Paris – New deferred rail yards, preferably in … – The Express

Paris – New deferred rail yards, preferably in … – The Express

The Secretary of State for Transport Alain Vidal said Wednesday that had been notified by the SNCF to certain elected officials concerned: no non-dedicated maintenance site will be launched in 2015 and 2016, these are “ deferred for two years “.

“ must move from curative to preventive and it is to meet this challenge SNCF network (the manager of the railway infrastructure, ie) informed a number of elected as new improvements, construction of new stations would be delayed two years , “said Alain Vidal, told the National Assembly.

“ The government made a choice he announced. This is the priority to maintenance, this is the priority of daily trains ” has he said.

Alain Vidal said that “ can not commit to do everything at the same time. There is a priority. (…) We can not continue watching the network deteriorate and transport daily come alter daily life, including those who use to work “.

– The same methods in the 19th century-

For giving more resources to maintenance, that is to say, the replacement of old infrastructure, not building new stations or the launch of new lines, should in particular to improve the reliability of everyday transportation, Transilien and TER: “ This is the default service that explains the incidents of everyday “commented Alain Vidal.

“ Our methods network maintenance terms are largely the same as in the 19th century ,” stressed the boss in September of the infrastructure manager SNCF Infra (ex- RFF), Jacques Rapoport.

The Secretary of State for Transport will meet Wednesday in the afternoon the leaders of SNCF, Frédéric Saint-Geours, Guillaume Pepy and Jacques Rapoport, as part of the first “ monitoring committee Rail Safety “, whose creation follows the conclusions of a” strategic audit “commissioned by the state after the accident Brétigny-sur-Orge (Essonne) in July 2013.

This committee, which will be held every six months, is responsible for monitoring and implementation of the recommendations of the Office of Accident Investigation after the accident Brétigny-sur-Orge the implementation of an action plan for rail safety.

In front of the National Assembly, Alain Vidal again deplored “ the choices that have been made in recent years, particularly to launch four LGV (high speed lines) new at the same time (which) is are made at the expense (…) the maintenance of existing infrastructure, and now (of) the reliability of the network, in part “.

An alarming audit on the age of the network, carried out by the Institute of Technology in 2005, had led the SNCF to make maintenance a priority, reaffirmed after the accident at Brétigny-sur-Orge for which maintenance was blamed by several expert reports.