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The government has announced discounts on Intercity trains this summer. The executive is also working on the implementation of a single ticket combining TER and Intercités.
For followers of Intercités trains, tickets should cost less this summer. Gare d’Austerlitz (Paris), students are impatiently awaiting government rebates. “It has to have weight so that people don’t hesitate to change their behavior“, says a young woman. How big will this reduction be? It’s hard to say, but the discounts should concern daytime Intercités and night trains. The terms will be specified in the coming days by the government.
Towards a single ticket?
These gestures for the Intecities come after the gesture of the regions in the TERs. This summer, the TER are at one euro for young people in Occitania. They are one euro for everyone in Hauts-de-France. They are even free for young people in Brittany. Ultimately, the government wants to go further and offer a single ticket. It is not so simple for associations. “I have no doubts about the feasibility. I have doubts about the time needed to get there and the good will of the stakeholders“, estimates Michel Quidort, vice-president of the Federation of transport users. The government gives itself two years to set up this single ticket