More than four million reservations have been made for train trips in France over the Christmas holiday period, Minister Delegate for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari said on Sunday.
"
We have more than four million reservations for the train
", declared the minister on LCI, adding that "
it is more than in 2018
".
Last year after the second wave of the Covid-19 epidemic, the SNCF had sold on December 16 3 million TGV and Intercités tickets for the Christmas holidays, out of the 4.5 million it had put in sale.
A very strict protocol in the trains
This year, "
we have put in place a sufficient number of trains, in particular at the SNCF
", assured Jean-Baptiste Djebbari.
He wanted to be reassuring about the sanitary conditions of train travel, noting that a year ago no variant was circulating as contagious as Omicron but that there was no vaccine yet, while close 90% of the population aged over 12 is now vaccinated.
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In addition, France "
has put in place a protocol since May 2020 which is one of the strictest in Europe
" with "
the disinfection of oars, cleaning, wearing of the compulsory mask
" and "
the sanitary pass since August 9th. which makes it possible to provide additional comfort for those who practice the train
”, argued the Minister.
