SNCF in Brittany: 300,000 additional TGV tickets and TER at 7 euros this summer

“One of the favorite destinations of the French”, Brittany will benefit from a biggest crowd “in view of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games”, estimates the SNCF. Thus, with the Brittany Region, they have unveiled their action plan for this summer.

More trains and seats this summer

The first measure is the sale of 300 000 places de TGV additional services to the region. The tip of Brittany is the main beneficiary of this new measure with 100,000 places added on the Brest-Paris axis and 100,000 others on Quimper-Paris, thanks to the addition of trains on these axes.

Other routes complete Saturdays like a train Brest-Paris and one Paris-Saint-Malo. There will also be a new round trip Quimper-Paris Sunday and new connections Paris-Lannion and Paris-Saint-Malo Sunday afternoon.

For the year of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, SNCF Voyageurs promises “one TGV ticket out of two for less than 45 euros”.

82 000 places are also added on the link Paris-Austerlitz-Rennes in the OUIGO Train Classique offer.

Cheaper TER trains

The big news of the summer : from TER to 7 euros. 147,000 places are available, says the SNCF. Please note that the number is limited on trains running outside peak times.

After a year of work, the Dinan-Lamballe link is once again accessible from next July 6tha date that coincides with the crazy Saturdays of the TER BreizhGo pass. As a reminder, every first Saturday of the month, travelers benefit from the TER for 5 euros.

More trains for the Brest Maritime Festival

With the return of the Brest Maritime Festival, the SNCF is deploying a special BreizhGo service with 20 additional trains to enjoy all the entertainment of the event which has been absent for eight years.

The Corkscrew still present on the Auray-Quiberon line

Finally, for the 39th year, the “Tire-Bouchon” train is back in service on the Auray-Quiberon line.

This year, the schedules have been revised to facilitate the return from the beach or even access to the peninsula for seasonal workers. It circulates 10 round trips per day from July 1 to September 2 and the weekends of September 7 and 8.

Mastering high temperatures

Due to the heat waves of the past years, operations of maintenance were made in order to verify the air conditioning systems.

As every year, the “Heatwave Plan” is being put back in place with access to bottled water for travelers. Some cities like Rennes, Vannes, Brest and Saint-Brieuc have installed water fountains in their stations.

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