Tickets for the Occitanie regional high-speed train network, TER “ilO”, will be offered at a price of one euro each first weekend of the month and during peak pollution periods, regional president Carole Delga announced on Tuesday. “Better make a reservation!“Carol Delga started at the press conference by asking”supply shock“to strengthen”the desire to board the trainin a region where the number of users of railway lines has already been registered has increased by 27% compared to the pre-scale region.
This initiative draws lessons from the experience during the fuel shortage in October. Around 182,000 €1 tickets were sold over the two weekends, including 131,000 second tickets, a record attendance.five times higher than normal traffic“.
“Almost 20% of these travelers had never taken a train“and”50% would not travelwithout it, emphasized Philippe Bru, regional director of SNCF-Voyages Occitanie. Half gonesee family or friends” and 40% did “tourism“, he added: “The climate emergency urgently needs a new rail revolutionsays Carol Delga after a summer marked by drought, wildfires and heat waves that reminded us of the seriousness of climate change.
Applied at peak pollution
From December, the one-euro tariff will be in effect every first weekend of the month. The exchange rate of one euro will also be applied during the peak of pollution in Occitania;for all TERs entering or exiting» of the areas affected by these peaks. Although online booking is recommended, a limited number of tickets are still available at the stations.
The last period of August had already restarted, after an absence of almost 50 years, “Ron’s right bank“Between Nîmes and Pont-Saint-Espres, the first reopening of a regional line in France since 2016. Carol Delga was then happy.win the fight against carbon“.
This new formula, which coincides with free entry to many museums on the 1st Sunday of the month, should boost the tourism and food sectors while saving the wallet, the elected socialist also explained. SNCF estimates that these offers, as well as those for young and old, will generate new subscriptions and therefore new revenues.
the trainnot being present everywhere“, the region has decided to provide also “carpooling assistanceand for this purpose entered into partnerships with Mobicoop, Karos, Atchoum, Klaxit and BlaBlaCar Daily platforms for the benefit of both passengers and drivers.
Source: Le Figaro
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