Delays, cancellations, exorbitant prices… M6 magazine Restricted zone offers a shock investigation into the SNCF this Sunday, May 5.
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Between the May holidays and the looming summer holidays, many of you will be taking the train in the coming months. Suffice to say that this edifying investigation of Restricted zone dedicated to the SNCF will not go unnoticed. One of the sensitive points of the report, initiated by Ophélie Meunier’s teams from the summer of 2023, will notably concern the criticized ticket prices of the railway group…
Restricted zone : the M6 investigation points out the incomprehensible prices of the SNCF
“We recorded the prices of more than 100,000 journeys concerning trains on six major TGV lines between October 4 and December 22, 2023.“, tells us Paul Labrosse, the director of the subject. And the result of this vast statistical analysis launched by the M6 magazine is clear. “The first Paris-Marseilles were 69 euros, a far cry from the 16 euros promised by advertisements of the SNCF. We even recorded up to seven different prices for the same journey!“, reveals the journalist. As for the general increase in prices, if it is partly attributed by the SNCF to the drop in the number of trains in circulation, Restricted zone discovered thatpart of its trains were actually circulating… in Spain! “We had the feeling that abroad, passengers were not badly off with the SNCF“, smiles Paul Labrosse bitterly.
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Restricted zone on the SNCF: why are train delays increasing?
Another recurring subject of dissatisfaction among users: train delays and cancellations. The reason is the lack of staff. “SNCF does not have reserve drivers. If there is a delay on a journey, this impacts all trains of the day“, asks the director. The obsolescence of the network, one of the oldest in Europe, is also pointed out. “Some routes are almost a hundred years old. A billion euros are missing each year to maintain them“, indicates Paul Labrosse. A danger for users? “If the figures show that the SNCF network is safe, several experts have told us that it is a miracle that there has not yet been a ‘Brétigny-bis’ [en référence à l’accident ferroviaire survenu en 2013 et qui a fait sept morts, ndlr]“worries the journalist Restricted zone. Also, to reinforce safety, the SNCF reduces speed on high-risk lines, effectively increasing travel times (and therefore delays!) by sometimes 40 minutes…
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