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Intercités (IC), known before September 2009 as ''Corail Intercités'', is a brand name used by
Official website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Intercites SNCF brands Train-related introductions in 2006
Intercités (IC), known before September 2009 as ''Corail Intercités'', is a brand name used by France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
's national railway company, the SNCF
The Société nationale des chemins de fer français (, , SNCF ) is France's national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company. Founded in 1938, it operates the Rail transport in France, country's national rail traffic along with th ...
, to denote non high-speed services on the classic rail network in France.
The SNCF established the Intercités brand in January 2006 to capture the remaining, mainly medium distance network of Corail trains, so called because they use the air-conditioned fleet of Corail coaches introduced by the SNCF from 1975. Intercités covers all the important SNCF routes not served by the TGV network.
Since December 2011, the former Téoz (long distance trains with obligatory reservation) and Intercités de nuit (overnight sleeper train) brands have been re-integrated and the Intercités brand now covers all non high-speed SNCF national network passenger services. In October 2012, the new social-democrat French Government
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announced increased funding for Intercités services, as part of a new transport strategy.
Network
The Intercités network consists of the following lines as of January 2022:Day trains
Night trains
As of January 2022, the Intercités de Nuit network consists of the following lines: *Paris - Gap - Briançon *Paris - Marseille - Nice *Paris - Rodez - Albi *Paris - Pamiers - Latour-de-Carol *Paris - Narbonne - Portbou *Paris - Tarbes - Hendaye *Paris - ToulouseSee also
*Rail transport in France
Rail transport in France is marked by a clear predominance of passenger traffic, driven in particular by high-speed rail. The SNCF, the national State-owned enterprise, state-owned railway company, operates most of the passenger and freight ser ...
* Train categories in Europe
In Rail transport in Europe, Europe, railway companies assign trains to different categories or train types depending on their role, i.e. based on the used rolling stock, their speed (high-speed rail, high-speed, higher-speed rail, higher-speed, ...
References
External links
Official website
(in French) {{DEFAULTSORT:Intercites SNCF brands Train-related introductions in 2006