Europe 1 with AFP 11:20 am, November 22, 2021
Christophe Fanichet, CEO of SNCF Voyageurs, said on Monday that there would be no increase in ticket prices on main lines in 2022. The company also prides itself on having simplified its price range, in particular with the merger of all loyalty cards into one.
This is good news for the purchasing power of the French.
The prices of train tickets on main lines will not increase in 2022, the CEO of SNCF Voyageurs announced on Monday.
"In 2022, we will not increase the price of train tickets on the main SNCF lines," he told franceinfo.
On the TER, "it is the regions that set the prices," said Christophe Fanichet.
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A simplification of the price range
"In 2020 and 2021, we have not increased our prices, I would even say that we have lowered them," he said. The year 2021 was marked by the desire of the railway company to simplify its price range, often criticized as opaque, with in particular the merger of loyalty cards into one. The CEO of SNCF Voyageurs estimated that this new Avantage card was a "huge success. We sell 8,000 a day, twice as many as last year at the same time. There are already three million French people today who have it in their pocket ".
This annual card at 49 euros allows you to obtain capped rates "until the last minute", provided that there are still places.
Mr. Fanichet also welcomed the fact that the French have already been 2.3 million to have "planned their train ticket" for the Christmas holidays.
"It is 15% more than in 2019", before the health crisis, he noted.