Return ticket to the south of France ten euros more expensive
The operators of the French motorways traditionally increased toll rates on February 1 yesterday. This is done annually with a figure adjusted for inflation. Because inflation is currently so high, that means an average toll rate increase of 4.75 percent. For example, a one-way ticket to the south on the Route du Soleil (Paris to Marseille) will cost you €4.20 extra since yesterday.
Everything is rapidly becoming more expensive and so is the price for driving on the French highways. Last year the toll rate increase was already about 2 percent, this year it is an average of 4.75 percent. This while in 2019 and 2020 the increase was still well below 1 percent. The fairly substantial increase is related to the average inflation rate over the period October 2021 to October 2022. In France, inflation averaged 6.33 percent during that period, which means that motorway operators can increase their rates by almost 5 percent.
In practice, the rate increase means that driving up and down to the south of France will now cost about 10 euros more. The Route du Soleil, as the combination A6 and A7 from Paris to Lyon and Lyon to Marseille is usually called, costs €4.20 more to drive from now on: Paris-Lyon will now cost €39.20 at €39.20. 2.70 more, Lyon-Marseille is €26.90 one and a half euros more expensive than before.
Other connections relevant to the Dutch include Lille-Paris and Nancy-Lyon. On those routes you now pay €18.10 and €35 respectively, €0.80 and €1.60 more than up to and including the day before yesterday. Incidentally, it could just be that prices will rise even more in 2024, because the average inflation rate over the period October 2022 to now is higher than the aforementioned 6.33 percent. All the more reason to let yourself be tempted to slow down on the autoroutes, and itinerary to the Riviera.
– Thanks for information from Autoweek.nl