The sanitary protocol on the trains should not change for the holidays.
"We have a device that works well and which is intended to be perpetuated at least all summer," Minister Delegate for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari told the press during a visit to Gare de Lyon (Paris) .
This is why, "for the moment we did not wish to extend the sanitary pass, in particular to the TGV", he indicated.
The minister estimated that the wearing of the mask was "very well respected for more than a year" in the trains, stressing that the trains were subjected to a cleaning and a disinfection "systematic".
“In addition, there have been a lot of efforts that have been made on the early display of platforms in stations to save a little time, to avoid congestion and the effect of queues,” he said. -he adds.
No risk of spread with the mask
Asked about the risks of contamination on board trains, the Minister of Transport cited studies “which all converge on the fact that when the mask is worn properly, public transport and TGV in particular are not places of propagation, especially when compared to other places ”. "There is an air conditioning system which renews the air every nine minutes at most in TGVs," he added.
SNCF Voyageurs CEO Christophe Fanichet said he was optimistic for the summer, even if attendance will not, according to him, reach the levels before the health crisis.
He predicts "10% more travelers compared to last summer" (outside the Paris region), going from 20 to 22 million travelers in July and August.
Nearly a million travelers are expected in stations for the first weekend of July, according to SNCF.
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