2023-06-25 15:54:31
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“It will be something extremely simple and extremely powerful,” promised the Minister Delegate for Transport.
Guest of the “Grand Jury RTL-Le Figaro-LCI” this Sunday, the Minister Delegate for Transport Clément Beaune recalled the various financial boosts that have recently been decided to help the French go on vacation, in particular for those who would pay in holiday vouchers at tolls. Above all, he announceda number of tariff measures” in destination to “all usersand not only young people who would like to take the train this summer. “Everyone has the right to vacation“, launched the minister.
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Measures soon to be revealed
«In the coming days, I will announce a number of price reduction measures, particularly for the summer, on Intercités trains“, he thus launched. Measurements “which will target all users” because'”we have the right to vacation, even when we are over 25” according to him. There is therefore no question of distinguishing within a family “those who are young and those who are not so young». «It will be something extremely simple and extremely powerful“, he promised all the same, without saying more. “You have to go for an attractive pass on all daily trains, Intercités or TER».
«It’s a good measure to have a simple and readable offer of cheaper tickets (…) but we can’t do the free train because investment is a priority“, explained Clément Beaune, questioned about the proposal of the deputy of Nupes François Rufin who pleads among other things for train tickets sold at 10 euros this summer. “The paradox is when you look at the price of daily trains, we are cheaper than in Germany“, defended the minister, recognizing all the same the merits of the “very simple product» – «a card at 49 euros for the equivalent TER and Intercités– launched across the Rhine.
Asked the day before by Brut about the possibility of creating an unlimited train ticket in France as it exists in Germany, Clément Beaune had also replied “be working on it». «Yes, we are working on it“, he had advanced, adding that it was necessary “bring together the regions and the State” to achieve this. A work that, according to him, goestake a few more months“, knowing that “the Germans took a little over a year to do it».
A boost to tolls
In addition, the Minister recalled that the five million French people who benefit from holiday vouchers would be able to use them, if they wish, to pay less for their tolls. Insofar as Vinci Autoroutes, the APRR and Sanef responded to the government’s call and agreed to make summer discounts for motorists, ranging from 20% to 50% for subscribers to the Liber-T electronic toll system. Only constraint: you must first deposit the holiday vouchers on the subscriber account, before the motorway company abounds in turn.
«Much more help than last year“, according to the minister, who defended this measure”far from being anecdotal». «Last year, I asked in July for a 10% discount, but it fell a little late compared to vacation departures. So this year, I asked earlier for a measure at least as important so that it happens from the first weekend of departure on vacation».
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