The SNCF will cut in half from Friday the circulation of its TGV and Intercités, to 7% of the usual offer, and will suspend its low cost service Ouigo, she said Wednesday, in accordance with government announcements. "The reduction in the number of trains allows us to continue to provide essential travel for travelers with legitimate reasons for traveling, while fighting the spread of the virus," the company said in a statement.
SNCF has indicated that it will post the mainline trains scheduled to run during the weekend (Friday to Sunday) at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday. It is for the Secretary of State for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, who had announced this new reduction in traffic Tuesday evening, to "reduce the supply of passenger transport, (…) maintain it at a level allowing continuity services essential to the life of the Nation, and (…) to do so under the best possible sanitary conditions ”.
Attention: filtering at the station
The number of passengers is limited on board, to leave enough space between people. The reduction in mainline traffic to 7% - or 40 TGV per day - is "a floor figure, corresponding to the essential needs of long-distance travel of the population", he explained to Le Monde . Jean-Baptiste Djebbari and the SNCF warn that the police will filter travelers in the station to prevent potential travelers from going on weekends or going to confine themselves in the provinces.
"Only passengers with a ticket, their derogatory travel certificate and proof of travel will be able to board", detailed the public company. The canceled tickets will all be reimbursed free of charge, according to SNCF.
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