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SNCF: no fare increase on main lines in 2022

2021-11-22T08:34:14.600Z


"In 2020 and 2021, we have not increased our prices, I would even say that we have lowered them," said the CEO of SNCF Voyageurs.


The prices of train tickets on main lines will not increase in 2022, the CEO of SNCF Voyageurs announced on Monday.

"

In 2022, we will not increase the price of train tickets on the main SNCF lines

," said Christophe Fanichet, interviewed on franceinfo television.

On the TER, "

it is the regions that set the prices,

" he recalled.

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"

In 2020 and 2021, we have not increased our prices, I would even say that we have lowered them,

" he said.

The year 2021 was marked by the desire of the railway company to simplify its price range, often criticized as opaque, with in particular the merger of loyalty cards into one.

The "success" of the advantage card

Christophe Fanichet considered that this new Advantage card was a “

huge success.

We sell 8,000 a day, twice as much as last year at the same time.

Today there are already three million French people who have it in their pocket

”.

This annual card at 49 euros allows you to obtain capped rates "

until the last minute

", provided that there are still places.

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Christophe Fanichet also welcomed the fact that the French have already been 2.3 million to have "

planned their train ticket

" for the Christmas holidays.

"

This is 15% more than in 2019

", before the health crisis, he noted.

Source: lefigaro

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