Cool story. Got evidence? I googled for a minute and found this official document:
"Thus, as shown in Figure 3, the modal share of rail has oscillated between 7 and 10% for almost 30 years, with a low point reached in 1995 following several years of crisis, and a maximum reached in 2011."
"Thus, as shown in Figure 3, the modal share of rail has oscillated between 7 and 10% for almost 30 years, with a low point reached in 1995 following several years of crisis, and a maximum reached in 2011."
https://www.autorite-transports.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/0...
Here's Figure 3. https://share.google/images/58s3sPR3bQ1LbQEHT . Where's the increase?