Question 6646 — rail transport

Summary

Mr. Yoann Gillet questions the Minister Delegate to the Minister for Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, responsible for transport, about the level of rail freight traffic on the rail line passing through the city center of Nîmes. Indeed, while there is a bypass line between Nîmes and Montpellier (CNM) for rail freight, the relevance of continuing to transit goods via the downtown Nîmes arises. The MP underlines the aberration represented by the under-exploitation of the bypass line, which cost more than two billion euros (including stations and other works under SNCF project management). The construction of this line had to meet a dual objective: to ensure relief from the traditional railway axis which passes through the city center of Nîmes and to reduce the risks in the event of an accident. involving dangerous goods. However, and as the Fret sous silence association rightly denounces, the under-operation of this line is still a reality today, while the SNCF remains deaf to the legitimate concerns of citizens. While the State also remains silent on the subject, it is of general interest and of capital importance that this subject be dealt with as quickly as possible by the competent authorities. Precisely, this inaction could prove dramatic for the people of Nîmes. Indeed, among the convoys passing through the city center of Nîmes, we find dangerous goods (chemical, explosive, flammable). In the event of a train accident, residents would be the first exposed with dramatic human consequences. The MP therefore alerts the Minister to the danger for the population represented by transport of dangerous goods within the city center. This situation appears all the more absurd as the bypass line was built with the aim of accommodating this type of dangerous goods and limiting human and environmental damage in the event of an accident. The MP therefore asks the Minister for explanations regarding the under-exploitation of the Nîmes-Montpellier bypass line and invites him to provide information relating to the safety and security of railway installations passing through the city center of Nîmes. In addition, he urges the Government to be transparent towards elected officials, associations and citizens and asks it its intentions on this subject.

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