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.
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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.