“strongly disturbed” traffic on the RER B and C, in Ile-de-France

On the first day of a week of strike calls on Monday, May 5, traffic was “Strongly disturbed” In the morning in Ile-de-France on the RER B and C, as well as on certain Transilians, in accordance with the SNCF forecasts. Several calls for the South-Rail strike and the CGT-Cheminots were issued this week to demand an increase in remuneration and better anticipation of the schedules, too often modified at the last minute according to them. For the May 8 bridge, a collective influential of controllers called National ASCT collective (CNA) joined the call for mobilization, giving it a magnitude.

On line B of the RER, “Traffic is strongly disturbed” Monday morning, with “One in two train on the northern part of the line, and two out of three trains on the southern part”according to the Transilien.com website. However, there is “No change of train required in Paris-Gare-du-Nord”. Regarding the RER C, traffic is also “Strongly disturbed”with one in two train. On the RER E, traffic is “slightly disturbed”, with four out of five trains which should be assured. The traffic is however normal on the RER A, the most frequented line. The same frequency of one in two train is noted on lines n, u and v of the transilian, where traffic is reported “Strongly disturbed”.

In the Hauts-de-France region, only TERs are concerned in the North and Pas-de-Calais, according to the SNCF, which announces the maintenance of“A little more than one in three train”. Travelers were notified of these disruptions on Friday, 3 p.m., “So that they can organize themselves even before departure for the weekend”specifies the SNCF.

All exchangeable and refundable tickets

At the national level, SNCF Travelers did not communicate forecasts on Sunday for Monday. On the SNCF Connect website, a message posted that“Due to a social movement, the TGV trains Trains Inoui and Ouigo can be disrupted between Monday May 5 and Sunday, May 11. The transport plan can be adapted and confirmed the day before departure from 5 p.m..

“We are far from a dark week, there will be no week at a stop, but a week as normal as possible”had declared during an interview with the agency France-Presse (AFP) the CEO of SNCF Travelers, Christophe Fanichet. “Circulation will be normal from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 May on TGV”he said, and for May 9, 10 and 11, most trains will circulate.

In addition to the promise to transport everyone by train, Mr. Fanichet signed up for this “Let all customers be warned before leaving [en week-end] Regarding their return train ». ” That’s to say [à] Be warned before the start of the bridge on Wednesday for circulation until Sunday, May 11 »he detailed. He also announced that all tickets were “Exchangeable, reimbursable, free of charge”on incredible TGVs like the Ouigo, for the week of May 5 to 11.