TGV ticket prices will rise nearly 2% in January.

The 1.9% increase, announced in Le Figaro is said to compensate for a rise in charges to use the railways and dropping ticket sales.

While Réseau ferré de France (RFF) which is in charge of the railway infrastructure has put its charges up 8%, according to the paper the president of the SNCF, Guillaume Pepy, has said he wanted to keep the ticket rise in line with inflation – currently 1.4%

SNCF ticket prices are adjusted once a year in January with the agreement of the majority shareholder – the French government.

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