The SNCF displays the TGV and Intercités whose circulation will be "guaranteed" until Sunday despite the strike of the railway workers against the pension reform, said Tuesday the director general of Voyages SNCF, Rachel Picard.
"No confusion for travelers"
"Today, what customers are telling us is that they need more time to get organized and that they need to be reassured about the trains that are really going to be going around, and especially the weekend, "she told AFP. SNCF has therefore started to display TGVs and Intercités "guaranteed" on the site yes.sncf and on its application for the next days. "We guarantee that they will circulate," said Rachel Picard. These trains are either available for booking or are fully booked when they are. "The others are displayed deleted, and so there is no confusion for travelers," said the manager.
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The SNCF had begun by freezing the reservations of all its TGV and Intercités, to warn the travelers and to redo every day its plans of transport with the non-strikers personnel, "and then to give all the flexibility so that the people can exchange and cancel" their notes, detailed Rachel Picard. "Yesterday (Monday) night, we put on line all these guaranteed trains for Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, and tomorrow (Wednesday) morning, for Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday," she detailed.
A TGV on four
Anyway, you must have a ticket for the train running (and if so have exchanged his ticket in case of cancellation, which is "easy and free" on the application or on the terminals in the station, ensures the company), specified his services. By the end of the week, the SNCF counts on a TGV on four, "a little more than these days". "It's limited, but at least we give visibility," said Rachel Picard, adding that the trains early next week would be posted "before the weekend."
On the other hand, the SNCF still advises travelers to take the suburban trains of Ile-de-France and TER to avoid jostling.