SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou on Wednesday kicked off his ten-year strategic plan, which aims to look beyond the health crisis to make the group "
a world champion of sustainable mobility
" .
Speaking online to more than 10,000 managers in the field, Jean-Pierre Farandou also sought to respond to the concerns of railway workers about the economic situation, employment problems or the challenges of competition, he said. he told AFP.
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"
Thanks to the deployment of this project, we are ready to face a year 2021 which will still remain difficult, and above all we will be able to get started, as soon as the health crisis is over.
The company will be in working order to accelerate and bounce back,
”assured the leader of the public group, to which the pandemic will cost billions of euros, further aggravating its very heavy debt.
Called “
All SNCF
”, the program sets the course for ten years for the group, while the subsidiaries (Travelers, Network, Freight, etc.) are setting out their strategy for five years, and the operational entities in the field for three years.
Jean-Pierre Farandou wants to make SNCF "
a company more oriented towards the territories
", "
a company which (...) wants to be ahead and leader on the environment
" a group "
at the forefront of innovation
" with a focus on digital.
"
And then there is the human aspect: I have a clear awareness that this company is a company of men and women, railway workers, 133,000 railway workers, and we must prepare the future of the company with them,
”he remarked.
Predictive maintenance, in particular, should make it possible to reduce breakdowns.
SNCF has set itself a target of 95% regularity by 2025 for both TGV and RER trains.
“
We are around 92%.
It's already not bad, we have made a lot of progress, but we know that the three additional points are the most difficult,
”noted Mr. Farandou.
"
The French want trains on time, and they are right,
" he remarked.
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At the same time, the group has set itself a goal of carbon neutrality by 2050, with a “
crossing point
” in 2030 of a 50% drop compared to 2015, attainable in particular with the development of hydrogen and battery-powered trains. and hybrids.
