The competition between Ouigo, Iryo and Renfe caused high-speed prices to fall by more than 20% in 2023. The use of the network is growing at double-digit rates and the operators' offer increased by 34% in year-on-year terms of seats put up for sale.
Today, no one makes money among operators. Investment in trains and the price war leads to losses without exception. liberalization serves to pay a debt of 18,000 million euros that it accumulates for the construction of 4,000 kilometers of high speed.