仏、４９ユーロの鉄道乗り放題チケット導入へ　独方式を模倣

【パリＡＦＰ＝時事】フランスのクレマン・ボーヌ交通担当相は７日、ドイツの成功例を模倣し、２０２４年夏に月額約４９ユーロ（約７７００円）で全国のローカル線ＴＥＲや都市間鉄道が乗り放題となる格安パス「パスレール」を導入する方針を明らかにした。政府は環境問題への配慮から、飛行機の国内線の利用を一部制限し、公共交通機関の利用を奨励している。（写真は資料写真）
　ボーヌ氏は国営テレビ・フランス２に対し、「至ってシンプルだ。フランス国民なら、年齢にかかわらず、誰でもこのパスを購入できる。そうすれば、安価な均一料金で都市間鉄道やＴＥＲが乗り放題になる」と説明した。
　ボーヌ氏は、隣国ドイツが５月１日から導入した「ドイチュランドチケット」をそっくりまねたことを認め、「目標は、ドイツなどの欧州諸国に似たやり方で鉄道の利用を促すことだ」と説明した。ドイチュランドチケットは月額４９ユーロで、州や地方自治体の公共交通機関が乗り放題となる。
　ただし、ドイチュランドチケットで高速列車ＩＣＥを利用できないのと同様、パスレールでも高速列車ＴＧＶは適用外となる。
　ボーヌ氏は「可能なら」パスレールで都市内の地下鉄やバス、路面電車も利用できるようにしたいと述べた。
　ドイチュランドチケットの費用はドイツ政府と州政府が均等に負担しており、その費用は２０２５年までで年間３０億ユーロ（約４７３０億円）と見込まれている。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】
〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2023/09/11-14:57）

France will next summer launch a bargain-price monthly pass valid on certain trains nationwide, directly copying a hugely successful move in Germany to encourage greener transport, a minister said Thursday.
The Pass Rail would cost around 49 euros ($52) a month and allow users unlimited travel nationwide on TER regional trains and intercity trains, Transport Minister Clement Beaune told France 2 television.
President Emmanuel Macron had said on Monday that France's regional authorities had agreed to the move, which follows limitations on domestic air travel imposed earlier this year.
It will be simple. The French -- irrespective of their age -- can buy this pass and have unlimited travel on an intercity or TER for a flat, inexpensive price, Beaune said.
Beaune acknowledged that the idea directly follows that of the Deutschland-Ticket in neighbouring Germany which was launched in May and allows unlimited travel on regional and local transport for 49 euros a month.
The ideal is to have something a little bit like what the Germans and other European countries have done... to encourage train use, said Beaune.
He said the pass would be launched from the summer with a price similar to that of the German system.
The German version does not include high-speed German ICE trains and France's high-speed TGV will also not be included in the French pass.
Beaune said if possible the French pass would also cover local transport by metro, bus and tram within cities.
Germany's pass, which is equally funded by the German state and its regions, is expected to cost authorities three billion euros annually up until 2025.
Macron's move has already raised eyebrows in some quarters with Franck Dhersin, vice-president of the northern Hauts-de-France region in charge of transport, saying that while the president often has good ideas... it's your idea and you can finance it.
In another widely-publicised move encouraging green travel, Austrian rail operator OeBB said Wednesday it would run a night train between Paris and Berlin starting in December.