We try out SNCF's new app for French train tickets and traffic updates
SNCF Connect combines Oui.sncf’s reservation platform with Assistant SNCF’s traffic information

French national rail service SNCF has launched a new smartphone app which aims to combine all the different elements of train travel in a bid to simplify the system for passengers.
SNCF Connect has been created to streamline the previously fragmentary nature of planning a train journey in France, enabling passengers to book and manage local, long-distance and some international journeys.
Until now, passengers have had to book tickets through the website/app Oui.sncf, although they have also had the option to reserve some routes through the Assistant SNCF app, which is mainly dedicated to traffic updates.
The Oui.sncf platform will now gradually become unavailable as it is replaced by SNCF Connect. The Assistant SNCF app is still working and no details have been given of whether this will remain.
SNCF Connect enables customers to:
- Search for routes with details on stops and connections
- Buy tickets for TGV Inoui, Ouigo, Intercités, TER, Thalys, Eurostar, TGV Lyria and Ile-de-France services
- Buy ticket for Flixbus coaches and BlaBlaCar
- Hire a car with Avis
- Reserve a taxi or car-share
- Combine various different types of ticket – train and coach for example – for one journey
- Read updates on network traffic, disruptions and delays
- Manage journeys by making exchanges, requesting refunds, claiming back fares or cancelling tickets
- Browse and buy season tickets or advantage cards
There are also plans for passengers to be able to hire electric scooters and bikes and pay for bus tickets using the app as well at a later stage.