Par Baptist Ringeval
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Suspended since 2020 by the SNCF due to the health crisis, the TGV line linking Dijon to Lille via Montbard, Marne-la-Vallée and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport is still not restored at the end of 2022. This situation is not acceptable judges the commune of Dijon.
She wears a great prejudice for Dijonnaises and Dijonnaisinhabitants of metropolitan France and the department, professionals and companies, tourists, students, teachers, who can no longer travel directly and quickly either to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle and its airport, or to Marne-la-Vallée (Disneyland Paris), nor in Lille and its proximity to Brussels.
Dijon, an international city
Dijon has one international vocation. The city welcomes more than 3 million tourists a year. 8 more hotels are currently under construction. The metropolis is a important university centre with more than 40,000 students of which 4,000 are international. The international dimension was greatly strengthened in 2022: opening of the International City of Gastronomy and Wine (400,000 visitors in 6 months), transfer of the headquarters of the International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) from Paris to Dijon.
“The railway accessibility of our territory it must be strengthened, not degraded. It is unthinkable and crazy that Dijon, a large railway city, has fewer trains today than yesterday, even though it is developing, it is attractive and its population is increasing every year. It is inconceivable that our metropolis is one of the only ones in France not directly linked to an international airport”, rages the mayor of Dijon, Francois Rebsamenbefore continuing.
“As mayor of Dijon and president of Dijon Métropole, Icalls for the mobilization of all, companies, institutions and administrations, employees, students, teachers, inhabitants of Dijon, metropolis, department, for the rehabilitation of the TGV line linking Dijon to Lille via Montbard, Marne-la-Vallée and Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport . »
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