If a strike for the end-of-year holidays is ruled out, social tensions remain palpable in the SNCF. This is demonstrated by the movement launched this Friday, December 1, by the CGT Cheminots aimed at switchers.
The “traffic agents” are thus called to strike “from Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 7 p.m. until Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 8 a.m.” The reasons for this movement are multiple, according to a union brochure: “lack of personnel”, “lack of positions” or even “leaves regularly denied and imposed.” The consequences will vary by region.
• In the north
Few disturbances to fear in Hauts-de-France, anticipates the SNCF on the SNCF Connect website. Only “the Calais Dunkirk line will be closed” (in both directions) “and the Calais Boulogne and Calais Hazebrouck lines (in both directions) will be interrupted that day,” the site reads.
• In Normandy
Slight disturbances are also expected in Normandy, especially on the Paris-Trouville (in both directions) and Le Havre – Bréauté – Fécamp (in both directions) lines. The SNCF specifies, however, that the Rennes-Granville line will be interrupted in both directions this Friday.
• In the Center Val de Loire region
“Train circulation will be interrupted on the SNCF network from Thursday, November 30, 2023 at 7 p.m. until Saturday, December 2, 2023 at 8 a.m. due to a national social movement by the network manager” , specifies the SNCF on the SNCF Connect website. .
• In the southeast neighborhood
According to the SNCF Connect website, traffic will be affected in the southeast quarter, especially in Lyon. “This Friday, December 1, the Lyon Part-Dieu station will be poorly served. We invite you to collect your tickets upon arrival or departure from the Lyon Saint-Exupéry station, where the frequency of trains will be higher,” warns the SNCF.
Traffic is also expected to be severely affected on the Auvergne-Rhône Alpes TER network, but only slightly affected in Burgundy Franche-Comté.
• In the Big East
Traffic will be disrupted in the Greater East region. In detail, the SNCF Connect website specifies that “train circulation will be greatly disrupted in Champagne-Ardenne and Lorraine due to a national social movement by the Network Manager.” For example, no trains will run on the line between Reims and Dijon.
Traffic will also be affected in Lorraine.
• In the southwest
“Train circulation will be seriously disrupted on the SNCF Aquitaine and Poitou-Charentes network,” specifies the SNCF in SNCF Connect. Some trains will only run from 1 p.m., says the SNCF, which sends requests for information and encourages citizens to postpone their trip.
In Occitania, traffic will also be greatly affected; The SNCF consults its traffic information pages for more information on disturbances.
• In Brittany
The only exception in this complicated journey on rails: Brittany. Traffic will be normal this Friday, December 1st throughout the day.
Source: BFM TV
