Question 18739 — rail transport

Summary

Mr. Mohamed Laqhila questions the Minister, alongside the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, responsible for transport, on the future of the high-speed line between Annecy and Marseille, the removal of which was announced on November 4, 2018 by the SCNF. Users of this line were surprised by this unilateral decision even though this route has benefited, since 2014, from the electrification of the section of the “Alpine furrow” between Montmélian, Grenoble and Valence. This railway line made it possible to connect centers of national importance such as the cities of Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, Avignon, Valence, and also Grenoble, Chambéry and Annecy in just 3 hours 35 minutes. This decision appears all the more surprising as the SNCF has given up using the single-track connection which had been specially built for this purpose at the Valence TGV station. We can only deplore the endemic Malthusianism shown by the historic operator with regard to non-radial relations, even though the disruptions induced by this type of decision only push the French further and further away from the train every day, a mode of transport that is nevertheless fundamental for France to keep its commitments made when signing the Paris agreement. The MP would like to know what are the reasons and arguments put forward by the SNCF to the Government to explain this deletion. He also regrets that this decision was not the subject of any consultation or even prior information to users, and he finally wishes to know if it is possible that this structuring link for the south-eastern quarter of the country could one day be reactivated.

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