Some 60,000 free train tickets will be up for grabs this summer for young people in France and Germany.
Aimed at those aged under 27, the scheme will allow travellers to go from one country to the other and travel around by rail once there, similar to an Interrail pass.
The initiative was announced by France and Germany’s respective transport ministers, Clément Beaune and Volker Wissing, who said it was aimed at encouraging more climate-friendly train travel and “building a cultural exchange” between the two countries.
“To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Elysée Treaty, 60,000 tickets will be made available free of charge, according to terms that will be specified shortly,” the pair said in a joint statement.
Germany’s national rail provider, Deutsche Bahn, and France’s, SNCF, will support the scheme financially.
Prospective participants will likely have to enter a lottery to be in with a chance of nabbing a free train pass, acording to…
