With the decontamination Since 11 May, business travellers have tentatively resumed their business trips. Particularly in train as the service ramps up TGV Inoui on France's main lines. To reassure its customers, the rail company has set up a strict health charter requiring staff and passengers to wear masks, offering hydro-alcoholic gel and applying reinforced cleaning measures on board, particularly for contact surfaces. The SNCF also stresses that its trains are equipped with powerful filtering systems that renew the air every 6 minutes. Passengers on the Business Première have not yet returned to their morning coffee on the quayside, the catering service on board are still suspended. L'express access to platforms customers is guaranteed.
Since 9 Junethe 12 Grand Voyageur lounges are also accessible, but their capacity has been limited and the timetables have been adapted in line with the transport plan put in place by SNCF until the end of June. The expansion of the Grand Voyageur lounge at Gare de Paris Lyon may have been slightly delayed due to the confinement period, which had an impact on the progress of the works.
In addition, commercial measures have finally been unveiled. Passengers with a Liberté season ticket that expires between 17 March and 31 July will see its validity extended to 31 August. They will also benefit from an additional reduction of 40%. Complemented by leisure offers as the summer season gets underway in the next few weeks, SNCF is hoping to quickly boost the number of people taking advantage of this new offer. fill rate of its TGVs, which currently stands at only 50%. The lifting of the rule that every second seat on trains must be occupied should help. 100% of the transport offer will be available from mid-June.
