Clément Beaune notably defends “the single ticket”.
“We must think about initiatives on tariffs” trains, recognizes Thursday, May 25 on franceinfo Clément Beaune, while the French consider the prices of train tickets too expensive. It distinguishes between trains “everyday like the TER or the Transilien for example”the cost of which is “Quite low” and TGVs. In France, “we do not subsidize the TGV”, via the state or the regions. Must therefore “develop commercial offers, especially for young people, in the coming months”. According to him, “we can do better”, in particular “by developing Ouigo”. Clément Beaune also and above all wants more clarity on prices by introducing “the single ticket”, “because in addition to the cost, sometimes, we don’t understand anything”. “Why a TER in one direction from Bordeaux to Toulouse, it’s a certain price, from Toulouse to Bordeaux, it’s another price. So we’re going to simplify that”, assures the Minister.
He also wants to modernize the rail network and for that, he “above all, means are needed”. Clément Beaune therefore ensures that his “Priority is to use public money to invest more in the network and new trains. Today we have the oldest rail network in Europe. he insists, highlighting the government plan “to 100 billion euros on rail between now and 2040”. More precisely, “by 2027, we will increase by 50% – or 1.5 billion euros per year – so that the network is the object of investment”. To do this, the Minister explains that he will work with the regions, but also with the airline industry, which “will contribute more to the financing of the train”, even though Augustin de Romanet, CEO of Aéroports de Paris, had indicated on franceinfo that he was opposed to it. “It would be fair to have a contribution on plane tickets” For “ecological transition”.
And to anticipate the rise in temperatures in the coming years, Clément Beaune wants the air conditioning in the TGV, Intercités, and TER, “be systematic”as the government prepares France for a 4 degree warming scenario in 2100. Today, “all TGVs are technically open to air conditioning, this is also the case for Intercités, but not all TERs”. In Ile-de-France, “two-thirds” Transiliens now have air conditioning: “The new trains will gradually all be air-conditioned”. He recognizes that “the air conditioning warms the atmosphere”, but you have to be “reasonable” And “just”, grace “to techniques that do not consume much”. For stations, “it depends on the configurations, it will not be systematic”since there are often open spaces.