>>1597820>Extremely frequent strikes have made trains unreliable so people switch to cars.don't forget all of the salary bonuses and day-offs. they still get the health hazard bonus pay even tho noone is working on steam locos anymore.
also, local lines are abandoned, sometimes even torpedoes voluntarily to cut costs even tho these line may be feeder lines toward the TGV system.
It's not gonna improve too, they recently named a woman which came from Air France's management and got no experience in the railway field.