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The new low-cost TGV high-speed train « Ouigo » is pictured at the Marne-La-Vallee railway station outside Paris on February 19, 2013, during its presentation to the press. France’s state rail firm SNCF opened its online booking service for its new budget train service ‘Ouigo’ on February 19 inspired by the budget airline model. The train will start transporting its first passengers from April 2, with the Ouigo service operating from Marne-la-Vallée near Disneyland Paris, Lyon-Saint-Exupéry airport, Marseilles and Montpellier. AFP PHOTO/JACQUES DEMARTHON