eight regions attack SNCF Réseau prices before the Council of State

Eight of the twelve metropolitan regions attacked SNCF Réseau before the Council of State to contest its rail toll prices, according to a media article The Informed confirmed Wednesday January 10 by the Hauts-de-France region. The regions are protesting against the increases demanded for the years 2024, 2025 and 2026 by SNCF Réseau to run regional express trains (TER), which they finance, and the remainder of which risks being passed on to users .

For example, in New Aquitaine, the service schedule for 2024 provides “an increase of 5.3% for the fee for using the railway infrastructure, i.e. an additional charge of 11 million euros”, indicated his advisor Aurélien Burel to l’Informed. The region would then see the inflation of rail tolls “continue in 2025 with an increase of 4.3% and again in 2026 with 3%”according to the lawyer.

The Council of State must examine on Wednesday afternoon the appeals of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire, Hauts-de-France, Ile-de-France, Occitanie, Nouvelle-Aquitaine regions. and Grand Est. The regions request the cancellation of the tariff provisions of SNCF Réseau and the opinion of the ART. The decision(s) should be rendered in February. SNCF Réseau did not wish to comment on Wednesday on these questions currently under examination.