2023-09-25 07:36:24
A scourge. These images are enough to worry SNCF passengers. On social networks, Internet users have published photos showing the presence of bedbugs on Ouigo trains. “Even on the TGV there are bedbugs, Ouigo remember to disinfect your trains, thank you,” alerted a passenger on a train heading to Lille with supporting photo. In the photo, we can see what looks like a bedbug crawling around on the armrest of a train.
Directly on the social network, Ouigo thanks the passenger for “this information. I confirm that I have forwarded your report to the department concerned, I wish you a nice day.” Before adding, “we have notified the department concerned. What is necessary will be done quickly. » Last week, another photo was published in a TGV from Gare de l’Est, in Paris. “Could it be bedbugs on your trains, SNCF Voyageurs? “, the traveler then asked herself.
“There have never been any infestations in TGV trains”
Accusation denied by SNCF. “To date, we have not had any confirmed presence of bedbugs on our TGVs in recent months.” The railway company had indicated that it had implemented “very regular” preventive treatment (every 60 days) once morest bedbugs but also cockroaches and fleas. “In the event of a report, intensive treatment is immediately applied, and if necessary the train is “exited from commercial service. »
On the social network “There have never been any infestations on TGV trains. No bedbugs or cockroaches. There may be occasional presences of insects.” Before completing: “Where do they come from? These insects do not live in the trains, they are brought back by travelers, not of their own free will. But thousands of travelers per day lead to more possibilities of bringing insects back in suitcases and shoes. Etc. »
Bedbugs affect 11% of French households regardless of social environment between 2017 and 2022, according to an Ipsos survey carried out in July 2022 for a working group set up by the National Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES). A recent report published by the Health Agency also highlighted the heavy health and economic burden represented by this presence. Indeed, the struggle for French households has reached 1.4 billion euros for the period 2017-2022, or 230 million euros per year on average.
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