The advancement of the curfew to 8:00 p.m. from December 15 does not change anything for people who planned to travel in the evening during the holiday season, SNCF said in a statement Thursday evening.
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"SNCF Voyageurs confirms that all TGV Inoui, Ouigo, Intercités, and international trains scheduled will run normally from December 15 and throughout the holiday season,"
writes SNCF.
"According to government announcements, travelers with a reservation for a long-distance train running after 8:00 p.m. will be able to travel and do not need to change their trip,"
she added.
"Limited possibilities for exemption"
The government announced on Thursday that the curfew planned from December 15 as part of the deconfinement would be brought forward to 8:00 p.m., instead of 9:00 p.m. planned until now.
This curfew will be
"strictly controlled with limited possibilities for derogations",
warned Prime Minister Jean Castex and Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin.
"The improvement of the epidemic"
of coronavirus
"has
stalled
for a week"
in France and
"the game is far from won"
, explained Jean Castex during the weekly government update on the evolution of the epidemic.
