what should you expect in the Ardennes this Thursday?

This Thursday November 21, 2024the railway unions are calling for a united rally in front of Charleville-Mézières station, at around 11 a.m.

A demonstration which is part of a day of action at the national level. The unions are calling for a strike, even if it should have “ limited impacts » according to the SNCF. The unions are opposed to the dismantling of Fret SNCF, the number 1 company in the transport of goods in France, but not only that, indicates André Giraux, general secretary CGT railway workers of the Ardennes : « It is a movement against privatizations in general. There is freight, of course, but also that of the TER service which will concern us in 2029 in Champagne-Ardenne ».

7 TER out of 10 on average

This Wednesday at 4 p.m., SNCF forecasts showed, at the national level, almost normal traffic on the TGV Inoui and Ouigo, the circulation of one in two trains on average on the Intercités, and 7 TER out of 10 in circulation (again, on average). And in the Ardennes? Mr. Giraux indicates to The Ardennes that “ we already see that one in two railway workers will be on strike », and that between the different professions of the SNCF, this rate of 50% should be reached in the department. The greatest disruptions are expected to affect the transportation sector. Meuse valley.