Last week, more than 86,000 tickets were sold, representing 300,000 liters of fuel saved. Given this success, the region is renewing this offer this weekend.
Faced with the fuel shortage, the Occitanie region is implementing a measure “exceptionalto encourage residents to take the train. Passengers thus have the possibility of using the liO regional trains for the price of one euro. The president of the constituency, Carole Delga, announced the launch of the initiative for the last weekend, before renewing it on October 22 and 23, at the start of the All Saints holidays.
Last week marks a “unprecedented successof the device, according to Philippe Bru, the regional director of SNCF Occitanie. He said on Twitter that more than 85,000 travelers took advantage of the offer on October 15 and 16. With an average distance traveled of 100 kilometers per user, this is equivalent to “300,000 liters of fuel savednotes the press release from the region. Carole Delga explains that the “ticket sales have [ainsi] been multiplied by 4 and, in total, nearly 120,000 people [ont été] accommodated on the liO train network“. “On the last weekend of September, when we had already carried out a one-euro ticket operation for the end of the tourist season, there were 50,000 sales. Last weekend’s initiative responds well to people’s expectations at this time“, emphasizes to Parisian Jean-Luc Gibelin, vice-president responsible for transport in the Occitanie region.
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But during these operations, some buyers found themselves wronged and could not access the one-euro banknotes. Jean-Luc Gibelin indicates that “many customers bought their trip at the last minute, which makes traffic prospects complicated because the ticket can be used all day, without a specific reserved seat. For October 22 and 23, we have asked the SNCF for additional regional trains to ensure traffic during these major All Saints departures.“. Note that the SNCF offers a refund to customers who have paid for their full price ticket. To benefit from it, simply contact the SNCF Voyageurs Occitanie customer relations center on 0800 31 31 31 (free service and call).