NicholasNCE
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As is the trend in Europe at the moment, the government announced this morning that they would not longer be funding the current night train network from the 1st July. Service will be limited to Paris - Briançon/Rodez/La Tour de Carol sleepers, the main loss being the former "Train Bleu" Paris - Nice service.
However, the government is open to any proposals by private operators to operate the shut-down services, it appears as open-access operators (ie. no subsidies). This is quite significant in itself as these could be the first privately operated domestic services in France.
Source (in French): http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/economie-...t-appel-a-la-concurrence_4868562_1656968.html
However, the government is open to any proposals by private operators to operate the shut-down services, it appears as open-access operators (ie. no subsidies). This is quite significant in itself as these could be the first privately operated domestic services in France.
Source (in French): http://abonnes.lemonde.fr/economie-...t-appel-a-la-concurrence_4868562_1656968.html