> Some of them might be under their low cost branding but that’s still SNCF and a one-way trip is 37€ provided you book it one month in advance. This is exact

> Some of them might be under their low cost branding but that’s still SNCF and a one-way trip is 37€ provided you book it one month in advance. This is exactly their problem: over-the-counter tickets are prohibitively expensive, making them effectively operate like airlines if not worse, and taking all its drawbacks from the customer point of view but none of the advantages. Domestic railways has recently been open to competition, but prices still haven't gone down much enough to match with the low-cost carriers they're competing with.