Transportation. Paris-Dijon TGV line under threat? An article in Le Parisien questions its future

Information or intoxication? newspaper in its Tuesday edition Le Parisian-in France today , in an article titled “This TGV Lines in the Hot Seat,” drops a bombshell. If the daily mentions the reopening of the Lille-Dijon line (cancelled from 2020), for which the SNCF “will demand 12 million per year from the city”, it goes further, in an interview with the PS mayor of Dijon, François Rabsaman. and the president of Dijon Metropole, where the future of the Dijon-Paris TGV line is in question.

inquiry of Parisian The following was: “The Paris-Dijon line is also among the destinations of the SNCF, which can request financial participation from the communities. Do you fear a similar obstacle in the future? » To this question, the elected official answered, among other things: “We have 14 round trips with the capital every day. They are all full. How can SNCF justify such a decision? »

” Parisian implies a situation which is not proven”

Contacted late Tuesday afternoon, Michel Neugnot, first vice-president in charge of mobility, school transport, intermodality and infrastructure at the regional council of Burgundy-Française-Comté, responded, indicating that ” Parisian Implies a situation that is not proven.

“Even if TGVs are not within our jurisdiction, since the regions are the sole planning authorities for regional transport by intercity trains and coaches, we closely monitor TGV services in the name of our intermodality capacity.” And added: “As far as we know, there is no question on current services other than working temporarily. »

“Local authorities don’t have to pay”

For the regional elected official, “the subject concerns the resumption of the daily return service Mulhouse-Belfort-Besançon-Dijon-Montbard-Marne-la-Vallée-Roissy-Lille”. “The region stands in solidarity with all the towns of Burgundy-Française-Comte that are fighting to resume traffic. On the other hand, we feel that local authorities do not need to pay.

“SNCF Voyageurs denied having launched any projects to reduce overall TGV services or stop destinations”.

Also contacted at the end of the day on Tuesday, SNCF’s regional management, specifically regarding the Dijon – Lille TGV, explained that it had “no specific comment”. More generally, on the article of Parisian, she introduced the national elements of the language. “SNCF Voyageurs denies having launched any projects to reduce overall TGV services or stop destinations. No such project has been submitted to the company authorities, but it is the responsibility of each company to constantly reflect on the possible future ten or twenty years of our offer, taking into account the development of the market and the arrival of competition. We have always ensured an economic balance between profitable TGV links and unprofitable ones to ensure service in all regions and there is no question of questioning this balance. »