After Emmanuel Macron's announcements, the SNCF recorded a peak in reservations on Wednesday evening, but the trains are far from full for the Easter weekend, according to a spokesperson.

These figures represent a 25% increase in sales from Tuesday, but also a 5-fold increase in cancellations, he noted.

The SNCF recorded an influx of reservations Wednesday evening after the announcements of President Emmanuel Macron, but its trains are far from full for the Easter weekend, according to a spokesperson.

In total, "130,000 trips were sold on oui.sncf yesterday (Wednesday) evening following the announcements, of which about half were for this Easter weekend, and 40,000 cancellations were recorded," said the spokesperson for the SNCF Thursday.

Compared to Tuesday, these figures represent a 25% increase in sales, but also a 5-fold increase in cancellations, he noted.

"Only a quarter of TGVs are more than 80% occupied for this weekend," the spokesperson remarked.

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"No particular price inflation"

The oui.sncf booking site was difficult to access on Wednesday evening shortly after President Emmanuel Macron's allocation, "due to very heavy demand".

If travel will be restricted beyond 10 km, Emmanuel Macron said that for the Easter weekend, the French "who wish to change region to go isolate themselves will be able to do so during this Easter weekend".

This tolerance "ends Monday evening", then specified the Ministry of the Interior.

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The head of state also announced on Wednesday new restrictions for the entire metropolitan territory, and the closure of nurseries, schools, colleges and high schools for three to four weeks, including one to two weeks of distance learning and two weeks of vacation unified across the country

The SNCF indicated that the trains would run as planned during the Easter weekend, until Monday inclusive, a reduction in traffic being expected next week for the main lines.

"Ticket prices remain capped at the levels usually seen for a weekend, so that there is no particular price inflation," the company said.