2023-05-18 14:44:08
For some travelers particularly affected by the strikes against the pension reform of recent months at the SNCF, the government is announcing “a gesture of compensation”, said Thursday on France 2 the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune. “It is a very important gesture, an exceptional gesture”, assured the Minister and “it will start on Monday, it will be very simple, automatic or online”.
The reimbursement will be “automatic” for subscribers and will be done online for regular travelers, who will receive an email from SNCF customer service, the ministry told AFP.
Not all people who have seen their trains canceled due to the social movement are concerned, Clément Beaune has indeed stressed that the intercity lines were above all targeted.
“It is for example Paris-Toulouse, Paris-Limoges, Paris-Clermont-Ferrand, Bordeaux-Marseille… Because these are lines which are already in difficulty in normal times with problems of punctuality, regularity”, explains- he. But also because they were particularly affected by the strike: “Sometimes it was 9 out of ten trains that were canceled on certain days, so there will be compensation. »
20,000 people concerned
Only travelers who have frequently used these means of transport will be compensated. The Minister thus includes in this gesture people who have a subscription, who “need these trains for daily life and work”. For them “it’s 50% reimbursement of the subscription for all the months of January, February, March and April. »
The other travelers concerned are those “who do not necessarily have a subscription but who often take this train for family or professional reasons, all people who have made at least five round trips over this period”. They will receive compensation of 100 euros assured Clément Beaune. The operation should concern a total of nearly 20,000 people, the ministry said.
The inter-union announced in early May a new day of “strikes and demonstrations” against the pension reform scheduled for June 6.
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