The difference in treatment can be surprising. The traveller who seeks to rally Amsterdam de Paris in land transit has a choice: either - via Thalys - TGV, or a bus, with a much longer duration of journey but also a much lower price. Reproduce the experience in the direction of Strasbourg. Here, there is not to break the head because one solution exists, the train. And for good reason: the domestic bus transportation on regular routes of longue distance is almost France. The fault in legislation "which multiplies barriers to protect the SNCF trains", regrets Hervé Mariton, UMP MP of the Drôme, aware for a long time to this question. However, things could quickly change: members work, according to our information, a text of law that will lead to liberalize the market and allow the emergence of bus dedicated to long journeys. Why could no coach try previously So far, buses were stationed to long-distance or regional routes with a significant offer. On the other hand, therefore only a society wanted to send his bus on long-distance (with several crossed regions), was a specific authorization. "It required a consultation of the communities concerned, and especially of the SNCF, which has been more often hostile," provides Hervé Mariton. This is why Parliament wants that "going from the current regime of the authorization, of the Declaration.Clearly, liberalize the market to generate initiatives. The thing is currently in the study. The project of law for the birth of the regulator of the rail (Araf) - the text will be considered at the re-entry-, has been tabled by Yanick Paternotte, UMP Deputy for the Val - d'Oise, with the agreement of the Government. This should facilitate considerably the possibilities for cabotage, now banned indeed. Clearly, bus Paris-Warsaw could have a stage to Strasbourg, provided that this does not represent the bulk of the binding.
Hervé Mariton wants to go further and intends to file an amendment to the complete opening of the market. The Government has established a working group involving SNCF and local collectivités to study the issue. These long distance bus should relate to very specific links. "It is recently lines or not served by SNCF who could switch, such as Nantes-Lyon, Lille and Strasbourg or encoreNantes-Bordeaux-Toulouse", says Hervé Mariton.
Little threatened SNCF
The railway company will not necessarily see at some this development of an evil eye, while its interregional trains cost him a 70 million deficit last year. Its base is in any event not threatened: in European countries where these longue distance buses already exist, they represent a niche market, having acquired between 1 and 11 of the passenger transport market. In Britain, which is completely liberalized, the rate is 6. This parliamentary initiative could still face criticism from environmentalists, not wishing to see new vehicles on the routes. "It is a bad argument." It is better for the environment to drive a full bus, instead of a half empty diesel train. "To be in contrast to design these coaches as alternatives to the road", provides the Member.
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