Velvet licensed to book paths for 2028 SNCF challenge

Head of a Velvet Avelia Horizon at Alstom’s factory, ahead of the operator’s planned 2028 launch on the Paris Atlantic corridor. Photo: Alstom.

FRANCE: Velvet has its railway undertaking licence and can now request paths from SNCF Réseau for services from Paris to the west in 2028. The independent operator still needs a single safety certificate before it can run a train.

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