Train traffic will be “very disturbed” Tuesday January 31 for the second day of mobilization against the pension reform, announced the SNCF, Sunday January 29. The disturbances will begin on Monday, from 7 p.m., and will last until Wednesday morning, around 6 a.m. The railway company plans in particular one TGV out of three on average, and two TER out of ten.
In detail, the SNCF plans two out of five TGVs for the North axis, one out of two in the East, one out of four for the Atlantic arc, one out of two in the South-East and two out of five for the Ouigo. Intercités trains will not run on Tuesday, with the exception of a Paris-Clermont, Paris-Limoges-Toulouse and Bordeaux-Marseille round trip. In Ile-de-France, one train in three will run on lines A, B, H and U, as well as one train in four on line K, and one train in ten for lines C and D (partly closed ), E, J, L, N, P and R, according to a statement.
The RATP plans, for its part, a “very disrupted traffic” on the RER and metro networks. On line 4, one out of two trains will run during peak hours. Only at peak times (7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.), one train out of three will run on line 7, one out of three on line 7 bis, one out of two on line 9, and one out of four on the 12. Lines 3, 5, 8, 11 and 13 will only be open on one section and at peak times.
Finally, the RATP expects normal traffic with risk of saturation on lines 1 and 14. Traffic on the RER lines will also be “very disturbed” with one RER A and RER B out of two on average at peak times. The bus and tram lines will only be “slightly disturbed”.
Towards the cancellation of one in five flights at Orly airport
On the international side, trains will experience various fates: Eurostar and Thalys traffic will operate almost normally, but TGV traffic will be “very disturbed” between France and Switzerland (Lyria). “The forecasts are broadly similar” to those of last Thursday, which marked the first day of mobilization, said the SNCF.
For air transport, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) asked airlines to preventively cancel one in five flights at Orly airport on Tuesday. “Despite these preventive measures, disruptions and delays are nevertheless to be expected”said civil aviation.
Sunday morning, the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, anticipated on RTL a “difficult or even very difficult day” tuesday. The Minister advised: “All those who can organize themselves to do telework, to postpone a trip, it’s better”, because “there will be strong disturbances”commented the minister, interviewed on the radio program Le Grand Jury.
“I will do everything, with the SNCF, the RATP, the major public transport operators (…) so that we limit the impact on the daily life and the movements of the French as much as possible, it will not be great, but we will try to do the best. »
“To waste the weekends of (…) holidays, it is not serious”
In addition to Tuesday, the CGT has not ruled out actions on rail transport during school holidays, which begin on the weekend of February 4 for zone A. “We have the right to strike” but “to waste the weekends of departure or return from vacation (…) this is not serious “estimated Clément Beaune.
Asked also about the fire of electric cables in a signal box in Seine-et-Marne which caused the shutdown of the Gare de l’Est all day Tuesday and hampered traffic Wednesday, the minister mentioned, like the SNCF, a “sabotage”and “a very serious intentional incident”. “It’s probably people who know how it works”he said, without further details.
As part of the investigation opened by the Meaux prosecutor’s office (Seine-et-Marne), “everything is mobilized to find traces of footprints, and others”knowing that“there was no video surveillance” at the location of the disaster, he added.
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