Tense atmosphere upon returning from vacation.
During a press conference on the start of the school year on Tuesday, Valérie Pécresse announced the forthcoming holding of an extraordinary council of Île-de-France Mobilités.
On the menu of this meeting: the many disputes which poison relations between the regional authority, the SNCF, and the railway manufacturer Alstom.
"We have decided, following a number of breaches, or declarations, by SNCF Réseau, to convene an exceptional board of directors of IDFM on September 13, in which we will hear both SNCF Réseau and Alstom , to mention all the issues that are causing anger today", declared Valérie Pécresse And to quote, pell-mell, a series of projects giving rise to financial blockages, such as Eole, "the extension of the RER E of Saint -Lazare to La Défense then Mantes-la-Jolie, the automation of RER B and D, the maintenance of Line P in Seine-et-Marne, the T12 tram in Essonne... Today we have a lot of litigation on these files with SNCF Réseau.
This hearing was requested by all the directors of IDFM.
The announcement in Le Parisien on Monday of the suspension of the implementation of the Nexteo piloting system, which should make it possible to increase the number of trains that can circulate between Gare du Nord and Châtelet, has aroused many reactions from elected officials.
SNCF Réseau indicated in July that it did not wish to pursue the financing protocol, which had been voted on and signed by all the partners, including the RATP, for commissioning around 2027. This complex project is valued at approximately 1 billion euros. euros, for a gain of two trains per hour on average.
Alstom asked to speed up on the RER NG
“We have not abandoned the project and we have never stopped working on it,” said SNCF Réseau today about Nexteo.
As an infrastructure manager, it is up to us to ensure the economic conditions of the project and the quality of the final product, which must meet the challenges of mobility, performance and safety expected by travelers and operators”.
As for Alstom, to which IDFM has entrusted the construction of most of the rolling stock for the years to come, the management of the company is invited to explain itself specifically on the delays in delivery of the RER NG, which must occur, at better, in 2023 on the RER E and D.