2023-06-25 18:37:04
“It will be extremely simple and extremely powerful,” promised Clément Beaune. The Minister of Transport, questioned this Sunday during the “Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-LCI”, promised the implementation of discounts “for all users” this summer on Intercity trains, without giving further details either the device or the Rising.
“In the coming days, I will announce a number of pricing measures, reductions in particular on Intercity trains which are directly under my ministry, they will be for all users”, noted Clément Beaune. The minister, however, did not specify how this would happen for customers who have already paid for their ticket, as sales are already open for trains in circulation until November 8.
????????️ Summer holidays: “We are going to announce price reductions on Intercity trains, which will target all users. We must go on an attractive pass on all daily trains”, announces Clément Beaune (@CBeaune) In #LeGrandJury. pic.twitter.com/z8VHzIxuY2
— Le Grand Jury (@LeGrandJury) June 25, 2023
SNCF’s Intercités trains, which are not high-speed, serve routes such as Paris-Limoges, Paris-Clermont-Ferrand or Bordeaux-Marseille. They carry “12 million passengers” every year, according to the minister. Five billion euros investments have been announced to renovate the rolling stock of these lines, recalled Clément Beaune.
Towards the establishment of a “cheap single ticket”
In addition, “I think that we must move towards a pass that is attractive on all daily trains, Intercités and TERs”, he added, while Germany has recently allowed access unlimited on buses, metros, local and regional trains throughout the country for 49 euros per month.
The minister welcomed the efforts already made by certain regions, such as Occitania which launched “the 1 euro train” for young people, and Paca which set up a “package at 90 euros for unlimited train for students all year “.
“We must sit around the table with the regions which are already making great efforts, the State which can also do so, to define in the coming months a simple pass, a cheap single ticket”, he judged. . Last February, Clément Beaune had already expressed his desire to achieve a “single ticket” within two years, with an experiment from the end of the year.
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