Question 15566 — rail transport

Summary

Mr. Manuel Bompard questions the Minister of the Economy, Finance and Industrial and Digital Sovereignty on the financing of night train equipment. On July 14, 2020, the President of the Republic declared that he wanted to “redevelop night trains”. The 2021 report on territorial balance trains (TET) demonstrated the relevance of relaunching a network of 25 night train lines and building a park for this new of 600 sleeper cars and sleeping cars. At the end of 2021, the Minister Delegate for Transport Jean-Baptiste Djebbari announced an order for 300 cars: “The procedures could be launched at the beginning of 2022, for new night lines from 2026”. Since then, the investment has been postponed from year to year. At the end of 2022, the Minister of Transport Clément Beaune announced the order for “during 2023”. A few months later, the order was announced for “the end of 2023”. At the end of 2023, the investment was announced for “end of 2024, beginning of 2025”. However, in its February 2023 report, the Infrastructure Orientation Council (COI) underlined the “urgency to decide from 2023”, given the deadlines for constructing new equipment (5 to 8 years). At the same time, the ambition has continued to decrease: from 600 night train cars in the 2021 report to 300 cars in the 2022 announcements then 150 cars initially in the 2023 COI report. He asks if the Government is able to explain whether it is in favor of investment in night trains and whether it intends to act without additional delay to increase the ambition for night trains.

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