Faced with inflation, the SNCF has decided to give a boost to its users by offering train tickets at only 1 euro. A good plan that starts in December.
The time of the end of year celebrations and winter holidays will soon ring. To help rail users, SNCF-Voyages Occitanie has decided to drastically lower the price of its tickets. Thus, from December, the regional express trains of Occitanie, also called the TER “ilO” will be offered at the price of 1 euro. An exceptional boost that will take place every first weekend of the month and during pollution peaks, explained the president of the region, Carole Delga. A gesture that comes at the right time for the French who wish to see their family, their friends or even go sightseeing.
“It will be better to book!“, exclaimed the president of the Occitanie region. A piece of advice which follows a first successful experience and carried out last October, in the middle of the fuel shortage. 182,000 train tickets at 1 euro had been sold in the space of two weekends.”Nearly 20% of these travelers had never taken the train” and “50% would not have traveled” without this offerconfided the regional director of SNCF-Voyages Occitanie, Philippe Bru.
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Train tickets at 1 euro for the Occitanie Region
If this (very) good plan falls when inflation reached 6.2% in October 2022, according to the latest figures from INSEE, it has also been designed for the environment. Traumatized by the fires and drought that have destroyed landscapes in France, Carole Delga believes that “The climate emergency urgently needs a new rail revolution“. Thus, she welcomes “win a battle against carbon“, since the price of one euro will also be applied during pollution peaks.
This offer will also enable SNCF to retain new users. Indeed, the low price of train tickets every first weekend of the month coincides with the 1st Sunday of the month when museums are free. It is recommended to buy these tickets at a lower price on the internet. However, a small quantity of tickets can be purchased at the station.