Arend7
Traveller
589 comments
Posted 5 months ago
By searching for a Frecciarossa train from Paris to Milano I got this message. “Dans le respect de la règlementation pour la protection des trains d'équilibre du territoire, les trajets entre Lyon et Modane (Lyon-Chambéry, Lyon-Modane et Chambéry-Modane) ne sont pas commercialisés.” I think that train doesn’t ride because of a landslide somewhere in that area. But what is an equilibrium train?
MisterSteve
Traveller
912 comments
Nothing to do with landslides - or equilibrium. The Italian Frecciarossa trains do not carry passengers on short rides in France due to financial rules that protect the stability of regional train and bus services. The SNCF TGVs probably have the same policy even if they don't mention it.
Arend7
Traveller
589 comments
Than they mean "trains du territoire d'equilibre" instead (in same territory). Probably wrongly translated. This train won't ride till July anyway because of the landslide.
nltrainer
Traveller
1336 comments
This is an official FR term/wording for something that all regions should be treated in same way re connections etc. even if they are far or close by the immense important capital of the FR speaking world; ´la ville lumiére, or Paris. So steve makes the best of it. It depends on the actual region how strict they enforce this rule. But Lyon-IT frontiére is all in same region.
F.e. region Occitanie-around Toulouse/MOntpellier, is known for its very much low-fare policy.