In mid-September, SNCF boss Jean-Pierre Farandou assured that the electricity bill for SNCF Voyageurs should increase by 1.6 to 1.7 billion euros in 2023.
Transport Minister Clément Beaune asked SNCF on Sunday to “work on ticket prices on a tariff shield» while these should inevitably increase in 2023 in the face of the explosion of energy prices.
The Minister wishedthat the increase in banknotes is in any case less than inflation“. “And above all that those who need the train on a daily basis, the most modest, young people who use the Ouigo for example, are protected“, he said on the set of the Grand Jury RTL-LCI-Le Figaro. In mid-September, SNCF boss Jean-Pierre Farandou assured that the electricity bill for SNCF Voyageurs should increase by 1.6 to 1.7 billion euros in 2023.
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Increase in toll prices
“If we had a direct impact (this increase) on the cost of the ticket, we would have to increase the TGV tickets by 10%“, had assured Jean-Pierre Farandou, speaking of a rapid”table corner calculation“. He also wanted to reassure by promising that the SNCF would not pass on “not 100% cost on customers“. Clément Beaune also mentioned the rise in toll prices which should take place in 2023 and said he hoped that it was below inflation. “There won’t be a 7-8% increase, it’s not possible“, promised the minister.
“It will certainly be a larger increase – because we have experienced high inflation – than the 2% of 2022, but it will be in this range.“, or between 2 and 8%, he specified. Discussions are currently underway between the government and the motorway companies, indicated Clément Beaune.