Despite the technical problems that affected its online sales platform due to high traffic, the SNCF announced that it had sold “at the peak of the connection” this Wednesday “the equivalent of 6 TGV per minute on the site and in the “SNCF Connect” application. on the occasion of the opening of ticket sales for the Christmas holiday period.
More precisely, passengers traveling by TGV Inoui or Intercités were able to reserve their tickets starting this Wednesday for a trip that will take place between December 10, 2023 and January 9, 2024. Travelers who have opted for an Ouigo They will be able to buy their tickets in the period from December 10, 2023 to July 5, 2024.
New record
The SNCF describes the traffic on its site and application this morning as “historic”, with up to 1 million connections per minute this morning. Or “a 230% increase in connections compared to the already record level of sales openings for last year’s holidays.”
“The day confirms the dynamics of the increase in sales compared to last year. The trains available for sale today filled up faster than last year, at least an hour earlier,” the railway company underlines to BFM Business. “This confirms the growing enthusiasm of the French for trains and online shopping.”
Source: BFM TV
