Will the crossover of Julyists and Augustians take place in all Parisian stations next summer?
Not sure.
For the moment, the SNCF is not able to sell tickets for departure or arrival from three Parisian stations on July 26, the day of the opening ceremony.
The SNCF is thus blocking the sales of train tickets departing from or arriving at the Paris-Gare de Lyon, Paris-Bercy and Austerlitz stations on this date, even though it is a Friday of one of the biggest weekends of hunting. summer crossroads, due to uncertainties over access to stations.
Austerlitz and Bercy, from where the Intercités depart towards Clermont-Ferrand, Limoges or Toulouse and the night trains, but also the Gare de Lyon, the largest station in France for main lines, are in fact located in the red zone of the perimeters security, that is to say where motorized access will be prohibited.
It can be accessed on foot or by public transport, but here too, certain stations located on the banks of the Seine will be closed for security reasons, complicating access.
800,000 train tickets already sold
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, which for the first time will not take place in a stadium but on the Seine, will see 326,000 spectators crowd the banks of the river to watch the parade of the different delegations by boat.
Tickets “will be put on sale upon validation of the conditions for organizing the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 by the public authorities”, specifies the SNCF on its website.
SNCF train tickets for this summer go on sale this Wednesday
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Travelers stormed the SNCF site as soon as summer sales opened on Wednesday.
By noon, the public group had already sold 800,000 tickets, he announced.
The SNCF site and application had an audience 50% higher than last year.
“The peak of sales was reached from the opening around 6:00 a.m. with up to eight TGVs sold per minute”, or 3,000 to 4,000 tickets, indicated the SNCF.
The Trainline platform recorded an increase in reservations of 115% on this first day compared to last year.