“We broke the attendance record in the history of the train in France” this summer, welcomes Clément Beaune

2023-09-07 11:20:08

More than 800 additional trains were mobilized this summer, according to the minister. franceinfo

More than 24 million Intercités, TGV and Ouigo train tickets have been sold.

«This summer, we broke the absolute attendance record in the history of the train in France, with more than 24 million tickets Intercity, TGV and Ouigo trains“, rejoiced the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune, who was invited on franceinfo this Thursday morning. Figures confirmed by SNCF that same day. To achieve this, “there was an effort on the number of trains mobilized“, with over “800 main line trains that have been taken out, put into servicethis summer, continued the minister, who explains that “that’s the most we could do“. And above all, it allowedfurther increase the capacity” French trains throughout the summer period of approximately “450,000 to 500,000 places» more than in the summer of 2022.

«There is a train appetite“, he also welcomed, conceding all the same to be well aware”that there are issues of purchasing power, related to ticket prices“. In fact, the “best answer“to this problem”is to always have more places available“. And to justify thegood economic results of the SNCF“, which allow to “buy, and it’s in progress, more trains“, with “new Intercités which are the daily trains» et «new TGVs» and this, in the perspective of «lower prices».

The Minister further explained that the regional trains (TER) had also experienced “a 10% increase in attendance this summer“, just like the night trains “which experienced a very good attendance of +15% this summer, especially with young people». «Good news at a time of ecological transition“, he concluded, recalling that with 24 million tickets sold during the major summer holidays, “we had never seen that in our country“. During the summer of 2022, more than 22 million tickets had already been sold.

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