Jean-Pierre Farandou, CEO of SNCF, estimates that “
99% of passengers
” on long-distance trains, subject to the obligation to present a valid health pass, are in the nails.
"
It works, it works
", summarized the CEO of SNCF about the verification of "sesame" during the Grand Jury RTL LCI
Le Figaro
.
Asked about a random device while restaurants, cinemas ... are forced to check it systematically, the boss of the SNCF group replied that the government had set the objective of verifying the health pass on 25% and not 100% of trains in long distance.
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Disinfection of trains, recourse to external recruitments for the verification of passes, the manager estimates that, in total, the additional cost of these external services linked to the Covid should reach around one hundred million euros this year.
"
The SNCF was irreproachable
", judged the boss of the SNCF group.
In passing, he put an end to the controversy that arose after the publication by Mediapart of a report from the Labor Inspectorate on the excessively high level of CO2 on board trains: “
We have been in court and we have won on this subject.
We respect the standards in force.
"
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The control of the health pass represents "several million euros" for the SNCF, declares Jean-Pierre Farandou
Another measure linked to the Covid and the establishment of the health pass, the cancellation and reimbursement free of charge up to three days before departure comes to an end on Monday.
Passengers should now expect to pay 15 euros if their ticket is changed.
Armed police and video surveillance
Asked about the possible revision of
"traffic facilities"
- free tickets - for railway workers and their families, the CEO of SNCF said that this device would be maintained as it is for railway workers who work at SNCF.
“
This represents an annual amount of 400 euros per year per railway worker.
It is not exorbitant.
I don't see why I would question it.
"
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On the other hand, the Minister of Transport, Jean-Baptiste Djebbari, declared that it was perhaps necessary to review these “facilities” for the “
few hundred
” railway workers who would be transferred to another company as part of the opening to competition.
The minister also proposed that armed police officers on trains be granted free access.
"
It will not be free for the Ministry of the Interior,"
said the boss of the SNCF
.
"
It's a trade agreement like the one we have with the Army,
" he said, without wanting to reveal the amount negotiated.
Asked about the merits of video surveillance in trains, Jean-Pierre Farandou judged that it was "
an important element of safety in trains
" and that it had to be generalized in order to have recourse to recordings.
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Loss of the Marseille-Nice line and arrival of Trenitalia
Tackled on the loss of a TER line between Marseille and Nice won by the French Transdev and on the arrival in France of Trenitalia on the TGV, the boss of the SNCF recalled that his "
role is not partisan, c is to defend the entire railway
"
. “SNCF Réseau and SNCF Gares et Connexion serve all operators.
"But the boss of the group also made the patriotic cord vibrate:"
The money earned by the Italian will go to the shareholders of Trenitalia. When you give your euros to the SNCF, they go back into the French rail system.
"
Finally, in the war between the TGV and the plane, the leader pleaded in favor of a reduction of the VAT in favor of the train "
50 times less polluting than the same trip by car and 80 times less than the plane
" .
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