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Title: Some TGVs to be cancelled in France due to lack of demand Post by: Lee on October 10, 2020, 08:48:02 From the Connexion: (https://www.connexionfrance.com/French-news/Some-TGVs-to-be-cancelled-in-France-due-to-lack-of-demand)
Quote from: The Connexion Some TGVs to be cancelled in France due to lack of demand The SNCF will cancel scheduled TGV journeys in the coming months to avoid running empty trains. Passenger numbers are down following the Covid-19 pandemic. Demand for TGV trains has failed to reach levels anticipated at the beginning of September, and train operator SNCF will now cancel some scheduled TGV journeys in the coming months. Around 5% of TGV trains will be impacted. The company has said it will not cancel trains during school holidays. After a relatively good summer, in which people took the train to travel around France and visit friends and family, an SNCF spokesperson said: ?Things have been difficult since September.? Weekend TGV trains continue to see good passenger numbers, but weekday trains have been circulating at half capacity. Business travel is down 60-70%. The company says reservations for the Christmas and New Year period have also been ?disappointing?. The spokesperson said: ?It is not economically or ecologically responsible to run TGV trains with few passengers. That?s why, taking into account the impact of the health crisis, SNCF TGV have decided to cancel a certain number.? SNCF TGV is estimated to have lost ?3billion so far as a result of the Covid-19 health pandemic. The spokesperson said TGV train timetables could be ?cancelled, adapted or extended throughout 2021, depending on how traffic evolves and the enduring context?. To compensate for cancelled trains SNCF are trying to find alternatives for clients, such as suggesting TER train routes (which are slower) or integrating extra stops into existing TGV routes. The two train routes expected to be impacted from November 2 are the TGV Paris-Mulhouse, and the TGV Paris-Le Creusot. Both routes will see one train per day cancelled. Title: Re: Some TGVs to be cancelled in France due to lack of demand Post by: rogerpatenall on October 10, 2020, 12:01:23 I thought that TGV and Intercite bookings for post December 12th were only released this week, so it seems a bit early to pass judgements on the level of Christmas bookings.
Some lines, such as my local (Cherbourg) - Valognes - Paris, which are no longer run by Intercite, still have not announced their post December 12th timetable. Title: Re: Some TGVs to be cancelled in France due to lack of demand Post by: Hal on November 03, 2020, 12:06:54 SNCF said today it will cancel up to 70% of TGV services from Wednesday as the new lockdown - Reconfinement - has begun across France.
Occupancy of mainline trains has dropped to 15% from about 50% last week, as new rules prevent people from leaving their homes except in specified circumstances (work, medical appointment, food shopping etc). The Reconfinement will last for a minimum of four weeks from midnight 29 October. Title: Re: Some TGVs to be cancelled in France due to lack of demand Post by: stuving on June 27, 2022, 12:35:08 What goes down ... a couple of weeks ago SNCF announced extra trains for the summer, in response to high booking levels. A figure of 500,000 seats more than in 2019 was quoted. Then last week there was a report that said a lack of maintenance staff might prevent all of those actually running. But the main news in that report was ... so predictable I'll give you just one guess as to what it was.
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