While the price of the Navigo pass and the metro ticket could increase by at least 20% for Ile-de-France residents, public transport prices are also on the rise in other French regions.
This is the news that makes Parisian public transport users cringe. Faced with soaring energy prices, the Île-de-France Region would consider raising the price of the Navigo pass from 75 to 90 euros per month while the price of the metro ticket would drop from 1.90 to 2.30 euros. For the moment, nothing has yet been decided and the President of the Region Valérie Pécresse relies on the government to support, at least partially, this increase in costs in order to maintain the monthly price of the Navigo pass under the 80 euro mark.
Guest of the morning of France Inter this Monday, Olivier Véran recalled that the government had already prevented the explosion of the price of the metro ticket during the pandemic and that the final decision fell to the president of the IDF region. On his side, Transport Minister Clément Beaune opened the door to support and government aid this Monday morning on RMC. Discussions are underway between the two parties to explore alternatives for Ile-de-France transport. But what about the situation in other French regions? BFM Business takes stock.
Increases of 6 to 8% for TER
About a third of the regions have already announced the color. This is the case of Pays de la Loire where TER and bus prices will increase by 6% while the annual price of school transport will increase by 40 euros per child.
In the southern half of France, the increase in TER will even reach 8% in PACA and New Aquitaine. Note that Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes will make a distinction between occasional travelers and subscribers, for whom the increase will be limited to 3%.
On smaller scales, increases are also to be expected for the price of the ticket in Greater Lyon as well as in Bordeaux where it will be contained below 2%. In addition, the regional council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur is preparing to increase the price of urban transport tickets from 1.50 to 2.30 euros. The president of the authority Renaud Muselier however specified that this increase was not due to the increase in the cost of energy but to an improved service.
“We will be obliged in a very moderate way to take into account part of the evolution of pricing, explained this morning Jean-Pierre Serrus, vice-president of the South region in charge of transport, at the microphone of BFM Marseille. we do with two objectives: to protect the purchasing power as much as possible and in particular that of those who have the most financial difficulties.”
In Rennes, the managing director of Kéolis Ronan Kerloc’h hinted to our colleagues from West France that a price increase was likely in 2023. In Normandy, an elected official from the Evreux conurbation made a similar speech in the columns of La Dépêche local.
Occitania wants to resist
In the South of France, only Occitania does not plan to increase the price of its TERs although its regional council is waiting for a gesture from the State. The Region has also introduced the “Train at 1 euro” system every first weekend of the month. The Hauts-de-France region has also come out in favor of freezing TER prices, at least for the month of January 2023, in order to avoid what could be perceived as a double penalty by users already victims of network malfunctions in this geographical area.
Finally, the Grand Est region prefers to temporize while waiting for a gesture from the State: no price increase is therefore expected before next year. To compensate for the increase in the price of electricity, the Region is considering, however, closing certain lines.