Mask-free train journeys are not happening anytime soon. This Friday July 23, Minister for Transports Jean-Baptiste Djebbari confirmed on BFMTV that facemask-wearing stays compulsory in transport, even if one is holding their health pass. This measure is vital in the health protocol and will be kept “for at least the entire summer”.
The minister added checking one’s health pass will be mostly completed before boarding the train, but there could be random checking during the travel until the arrival. He guarantees the SNCF will soon be ready to instate the protocol: “we have authorized a certain number of members of the staff: inspectors, train police members, SNCF train safety agents”.
The health pass will be compulsory from early August to ride long-haul trains and coaches but will not apply to TER trains, metro and transilient trains.
Health pass: the detailed list of places where the pass is compulsory in
As the spread of the Delta variant makes people fear a fourth coronavirus epidemic wave is to hit the country very soon, extra measures have been made on Monday July 12, 2021. Emmanuel Macron announces the health pass is extended - starting from early August - to more public venues. Among them: bars, cafés and restaurants, shopping malls, as well as transit such as trains and planes. Discover the detailed list. [Read more]
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Health pass: the detailed list of places where the pass is compulsory in
