Question 15703 — rail transport

Summary

Mrs. Pauline Cestrières draws the attention of the Minister of Transport to the effective implementation of the rolling stock modernization program intended for the Intercités night lines. The call for tenders published on February 18, 2025 for 180 sleeper cars and 27 locomotives intended for the Intercités night lines constitutes a structuring step to ensure the sustainability and modernization of the national night train network. The park currently in circulation, which is particularly old, calls for essential renewal in order to guarantee the continuity, reliability and quality of the public rail service. For areas far from high-speed infrastructure, such as Aveyron, the Paris-Rodez link is of particular importance with regard to the objectives of land use planning and equal access to public services. and national cohesion. The quality of this service depends directly on the availability, reliability and performance of the rolling stock assigned to night lines. The finance law for 2026 adopted, it therefore wishes to know when the notification of public contracts resulting from the procedure initiated in February 2025 will take place; what is the forecast schedule for delivery, approval and commissioning of the new trainsets are being considered; according to what criteria will their distribution be organized between the different Intercity night lines, and what measures it intends to implement in order to ensure, in the meantime, the continuity, regularity and reliability of the service on the structuring links serving the territories furthest from the main railway routes.

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