French rail operator launches budget high-speed line out of Paris


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The additional seats and few frills will be familiar to passengers who spend time of budget airlines, but the speed and ease of high-speed rail will feel like a luxury.

The French national rail operator SNCF is offering a new low-cost long-distance service to passengers, in a bid to compete with budget airlines and cars. Tickets went on sale this week for Ouigo, a train service with numerous similarities to no-frills carries such as Ryanair and easyJet. Trains depart from Marne-la-Vallée to the east of the French capital – almost 20 miles away from central Paris, a scenario reminiscent of th