Question 2672 — rail transport

Summary

Ms. Marie-Ange Rousselot questions the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Partnership with Territories and Decentralization, responsible for transport, on the stopping of the direct rail link between Belfort and Delémont in Switzerland from December 2025. Consequently, all trains on this line will stop in one direction or the other systematically at the border, at Delle, in the Territoire de Belfort, and users will have to change trains to continue their journey. The section between Belfort and Delle will be operated by SNCF and the section after the border will be served by a Swiss railway company. This unilateral decision by the Burgundy-Franche-Comté region was taken while discussions were underway with the Canton of Jura in Switzerland to improve the cross-border service offer, particularly affected by the lack of equipment. rolling and connection defects on the French side. In Switzerland, this decision causes incomprehension given the existence of ambitious alternative proposals but also because the French Delle-Belfort railway section was put back into service in 2018 thanks to Swiss co-financing of more than 27 million euros. Furthermore, this decision goes against decades of efforts by the French and Swiss authorities. since the interstate agreement of 1999 to promote public transport for cross-border travel to the detriment of the car, while the Future Plan for Transport presented on February 24, 2023 provided for massive support for rail with an investment of 100 billion euros by 2040, which contributes to decarbonizing modes of transport and protecting the environment. Finally, this decision penalizes especially the 10,000 French cross-border workers and the companies in the Canton of Jura who welcome them every day, but also all the French people established in Switzerland who use this line to reach Paris quickly. This is why she asks him what the Government intends to do about this situation which penalizes the development of rail transport, the environment and French people living on the border and established in Switzerland.

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1. 3 December 2024

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2. 15 April 2025

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   Le Gouvernement est particulièrement soucieux de l'offre et de la qualité des services ferroviaires régionaux proposés aux usagers afin qu'ils répondent notamment aux besoins de la mobilité quotidienne et se positionnent comme une alternative réelle et efficace à la voiture individuelle. Toutefois, en application du principe de la libre administration des collectivités territoriales, l'État n'intervient pas dans les choix et décisions concernant les TER, qui relèvent de la seule compétence des Régions, ici de la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Dans le cas de la liaison Belfort-Delémont via Delle, il peut cependant être souligné le travail mené pour aboutir à une solution par la région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, en lien avec les autorités suisses, qui permet de coordonner les horaires des trains français et suisses, avec un temps d'attente pour les correspondances limité à 5 minutes et avec seize allers-retours organisés par jour entre Belfort et Delle, soit un train par heure.

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