Heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic - at least 2 billion euros - the SNCF sees the end of the tunnel. "100% of the supply" of trains will be offered on the rail network by "mid-June", announced Sunday May 31 the Secretary of State for Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.

"We remove the restriction of one seat out of two" neutralized in the TGV, which had been imposed on the SNCF in order to respect the rules of distancing, also said the secretary of state, asking the public operator to " control your rates "during the summer.

This restriction, while no such constraint was imposed by plane, made the SNCF cringe, especially with regard to TGV, the only trains on which it usually makes profits.

The transport company needs an occupancy rate of at least 60% - up to 80% in Ouigo - so as not to lose money.

Employer certification remains mandatory in the metro during rush hour

"What we anticipate is that we will probably have 100% of the supply and 50% of the attendance in mid-June," said the secretary of state. "We will continue to have very important health measures" in public transport, including the obligation to wear the mask, he said.

Regarding Île-de-France, a region which remains in the "orange" zone, standardization will be a little more gradual.

The employer certificate to take transport during rush hour will remain mandatory "at least until June 22", so for any trip between 6:30 am and 9:30 am, then between 4 pm and 7 pm, said Jean- Baptiste Djebbari.

Regarding accessibility to the metro, "we have 62 closed metro stations, it will certainly be a little less" soon, said the secretary of state without giving a precise figure.

With AFP

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