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In the face of an ageing rail network, the SNCF is sounding the alarm: it is missing EUR 1.5 billion a year. The project of a tax on train tickets makes teeth grin.
To maintain the railway network, a proposal emerged from the ongoing working group on transport financing: the introduction of a new tax, imposed on customers for the purchase of a train ticket (TER, Intercity and TGV). Arbitrations on this subject are expected a priori by the end of July.
SNCF is looking through all means to find the 1.5 billion euros missing to finance its projects, including the renovation of its network.
Train: a new railway tax in the cartons since 3 June 2025 The date of 3 June 2025 marked a new stage in the long series of financing of the rail network. On that day, the press revealed that a tax on train tickets was officially envisaged by a government working group. The objective ? To finance the urgent renovation of the French rail, with an expected revenue of 800 million euros per year. This measure is part of the national conference "Ambit…
In the framework of the conference "Ambition France Transports" launched in May by François Bayrou, the track of a new tax on each train ticket was proposed according to Les Echos. A proposal that is far from unanimous.
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