Question 2189 — rail transport

Summary

Mr. Peio Dufau draws the attention of the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Partnership with Territories and Decentralization, responsible for transport, to the administrative blockage of the Hendaye-Irun and Cerbère-Portbou rail links. Indeed, since July 1, 2022, infrastructure managers and rail safety agencies have imposed a “B1” language certificate on drivers to travel between border stations. This provision comes back to the agreements of the International Union of Railways (UIC), the cornerstone of the construction of railway Europe, which established in 1922 that only ground staff must be bilingual in international stations. This level of language is not required on other European borders. While 100 million travelers cross the Pyrenees each year, only 1.5% manage to do it by train. The Basque Country has been congested by cars for years, while the railway line is at a standstill. It is time to reopen the railways in a big way. This is why he asks him to intervene so that operators negotiate an exception for border stations. In general, he asks him to specify how the Government intends to act to compensate for this discontinuity of cross-border rail links.

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