCF Voyages head Rachel Picard said more intensive usage would see trains in action 13 hours a day like SNCF’s low-cost Ouigo service rather than the present 7-8 hours.
Increasing trains’ productivity by using them more, running from earlier in the day, and doing maintenance at night would allow it to scrap older TGVs, going from 400 to 300, and help target airline, coach and ride-sharing rivals. Ms Picard said: “Less rolling stock means less investment and lower maintenance cost.”
New timetables would be brought in and she warned that some services and stations would be affected.
