A first in France.
The elected representatives of the PACA region on Thursday approved the allocation of the operation of the Marseille-Nice rail line to the private group Transdev from 2025, ending the SNCF monopoly.
Meeting in a plenary assembly, the elected representatives of the region adopted by an absolute majority the deliberation proposed by the regional executive aimed at allocating the TERMarseille-Toulon-Nice line to Transdev.
"The traffic will be doubled"
"This is a historic step and a first in France", welcomed during the presentation of this deliberation the president of the region, Renaud Muselier (Les Républicains), who promised thanks to this competition an improvement of services for users with a punctuality rate of “92% in 2025” as well as a cancellation rate of 2%.
In 2016, according to the Region, 20% of trains were late and 10% of trains were canceled.
Still depending on the region, “traffic will be doubled”, going from seven daily round trips to 14, for “an equivalent cost”.
The 10-year concession contract is estimated at 870 million euros.
"These competitions are too hasty", denounced the National Assembly, which voted against this deliberation, considering in particular that the reinforced security within the TER, promised by the Region, was not effective.
European law requires from December 2023 a competition for rail traffic for all regions.
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