Train Ticket Purchases Now Online Only
Starting July 1st, France requires valid train tickets for all passengers. Belgium will also change its train ticket system. Passengers must buy tickets online in Belgium.
France is making a new rule about train tickets. They want to stop people from using fake tickets. Passengers must have a ticket to board a train. In Belgium, it will no longer be possible to buy tickets at the train station. All tickets must be purchased online through Navetteurs.be.
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Highlights
France Changes Train Ticket Rules
All train passengers in France must have a valid ticket to board starting July 1st.
Belgium Shifts to Online Tickets
Passengers in Belgium can no longer buy train tickets at stations.
Ticket Fraud Targeted
The changes aim to stop ticket fraud.
Navetteurs.be is the New System
All ticket purchases in Belgium must be online via Navetteurs.be.
Change Seen as a Problem
The organization considers the change a ‘moral fault’.