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French battle low airline fares with budget rail tickets

By Ed Perkins

“If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em.” SNCF, the French railway system, has decided to fight low-fare airlines with low-fare trains. Starting April 2, new budget-priced Ouigo high-speed trains will make three round-trips a day — four on Saturdays — on the high-speed trunk line between Paris and the Mediterranean coast, splitting near Avignon, with one section to Marseille and the other to Montpellier.

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  • Headline: French battle low airline fares with budget rail tickets
  • Publication: Travel, Pages 53 on 03/10/2013
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