On Europe 1, Tuesday morning, Jean-Pierre Farandou estimated that there was a "work of conviction" to be done on the low prices of trains at the last minute.
A new pricing could be implemented as early as next summer, with a colossal challenge of simplification.
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"Yes, our TGV will be ready for the holidays", affirms Tuesday on Europe 1 the CEO of the SNCF, Jean-Pierre Farandou, who wants "that the government gives a starting signal at the end of the month", with a "health go "facing the coronavirus, he said.
The leader of the rail group has also confirmed that SNCF wants to lead a revolution in its low price rates at the last minute.
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Tariffs to be urgently reviewed
The presidents of the SNCF all have this ambition: to have clearer and more accessible fares so that the low prices do not seem reserved only for those who buy their ticket several weeks in advance.
But faced with the economic crisis suffered by the company, it is urgent.
The turnover is down by 5 billion euros over the first nine months of the year and after this second confinement, it will be necessary at all costs to make travelers want to return to the trains.
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"I'm a little tired of saying 'SNCF is expensive' because first of all, it is not true," said the president of the SNCF at the microphone of Sonia Mabrouk.
"There are a lot of low prices in our price ranges. There is work of conviction to be done and that is why I asked my 'Travelers' department to work on an evolution of the pricing to make so, for example, that at the last moment, you can still find low prices when you want to buy a train ticket. "
Lower production costs
This new pricing could be ready for next summer.
To achieve this, the SNCF must lower its production costs, which requires, for example, the implementation of predictive maintenance: it is a question of anticipating breakdowns before they have an impact on traffic and immobilize oars too long.
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Above all, it will be necessary to succeed in simplifying a price range which, at present, offers a variation for a Paris-Marseille journey from 16 to 115 euros, as a recent study by UFC-Que Choisir demonstrated.