Overview
- Tickets go on sale October 1 for travel from December 14, 2025 to January 7, 2026 on TGV InOui and Intercités, with Ouigo bookable through July 3, 2026.
- SNCF will add up to about 29,000 extra seats per week between November 27 and December 23 toward the Strasbourg and Colmar Christmas markets, including 24,500 on Paris–Strasbourg and 4,500 direct from cities such as Nantes, Rennes, Bordeaux, Marseille, Montpellier and Lyon.
- Ouigo launches a year-round Paris–Hendaye high-speed daily round trip from December 14 via Bordeaux, Dax, Bayonne, Biarritz and Saint-Jean-de-Luz, with entry fares from €19.
- Intercités adds a second daily Nancy–Lyon Perrache round trip, serving Toul, Neufchâteau, Culmont-Chalindrey, Dijon, Chalon-sur-Saône, Mâcon-Ville and Lyon Part-Dieu.
- A new TGV InOui seat and carriage numbering system begins December 14 to speed boarding, and platforms report strong demand with better prices for early buyers as Eurostar, Trenitalia and international TGV routes opened winter sales in mid‑September.