SNCF management foresees major disruptions on the TGV Atlantique line for the first weekend of the All Saints holidays.
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Eight out of ten TGVs will finally be in circulation on Saturday 23 October. When the call to strike was announced by three unions on Thursday, SNCF management announced that only 2 TGVs out of 3 would be in circulation on Saturday and Sunday on the Atlantic axis. A severely disrupted traffic for the first weekend of the All Saints holidays. On Friday, one in 10 trains is canceled on this axis.
The notice of a joint strike by CGT-Cheminots, SUD-Rail and CFDT-Cheminots will affect the movement of TGV Inoui and Ouigo on the TGV Atlantique axis, SNCF said. Negotiations on remuneration and working conditions “could not find a favorable outcome at this stage”, specifies the management of the railway company.
“As a result, the transport offer will be reduced this weekend on the TGV Inoui and Ouigo from and to Brittany, Pays de la Loire, Center-Val de Loire, New Aquitaine and Occitanie”, explains the management of the SNCF. Travelers will be able to “to be reimbursed or exchanged” their ticket “for another date and this free of charge”.