SNCF cancels trains between Paris and Normandy from the end of March

While the price of the main fuels exceeded two euros per liter on average, the announcement seems "unheard of".

From March 28, around twenty trains will be canceled between Paris and Normandy.

“The number of daily trains will increase from 120 to 100 on all of the Paris-Rouen-Le Havre, Paris-Caen-Cherbourg and Paris-Deauville lines,” specifies

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These are mainly off-peak trains.

However, the region does not refrain from withdrawing from it between Saturday noon and Sunday noon, at less busy hours, to facilitate possible work, notes the local information site Actu.fr.

🚅 Faced with the drop in attendance observed in the @train_nomad, the Normandy Region and the @SNCF are optimizing the transport offer from March 28.

Low price and tourism promotion actions will be carried out in parallel to attract new travellers.

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— Normandy Region (@RegionNormandie) March 10, 2022

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The region specifies on Twitter that ""low price" and tourist promotion actions will be carried out in parallel to attract new travelers".

Not enough to pass the pill to users, even if the other axes (Paris-Granville, intra-Normandy services, interregional services Caen-Le Mans-Tours, Caen-Rennes, Rouen-Amiens) retain a transport offer identical to this that she currently is.

"There were a lot fewer people than expected on the trains"

In a press release, the region justifies this choice by a reduction in business travel: “The health crisis has caused a significant drop in attendance: minus 24% at the end of 2021 and minus 10% estimated for 2022 compared to 2019. To date , trains to and from Paris have an average attendance rate of 46%, well below the equilibrium value of the service (60%).

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It's when the #crates are empty that we decide to want to do "#commercial actions" to bring #travellers back.

It's too late a priori.

Deleted #trains and a disastrous image of the resulting #Norman railway offer.

@Herve_Morin https://t.co/QK0eIQg6Zp

— UserSNCF - #ADURN ParisRouenLeHavre (@UsersSNCF) March 10, 2022

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The Normandy region, however, affirms that "in the event of an increase in attendance observed, new adjustments in the capacity of the trains on the increase could be made".

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