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New high-speed train service undercuts EasyJet on key Paris route.

Sunday Business (London, England)

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Byline: Ross Tieman

Dec. 12--TOULOUSE, France -- British low-cost carrier EasyJet is ending Paris-Marseilles flights next spring after the French state railway company, Societe Nationale des Chemin de Fer Francais, launched a new high-speed train service priced aggressively against its airline rival.

Last week, a newly-created SNCF subsidiary, iDTGV, began offering one-way fares from Paris to Marseilles for just 19 euros ([pounds sterling]13.20, $25.00) with first class fares of just 39 euros. The trains were an instant sell-out.

Tickets are available only to those who book on line, and from next Thursday ticket pricing will follow the budget ...

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