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More than 21 billion euros over 4 years for RATP

2021-04-14T19:04:54.021Z


ANALYSIS - This new financing contract should encourage the company to do better in all areas, particularly with regard to the cleanliness and punctuality of trains.


"

A historic contract, because we reached 21.2 billion euros over four years

" and a strong requirement: "

Improve the quality of the service provided.

»Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France and Île-de-France Mobilités (IDFM) region, the manager and financier of Parisian transport, set the compensation for the public effort, decided within the framework of the new planning contract signed Wednesday April 14 with RATP.

It covers the period 2021-2024.

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Described as "

ambitious

", the contract provides for a 25% increase in investments, to 8.4 billion, of which 40% financed by equity by the RATP, 38% by grants from IDFM and 23% by the State. and the region.

The subsidies allocated by the IDFM alone are quadrupled, to 800 million per year.

This, "in

order to continue improving the quality of service offered to Ile-de-France residents and the modernization of the networks operated by RATP in Ile-de-France,

" specifies IDFM.

These are 14 metro lines, 341 bus lines, 8 tram lines, as well as RER A and B, the busiest lines in Europe co-operated by RATP and SNCF.

The contract introduces a more demanding bonus-malus system in terms of customer satisfaction with increased objectives.

It provides for an envelope of 100 million euros, against 25 million in the previous contract, of which 25 million are linked to the result of a customer perception survey on the quality of service, against 2.5 million previously.

This bonus-malus should encourage the RATP to do better in all areas: regularity and punctuality of trains, cleanliness, safety, reception… In all, some 200 criteria are used to assess the quality of the service provided by RATP.

Source: lefigaro

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