What does the future hold for the TGV economic model?
The TGV model is a “win-win” model. A winner for the company, of course: the TGV is profi table, let’s not be shy about it. This commercial success was not a certainty at the outset, and it is thanks to our volume policy that we have made it here. The TGV is also profi table for its customers, providing a transport service with unquestionable qualities starting at 22 euros! The TGV is therefore a winner for everyone. It is also a winner for society. SNCF’s national, public and integrated character enables it to ensure solidarity among regions by running TGVs in areas where purely fi nancial reasoning would not allow it. Solidarity also exists between generations: profits today are reinvested in the future, in rolling stock, renovating or building stations and customer service. But the great changes in our economic environment, with increases in energy prices and fees, as well as the arrival of new operators in 2010, are going to shake up the situation. Passengers France-Europe plans to
