SNCF announces that the mobilization will have no consequences on the circulation of long-distance trains. RER traffic will be disrupted.
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The circulation of regional trains will be disrupted, Wednesday, November 17, at the SNCF, due to a strike to demand a rise in wages which will affect traffic in a way “very variable depending on the region”, explained the public railway group on Tuesday. The strike calls, launched by the CGT-Cheminots and SUD-Rail, will not “no impact” on long distance trains.
From “adaptations” of traffic will be put in place on the Transilien (regional trains in Ile-de-France) and TER networks, an SNCF spokesperson told AFP. In Ile-de-France, on the part of the RER B line that it operates (the other part being managed by the RATP), the SNCF plans to circulate “4 out of 5 trains during peak hours and 3 out of 4 trains in off-peak hours”, according to the traffic forecasts of the railway group.
Traffic will also be disrupted on the RER D line, with “3 out of 4” in circulation, and on that of the RER E (“7 trains out of 10”). On the N line of Transilien, traffic will be “strongly disturbed”. Trains will be “deleted” on line R and replacement buses offered in Seine-et-Marne. The railway workers are mobilizing Wednesday when a compulsory annual negotiation meeting (NAO) will be held on the remuneration between unions and management.
“Give us back our money”, demands the CGT-Cheminots in its call for this national strike. “The management would like to impose in 2021 a 7th year of wage freeze. However, the wealth produced by railway workers is on the rise” and “at the same time, the cost of living has continued to increase in recent years”, adds the first SNCF union, which calls for increases “significant”.