Christophe Fanichet regrets that competitors on high -speed lines only serve large cities, unlike the SNCF which plays on its beneficiary lines to be able to serve 200 cities in France.
If competition at SNCF on TGV has the merit of lowering prices by serving major cities, it seems to neglect the smallest. This is what SNCF travelers’ boss criticized this morning, Christophe Fanichet, at the microphone of BFM Business during the economic meetings of Aix-en-Provence.
“On the high -speed train, competition must not be done at the expense of territories.” Clearly, he criticizes his competitors for serving only a few cities in France. “Between Paris and Lyon, I did not hear that they served Mâcon or Le Creusot. There were announcements recently on the Atlantic: I did not hear that we served Angoulême, Poitiers, Châteauroux or Tours. »» Today, Trenitalia, the main competitor of the SNCF serves in France cities such as Paris, Lyon, Chambéry, Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Modane and Marseille since last June. The Renfe is more prudent, has imposed itself on international lines only. She serves Aix, Avignon Lyon and Marseille.
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A strategy totally different from that of SNCF Travelers which is present in 200 cities. “It’s unique in Europe and I’m proud of it”. “The beneficiary lines allow certain metropolises to have the TGV” he explains. “Today, a third of my lines are in deficit, a third party are balanced and a third are beneficiaries. »»
For the boss of SNCF travelers, “The opening to competition should allow all cities and metropolises, small or large, to have a TGV”. Or “Competitors arrive only on the beneficiary lines of the SNCF”.
