TGV inOui

{{Short description|Brand name of premium TGV train services}}

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| image2 = TGV inoui gare Montparnasse.jpg

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| operator = SNCF Voyageurs

| began_operation = {{Start date and age|2017}}

| website = https://www.oui.sncf/tgv-inoui

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| transit_type = High-speed rail

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| area served = France

| owner = SNCF

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| caption2 = TGV inOui logo on a Euroduplex train at Paris-Montparnasse

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TGV inOui is the brand name of premium TGV train services operated by SNCF since 27 May 2017 on certain high speed rail services.{{Cite news|date=2017-05-28|title=Nouvelle stratégie commerciale à la SNCF|language=fr-FR|work=La Croix|url=https://www.la-croix.com/Economie/France/Nouvelle-strategie-commerciale-SNCF-2017-05-28-1200850744|access-date=2020-05-14|issn=0242-6056|archive-date=2020-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200614083437/https://www.la-croix.com/Economie/France/Nouvelle-strategie-commerciale-SNCF-2017-05-28-1200850744|url-status=live}} SNCF is in the process of replacing 'classic' TGV services with the premium inOui and low-cost Ouigo brands in preparation for the future opening of France's high-speed rail infrastructure to competition. The name 'inOui' was adopted partly because it resembles the French word inouï meaning “extraordinary” (or literally, “unheard of”).{{Cite web|title=Why we renamed TGV service 'inOui'|url=https://www.connexionfrance.com/People/Interviews/Why-we-renamed-TGV-service-inOui|website=The Connexion|access-date=2020-05-28|archive-date=2021-02-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205093513/https://www.connexionfrance.com/People/Interviews/Why-we-renamed-TGV-service-inOui|url-status=dead}}

History

In 2017, TGV inOui trains were tested on the ParisBordeauxToulouse line.{{Cite web|title=La connectivité et les services digitaux au cœur de la nouvelle offre inOui de la SNCF|url=https://www.usine-digitale.fr/article/la-connectivite-et-les-services-digitaux-au-c-ur-de-la-nouvelle-offre-inoui-de-la-sncf.N545698|website=usine-digitale.fr|access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=2020-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201000910/https://www.usine-digitale.fr/article/la-connectivite-et-les-services-digitaux-au-c-ur-de-la-nouvelle-offre-inoui-de-la-sncf.N545698|url-status=live}}

The brand was officially presented in September 2018. Its aim is to replace existing TGV services with "plus de confort, de services et de connectivité" (English: "more comfort, services and connectivity"). In December 2018, trains operated between Lille, Marseille and Nice from Paris and operated on the rest of the network from 2020.{{Cite web|title=Avec Ouigo et Inoui, la SNCF verrouille le marché du TGV|url=https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/services/transport-logistique/avec-ouigo-et-inoui-la-sncf-verrouille-le-marche-du-tgv-791172.html|website=La Tribune|language=fr|access-date=2020-05-14|archive-date=2019-12-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215094701/https://www.latribune.fr/entreprises-finance/services/transport-logistique/avec-ouigo-et-inoui-la-sncf-verrouille-le-marche-du-tgv-791172.html|url-status=live}}

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