“Hello, I have to take an Intercités from Nantes to La Rochelle this week. Currently without a health pass, do I have to take a test? SNCF websites say that the pass is necessary in all Intercités and TGVs. The government decree speaks of trains requiring reservation. However, Intercités lines departing from Nantes are not subject to compulsory reservation if we rely on the SNCF Intercités website. Who is right ? “, asks us Max, a reader ofOrvault (Loire Atlantique).
No, here you won’t need the sanitary pass, confirms the SNCF Pays de la Loire, this Monday, October 11.
The health pass is required for “Long-distance travel by interregional public transport (domestic flights, TGV journeys, Intercity and night trains, interregional coaches)”, since August 9, as indicated by government site.
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Only on trains with compulsory reservation
“The rule is that set out by the decree: only trains with compulsory reservation are subject to the health pass, explains SNCF, this is the case with most of the Intercités. “
“But in this specific case it is an exception since there is indeed no compulsory reservation on the Nantes – Bordeaux line. “
You therefore do not need a health pass for this trip Nantes – La Rochelle.
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