Jean-Pierre Farandou, the president of the SNCF, has a new stone in the shoe.
His name is Joël Giraud, Secretary of State in charge of Rurality.
An angry minister who finds the SNCF too timid on the relaunch of night trains which the executive wants to make a priority.
The SNCF promises two more lines by 2022 ... The minister judges that it is too little, too late, too slow!
At a recent meeting, the boss of the SNCF and the minister explained.
Farandou: “You think we are doing everything wrong.
»Giraud:« No, I find that you are not doing anything right… »Atmosphere.
It must be said that night trains are a personal matter for Giraud.
The “Mr. Rural” of the government has borrowed Paris-Briançon all his life, he who works in Paris but lives in L'Argentière-la-Bessée in the Hautes-Alpes.
He is also still a member of the FNAUT (National Federation of Transport User Associations).
So he continues to bitch against the SNCF but, today, as a minister.
And he threatens: “If the SNCF does not move, we will have recourse to foreign companies, Austrian for example, they do that very well and the service will be better.
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Behind the night trains, there is the opening up of entire regions, people who sometimes feel forgotten but who rarely fail to vote when the time comes.
So, it's urgent ... Emmanuel Macron also observes with kindness his minister expressing his bad mood.
This Monday morning, Joël Giraud arrives at Austerlitz station after spending the weekend at home.
Hopefully the SNCF will have had a good trip, otherwise he may be even worse off at the next meeting.
