PARIS, March 13 (Reuters) – The sale of train tickets departing from or arriving at Paris Gare de Lyon, Austerlitz and Paris-Bercy is currently blocked for July 26, the date of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games of Paris 2024, the French National Railway Company (SNCF) announced on Wednesday.
The TGV Inoui, Ouigo, Intercités, TGV Lyria and TER trains “will be put on sale upon validation of the conditions for organizing the opening ceremony of Paris 2024 by the public authorities”, communicated the SNCF on its website while It opened its ticket office at 6 a.m. for the summer, from July 6 to September 11.
The opening ceremony will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will take the form of a parade on the Seine, six kilometers long, between the Pont d’Austerlitz and the Pont d’Iéna, before ending in front of the Trocadéro.
(Writing by Vincent Daheron, editing by Kate Entringer)
©2024 Thomson Reuters, all rights reserved. Reuters content is the intellectual property of Thomson Reuters or its third party content providers. Any copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters. Thomson Reuters shall not be liable for any errors or delays in content, or for any actions taken in reliance thereon. “Reuters” and the Reuters Logo are trademarks of Thomson Reuters and its affiliated companies.