La SNCF, victime de son succès et des trains manquants

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Nous sommes véritablement à l'âge d'or du train : la SNCF a enregistré de nouveaux records de fréquentation en 2023, mais elle fait face à une pénurie de trains pour répondre à l'explosion de la demande. - L'info en continu  https://buzzplus.fr/ Infos, news & actualités - L'information internationale en direct.

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00:00 "We are truly at the golden age of the train, the SNSOF has recorded new

00:04 attendance records in 2023, but it faces a shortage of trains to meet

00:08 the explosion of demand.

00:10 The year 2023 is synonymous with historical performance for the SNSOF, after a year

00:15 2022 already unprecedented for the railway group.

00:18 The TGV transported 122 million passengers, a level never reached and in progression

00:24 of 4% compared to 2022, according to figures announced on Friday.

00:28 High speed is not the only one to surf on the packaging for railway transport,

00:33 regional trains are also progressing by 8%.

00:35 Compared to pre-COVID, attendance in TERs has soared by 21% with peaks in

00:41 certain regions, such as in Occitania, where the number of passengers has increased by 40%

00:45 in 4 years.

00:46 We are at the golden age of the train.

00:48 We are building a virtuous circle of the railway, rejoiced the CEO of the company

00:54 SNSOF Voyageurs, Christophe Fanishet.

00:56 The company with 66,000 employees recruits, its employees will increase in 2024 as in

01:02 2023 after long years of regression, and it displays a beautiful attractiveness since

01:06 it is said to have received 250,000 CVs in 2023 for 4,900 recruits, even if at the same

01:12 time the resignations have also increased.

01:14 Saturation.

01:15 However, this growth has been limited by saturation effects, said Christophe

01:21 Fanishet.

01:22 In other words, with only 364 TGV trains, SNSOF Voyageurs does not have enough

01:29 trains to meet the growing demand.

01:31 In 10 years, the company has lost 105 trains, which was put on hold as the TGV went through

01:37 a profitability crisis, even if the supply of space increased by 13% at the same time

01:41 thanks to the arrival of duplex TGVs, which have more seats.

01:44 A TGV out of 3 was in full circulation last year, said the boss of SNSOF Voyageurs, and

01:51 this is even the case for 60% of the Wigo, these TGVs cost a single class, without a

01:56 bar car and without possible reimbursement.

01:57 And the company has few short-term solutions to remedy the problem.

02:02 SNSOF has ordered 115 new generation TGVs, of greater capacity, but the first

02:09 copies will only be delivered in 2025, then at a rate of 12 per year.

02:13 "I'm annoyed that we're waiting for the TGVs built by Alstom and which have already

02:17 been delayed," said Christophe Fanishet.

02:20 "If I had more trains, I could take more passengers, "he continued.

02:25 For the moment, SNSOF is considering several alternatives to take more people.

02:30 First, an extension program for the lifetime of a hundred trains, from 2 to 10 years.

02:37 Then, the rise in power of Wigo, of which the trains offer a hundred more seats

02:42 than the Inouye TGV.

02:43 No miracle.

02:45 Currently, 38 Wigo trains are in circulation.

02:48 There will be 50 early 2027.

02:52 "On the Inouye TGV mix versus Wigo, we're going to go step by step between a TGV on

02:56 five and a TGV on four that will be a Wigo," said Mr. Fanishet.

03:01 A Wigo drives much more than a classic TGV, with 700,000 km traveled on average per year

03:06 against 400 to 450,000 km for an Inouye train.

03:10 SNSOF also plans to optimize the park it has at its disposal as much as possible.

03:14 "Last year, for the summer, we added half a million seats, and we will continue to increase

03:20 performance, that is to say to make the trains run more," insisted Mr. Fanishet.

03:25 But there will be no miracle.

03:27 "I don't have a new train, so we'll do a few hundred thousand more seats,

03:32 we won't do millions," he warned.

03:34 The SNSOF Voyager boss also reminded that the prices of the Inouye TGV would not increase

03:39 beyond inflation level in 2024, while those of Wigo would remain frozen, despite

03:44 the increase in railway tolls and the price of energy.

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