Delays to French trains and flights increased sharply last year

Passengers wait for a high-speed TGV train to Paris, at Saint Jean de Luz train station in western France, on October 31, 2020. © AP / Bob Edme

2022 was one of the worst years of the past decade for train and air travel in France, an official evaluation has found, with more trains and planes delayed than in any year since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Just over 14 percent of high-speed TGV trains, 16 percent of cross-border services and nearly 17 percent of regular intercity express trains were delayed in France last year, according to the government's Transport Service Quality Authority (AQST).