The fight continues for the Argenton-sur-Creuse station defense committee, which has taken note of the new SNCF timetable. For members of the association and train users, this is disappointing. A stop at Argenton-sur-Creuse station will be removed from March 2023 and no service has been added. Gathered in a general meeting yesterday, the eighty people present voted for actions to block trains in order to try to make their demands heard once again.
“It’s the only way we have to be heard”
“Who is for stop-train actions?”, asks the president of the committee, Martine Irzenski to the assembly. At these words, all the people present in the room raise their hands and record the return of train blockages at Argenton-sur-Creuse station. “It’s the only way we have to be heard”laments Martine Irzenski.
The 460 members of the association asked for better service, in particular from Argenton-sur-Creuse station. But it was with astonishment that they discovered that the morning train from Paris would no longer stop at the station, from March 2023.
Contrarian decisions
“We cannot advocate public transport and the train in the media as Minister Clément Beaune does and behind it not turn these words into action”, notes Clément Sapin. The second deputy to the town hall of Argenton-sur-Creuse is mobilized with the association to improve the rail service. An important element “to open up territories, so that people stay and others arrive”says the chosen one.
For users and citizens too, it’s a bit of a misunderstanding. “We praise ecology and behind it we remove trains. Frankly, I don’t understand”expresses Thierry.