While the railway unions called a strike this Thursday, November 21, SNCF Voyageurs assured this Tuesday that rail traffic will be “almost normal on the TGVs”. On the other hand, “some disruptions are to be expected on certain regional lines”.
What can you actually expect on Thursday November 21 in the stations? The strike planned in two days at the call of all the railway workers' unions will have little impact on rail traffic since it will be “almost normal on the TGVs” while “some disruptions are expected on certain regional lines,” SNCF Voyageurs said on Tuesday.
Service will be “normal to near normal” on lines A, K, L and P, as well as on trams T4, T11, T12, and T13.
Disruptions to expect
RER
RER B: There will be, on average, 1 train out of 2 on the northern part of the line (from Gare du Nord) and 3 trains out of 4 to the south of the line (from Châtelet-les-Halles).
RER C: 2 trains out of 3 on average on the entire line.
RER D: On the different axes, the traffic will not be the same. On the Creil – Corbeil and Goussainville – Melun axis, 2 trains out of 5 must be planned.
On the Corbeil – Malesherbes route, there will be 1 out of 3 trains during rush hour in the morning and evening. Regarding the Juvisy – Corbeil via Ris route, there will be no trains, just like on the Corbeil – Melun via Saint-Fargeau route.
RER E: There will be, on average, 3 trains out of 4.
Transilien
Line H: as on the RER B, there will be, on average, 1 train out of 2 on the entire line during this strike day.
Line J: there will be, on average, 2 trains out of 3 on the entire line.
Line N: there will be, on average, 1 train out of 2 on the entire line.
Line U: there will be, on average, 2 trains out of 3 on the entire line.
Line R: as on the RER D, there should only be 1 train out of 3 on average. On the Paris/Montereau/Montargis axis, there will be 2 out of 3 trains and on the Melun/Montereau axis, there will be no trains.
The protest movement was triggered by the confirmation, at the beginning of November, of the dismantling of Fret SNCF, the leading company in France for the transport of goods by rail, with the elimination of 500 jobs out of 5,000.
The company will be replaced on January 1 by two companies, one specializing in freight transport (Hexafret) and the other in locomotive maintenance (Technis). SNCF has promised zero layoffs by taking over all railway workers not retained in other group companies.
This dismantling results from an agreement signed between the government and the European Commission, after the opening of an investigation into illegal state aid paid to Fret SNCF.
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