The circulation of regional trains will be severely disrupted from Bordeaux station, between Friday 30 December and Monday 2 January.
Le Figaro Bordeaux
The parties are not over, nor are the strikes. Twelve days after the end of a first SNCF strike in Bordeaux, from December 15 to 18, a new social movement of the signalmen of the Bordeaux station is planned for the new year. Disruptions are expected from Friday 30 December until Monday 2 January.
For this last weekend of the year, delays and cancellations are therefore to be expected for regional transport in New Aquitaine departing from Bordeaux station. The SNCF recommends that travelers “to postpone (their) trip or to check (their) train or connection the day before at 5 p.m. on the TER Nouvelle-Aquitaine website, the SNCF Connect application or any other mobility application“.
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This social movement comes as the region has just announced the purchase of 15 new TER trains, recognizing that “the current fleet is no longer sufficient to provide quality service on a daily basis“. Even outside of strike periods, the region also recognizes that, since the start of the 2022 school year, “many trains are overloadedespecially during rush hour.
Elsewhere, TGV and Intercités traffic will be normal for the weekend of January 1. “TGV traffic will (…) be almost normal on the Atlantic axis with more than 9 out of 10 trains in circulation“said a spokeswoman, adding that”these adaptations are linked to a local social movement of signalmen in the Bordeaux region“.
A strike launched on the main lines by a collective of controllers had considerably disrupted the Christmas weekend, but an agreement was reached with the management and the movement was therefore not renewed for the New Year weekend.
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