INTERVIEW
SNCF promises Monday a return to normal for TGV Ouigo and transiliens, but difficulties persist in TER and Intercités after the mess of the weekend. Direct consequence of the surprise movement at SNCF: the boom of alternative solutions.
"We saw four times more registrations this weekend than during a normal weekend, reports to Europe 1 Frederic Mazzella, the president of BlaBlaCar 80% of our cars on major routes were complete and 90% of our BlaBlaBars were also sold out, "he says.
Last minute reservations
"We saw a lot of last-minute bookings, that's to say, an hour or two away from the start, whereas generally we reserve BlaBlaCar a day or two in advance, but the platform is largely sized. to accommodate an influx of passengers ", explains this manager.
"The prices have remained those of the carpool.There is a good spirit of solidarity in the community, which has 16 million members in France.They proposed their seats without necessarily changing the prices," says Frederic Mazzella. Another strike, scheduled for December 5 by the CGT railway workers to protest the pension reform, could again encourage travelers to turn massively to carpool platforms.