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There will be no transport restrictions during the curfew
", assured the President of the Republic on Wednesday evening.
In fact, despite the entry into force on Saturday of a curfew at 9 p.m. in Île-de-France and in eight metropolitan areas - Lille, Grenoble, Lyon, Aix-Marseille, Montpellier, Rouen, Toulouse and Saint-Etienne - families will be able to go on All Saints holidays as planned.
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SNCF Voyageurs confirms that the TGV Inoui, Ouigo, Intercités, international trains and regional trains will all run as planned this weekend of October 16, 17 and 18, as well as during all the All Saints holidays
", reassured SNCF Thursday in a press release.
The public company expects 5 million passengers on its mainline trains during the holidays.
A train or plane ticket will be an exemption
During the minimum four weeks of the curfew, no changes are planned - at this stage - in the schedules of trains and planes.
People who travel after 9 p.m. will be able to get to the train station or the airport without any problem.
In fact, train or plane tickets "will be
worth an exemption from the curfew
," Prime Minister Jean Castex said Thursday.
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If you have your sleeper train, for example, or a plane after 9 pm, if you have your ticket, your proof of transport, you can go and take it and it will be worth a dispensation
", he assured.
Tickets will therefore replace the certificate required to leave after 9 p.m.
Travelers can also take a taxi or a VTC to get to or from a station or an airport.
Here too, the ticket will be a waiver.
Same frequency of public transport
The approximately 20 million people living in Île-de-France or in one of the eight metropolises and provided with an exemption (from their company ...) will also be able to continue to take public transport (metro, bus, tram, train ) between 9 p.m. and 6 a.m.
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We are obviously going to keep all transport open because despite the curfew there will be a lot of French people going to work, people who work at night, in staggered hours, even if only the nursing staff
" explained Thursday Valérie Pécresse, president of Île-de-France Mobilités.
Initially, all metro, bus, suburban train and tram lines will continue to run with the same frequency as today.
However, adjustments may be considered depending on their attendance (reduction in the number of trains, closure of stations).
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Depending on the number of visitors, the gauge and the requirements of the curfew, we will assess how we adapt the service
," said Valérie Pécresse.
It will also depend on the success of this curfew, because it will have to be enforced and it will not necessarily be very easy, ”
she admitted.
Although the number of people using public transport in Île-de-France has already decreased, some are worried about an increase in traffic between 8 p.m. and 9 p.m., just before the curfew comes into effect. .
To avoid such congestion and limit the circulation of the virus, Jean Castex invited companies to define "
a minimum number
" of days of telework per week.
As for the public service and the administrations, they will have to set up an organization allowing two to three days of teleworking per week.
