High-Speed Trains Give Way to Cut-Rate Buses in Macron’s France
- Law has had little impact on growth so far, economists say
- Almost 4 million bus passengers transported in first year
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It’s 8 a.m. at the height of vacation season in a parking lot on the western edge of Paris. A few hundred people are dragging around luggage as they hunt for the coaches that would take them to Toulouse, Biarritz, Amsterdam and beyond.
Bus travel in the country that popularized high-speed trains is booming, with almost 4 million passengers transported in the past 12 months and companies expecting the number to double in the next year.