While a strike is scheduled on December 5 against the pension reform, the SNCF wants to allow customers already with a ticket and whose train will not circulate to benefit from "flexibility of access".

TGV tickets inYou, Ouigo and Intercités are closed for sale on the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of December to allow customers who already have a ticket and whose train will not run due to the strike against the pension reform to benefit from "flexible access", said the SNCF Wednesday.

"TGV sales inYes, Ouigo and IC are suspended for the 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th of December." The trains are closed for sale and displayed "complete", to allow customers who already have a ticket for the 5, 6, 7 and 8 December and whose train will not circulate, to benefit from the 'flexibility of access' on a train whose circulation is ensured, without guarantee of a seated place ", one indicated from the same source.

A specific point on the disturbances every day at 5 pm

From 3 December, the SNCF will make every day at 17 hours a specific point on the disturbances of the next two days for TGV trains inYou, Ouigo and Intercités so that customers can organize themselves, it was specified. This information will be available on all channels: the applications The SNCF Assistant and Oui.sncf and sites sncf.com and Oui.sncf, we added. Customers who have communicated their details will be contacted by SMS to inform them of the train's circulation, according to SNCF.

"For TGV travel in France and Intercités from December 5th to 9th, our customers will be able to exchange their train ticket or apply for a refund at no extra charge or extra cost, including for non-exchangeable / non-refundable fares, before departure", specifies the SNCF.

RATP and SNCF unions announced a protracted strike on 5 December, a day of national mobilization against pension reform. They were joined by the inter-union CGT, FO, FSU and Solidaires for an interprofessional strike, then by organizations of Air France, EDF, and lawyers.