SNCF Connect
travel and holiday companies of France
SNCF Connect, formerly OUI.sncf until January 25, 2022, is a subsidiary of SNCF selling passes and point-to-point tickets for rail travel around Europe. It has commercial links to major European rail operators including SNCF, Eurostar, Deutsche Bahn, and Thalys, and is made up of four independent companies in distinct geographical areas. In 2003, it was the largest French electronic commerce website in volume. One quarter of French SNCF tickets are sold by this website.
In 2013 it expanded throughout Europe with 14 websites in six languages under the Voyages-sncf.com brand, incorporating the former Rail Europe Limited, Rail Europe Continental and TGV Europe. In December 2017 it was rebranded Oui.sncf.
In January 2022, the president of SNCF Voyageurs, Christophe Fanichet announced the merger of the OUI.sncf sales platform and the SNCF Assistant, which provides information on the state of traffic, through the creation of a new site and a new mobile application: SNCF Connect.
History
Voyages-sncf.com was founded as an internet travel agency website in France in June 2000. In July 2017, it purchased the business of Loco2. In December 2017, Voyages-sncf.com was rebranded as Oui.sncf.
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