Le Train
Le Train is a French railway company. Founded in 2020, the company aims to operate the first private high-speed rail service in France. In December 2022, Le Train received its operating license, and in 2023 signed a €300m contract with Spanish train manufacturer Talgo to deliver 10 Avril single-deck high-speed trains. It expects to commence services in December 2025. History In late April 2021, Le Train announced plans to run open-access TGV services by the end of 2022 using 10 TGV trains. The company did not specify where the TGV rolling stock would be sourced from, and whilst SNCF was at the time withdrawing TGV Atlantique trains and had plans to withdraw TGV Réseau trains as well as several TGV Sud Est trains in storage awaiting scrappage, it was reported that SNCF had never sold TGV rolling stock on the second-hand market and had a preference for scrapping withdrawn trains. Services were planned to run from Arcachon to La Rochelle, with trains utilising the high-speed line between Bordeaux and Poltiers (the LGV Sud Europe Atlantique), and intermediate stops at Bordeaux, Angoulême, and Poitiers. Weekend services would extend to Nantes and Rennes. Upon failing to secure second-hand TGV rolling stock, a