Question 34325 — rail transport

Summary

Mr. Didier Martin questions the Secretary of State to the Minister of Territorial Cohesion and Relations with Local Authorities, responsible for rural areas, on the future of small railway lines. Representing almost a third of the 30,000 km of the national rail network, the future of the small railway lines seemed uncertain. While some criticized them for their unreliability, others insisted on their dilapidated. In his 2018 report on "The future of rail transport", Jean-Cyril Spinetta even went so far as to recommend their outright closure, estimating that their cost - 1.75 billion euros per year, or 16% of public funding for the railway sector - was too high in relation to the traffic they generated. However, on July 14, 2020, the President of the Republic recalled his attachment to a network railway and indicated that it wanted to “massively redevelop” night trains, rail freight as well as the territory’s fine service lines. This is good news for the French who use them for their daily trips but also for the socio-economic development of the territories. It must be remembered that territorial equality also requires easier mobility for all. He would like to obtain details on the strategy that the Government intends to implement to strengthen the railway network as close as possible to the territories and the needs of the French as well as the resources allocated to its deployment.

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