Question 17722 — rail transport

Summary

Mr. Julien Rancoule questions the Minister of Transport on the financing of the project to reopen the railway line between Limoux and Quillan, in Aude. In its response published on September 9, 2025 to written question no. 9172, the Government indicated that the Occitanie region had “suspended the project for budgetary reasons”. He also specified that “the State has met the financial commitments contracted with the Occitanie region on this project, will continue to hold them and support the region in its approach.” However, during a trip to Quillan on July 29, 2026, the president of the Occitanie region declared about the return of the train to the Haute Vallée de l'Aude: “Today, work on this line is suspended due to lack of state funding. The Government must understand the need for investment in rail.” She also affirmed that “the State has significantly reduced allocations” and that the Occitanie region would thus have “lost 500 million euros in three years”. These statements therefore seem to contradict the elements previously communicated by the Government concerning the financing of this line. He therefore asks whether the State has, since its response of September 9, 2025, reduced, eliminated or deferred all or part of the funding that he had committed to dedicate to this project and, if applicable, for what amounts. Otherwise, he asks it to confirm that the State has respected all of its contractual financial commitments concerning the Limoux-Quillan line and to specify the financing currently available or programmed to allow the continuation of the project. Finally, he asks him to specify what reductions in endowments or competitions financial resources of the State can correspond to the loss of 500 million euros in three years mentioned by the president of the Occitanie region, if he confirms this amount and, if necessary, to what extent these reductions would have affected the capacity of the region to finance this railway project. He also asks it to specify the progress of the study relating to the financing conditions of small railway lines, which the State indicated that it had undertaken in its response of September 9, 2025, as well as its timetable for completion and, if it is now completed, the resulting conclusions and proposals.

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