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French Transport Revolution: Is their Spending Extravagant or Necessary?

The British often cast an envious eye at French public transport, with its high speed TGV network, modern light rail systems and cheap fares. But is this testament to French flair or is it the result of extravagant and inefficient spending?

26 February 2010
April 3, 2007, on the LGV Est line. This TGV trainset set a new world speed record for high speed rail of 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph)
April 3, 2007, on the LGV Est line. This TGV trainset set a new world speed record for high speed rail of 574.8 km/h (357.2 mph)
President Nicolas Sarkozy, October 25, 2007 -
President Nicolas Sarkozy, October 25, 2007 - "I say the state was wrong to disengage from developing urban transport. I will restore state participation in the construction of bus lanes, bicycle lanes and tramways"

 

The arrival of French transport groups, Keolis, Veolia and Transdev, in the UK over the past decade has brought with it its fair share of legendary Gallic shrugs. The two countries may only be separated by 20 miles of English Channel, but the environment French transport professionals are used to in their homeland and the systems they have encountered in this country can often seem as though they are from a different planet.

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