A report into the condition and usage of almost 9,000km of France’s railways painted a bleak picture about the prospects of the country’s rural lines, highlighting high running costs and extremely low ...

New closures and suspensions around the country could leave entire regions completely isolated. Every day, France’s world-famous Trains à Grande Vitesse (TGV) run up and down the country connecting ...

In some rural areas of France, cows are no longer watching the trains go by. Once well served, these areas are now suffering from the loss of steam on some of the smaller railway lines. The French ...