“Under the second Macron mandate, we must continue on an urgent aspect: the renovation of the rail of the small lines. The work has already begun but requires a serious boost because France is very late. In the region, the majority of linear kilometers relate to these famous small lines, an extremely degraded network. The objective, to transfer more road traffic to rail, would be to set the end of the decade. A sweet dream unfortunately. Look at the progress of the debates around the axis between Angoulême and Limoges, we feel that the file will be spread over time. These lines, however, were Macron’s priority in 2017. The other aspect is to develop rail companies. They are too few. However, in this area, research can bring us enormous prospects for the future, already to relieve the order books, full for 5 years, then to deploy a rail that consumes less energy. The small line of tomorrow, that’s it.”
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