The trains will run "as planned" until Sunday, November 1 for the return of the All Saints holidays, SNCF assured Wednesday evening.
TGV INOUI, OUIGO, Intercités and TER connecting tickets are exchangeable and refundable free of charge until January 4.
The trains will run "as planned" until Sunday, November 1 for the return of the All Saints holidays, SNCF said Wednesday evening, after Emmanuel Macron announced a new period of confinement from midnight Thursday.
"In order to ensure the return of the All Saints holidays in the best conditions for the French in this particular period, SNCF Voyageurs confirms that the TGV INOUI, OUIGO, Intercités, international trains and regional trains will all run as planned this Thursday, October 29, Friday 30, Saturday 31 and Sunday 1 November, "SNCF Voyageurs said in a press release.
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Exchangeable and refundable tickets free of charge until January 4
"All travelers must have their ticket, and wearing a mask continues to be mandatory upon entering the station and throughout the journey," she recalled.
TGV INOUI, OUIGO, Intercités and TER tickets in correspondence are exchangeable and refundable free of charge until January 4, the press release said.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Wednesday evening the return of confinement throughout the national territory "from Friday" and until December 1, at a minimum.
The head of state warned the French in a serious tone that the second wave "will undoubtedly be harder and more deadly than the first" which killed more than 30,000 people in the spring.