The aging trains used on this line are particularly sensitive to too high temperatures. Several round trips between Bordeaux and Marseille were therefore canceled. New trains should be delivered from 2029.

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This Monday, August 18, traffic should come back to normal on the Bordeaux-Marseille line, according to the SNCF. Since August 12, the line has experienced train cuts during the hottest hours of the day. In question, wagons that have become too dilapidated.

This line has the distinction of rolling intercity coral trains, a model born in 1975. Offering a more comfortable travel experience to second -class travelers, these wagons, born from the fusion of words “comfort” et “rail“, were equipped with generalized air conditioning systems, an innovation for the time.

If these trains have since experienced some modifications, their air conditioning systems are struggling to adapt to current conditions and may break down in the event of a hot stroke. “”Their old design does not ensure them the same robustness as that of more recent trains“, Land on the SNCF, despite a”regular maintenance“During the summer.

It is this same dilapidation of the wagons circulating on the line, which could have caused its disappearance. In a report by the Infrastructure Orientation Council (COI), given in 2023 to Elisabeth Borne, then Prime Minister, and taken up by the Marsactu mediathe experts were concerned about the state of the trains on this journey, potential suspensions of the line, or even its total judgment for several years.

“It is likely that the Bordeaux-Marseille lines will have to see their service reduced, or even deleted, between 2027 and 2033 approximately, taking into account the construction deadlines necessary in all hypotheses for workshops and materialssaid the co. Since this alarming note, As Checknews explainsthe state has taken over the problem, announcing new equipment.

The government has thus ordered new cars, in place of aging corals. Called “Oxygen“, These new wagons, from the Spanish manufacturer CAF, will start to circulate between the two cities from 2029. A purchase made directly by the State because the Bordeaux-Marseille link is a line balance of the territory (TET), which connects large French cities without using high speed line, and whose management is directly in the executive.

Unveiling in Brive of the future “oxygen” train (actual size model) intended for lines @Intercites from Paris-Clermont and Paris-Limoges-Toulouse. Funded by the State, they will replace the corals with a real innovative leap: WiFi, video surveillance, bikes, robustness…#2026! pic.twitter.com/sr7i4JxzeD

— Alain Krakovitch (@alainkrakovitch) December 5, 2022

These future wagons should allow better accessibility to people with disabilities, and have USB sockets at each place, a light wood interior and more resistant air conditioning than that of their predecessors.