SNCF STRIKE. This Friday, February 18, 2022, TGV and Intercités traffic on the south-west axis is very disrupted due to a strike by signalmen. No TER is planned at Bordeaux Saint-Jean station. Traffic forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 18 février 2022 à 14h25] This Friday, February 18, the circulation of TGV, Ouigo, Intercités and TER is severely disrupted in New Aquitaine all day due to a strike by signalmen who are demanding better working conditions and remuneration and more staff. “Circulation of the TGV Inoui and Ouigo are interrupted on Friday morning but will be provided all afternoon and evening for departures until 8 p.m.”, details the SNCF in a press release. On some lines, no traffic is guaranteed, especially around the star of Bordeaux. Finally, “traffic is interrupted on the La Rochelle branch. Angoulême and Libourne are not served.”
Social movement of SNCF Réseau switchers in New Aquitaine on Friday 18/02:
@TGVINOUI and @OUIGO : traffic interrupted in the morning, but guaranteed in the afternoon until 8 p.m. between Paris and Bordeaux
@Intercites : heavily disrupted traffic
@TER_SNCF : heavily disrupted traffic— SNCF (@SNCF) February 17, 2022
In the Normandy region, if the disturbances have nothing to do with the strike, many TER trains are interrupted this afternoon due to the EUNICE storm (find the axes concerned in the detail below). TGV Inoui, Ouigo and Intercités customers have meanwhile been contacted by SNCF to find out if their train is running. The exchange and full refund of their ticket is possible free of charge. Check out all the disruptions below.
TER traffic is zero in the New Aquitaine region and very disrupted in the Normandy region for another reason, storm Eunice. As regards the TGV Inoui and Ouigo, traffic is guaranteed this Friday all afternoon and evening for departures until 8 p.m. The TGV Inoui and Ouigo towards La Rochelle do not run and the stations of Libourne and Angoulême are not served.
- TGV disruptions : the SNCF announces disrupted traffic on the TGV Inoui and Ouigo south of Tours to and from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and Toulouse. “Circulation of the TGV Inoui and Ouigo are interrupted on Friday morning but will be provided all afternoon and evening for departures until 8 p.m.”, details the SNCF in a press release. “Traffic is interrupted on the La Rochelle branch. Angoulême and Libourne are not served.” Finally, on the Normandy LGVs, traffic was disrupted due to the EUNICE storm.
- TER disturbances : traffic interrupted Thursday February 17 from 8.30 p.m. on departure and arrival from Bordeaux. 25% of traffic guaranteed on Friday February 18, mainly in Limousin and Sud-Aquitain. No traffic in Poitou-Charentes and on the Bordeaux star. More information on the TER website. To monitor general regional train traffic disruptions, this page will be useful to you.
- Apart from this strike, but due to storm EUNICE, the circulation of TER Normandie is also disrupted this Friday, February 18 from noon until Saturday morning at least, on the axes Caen-Cherbourg, Caen-Granville, Rouen-Dieppe, Rouen-Serqueux-Gisors, Rouen-Le Havre, Fécamp -Le Havre-Rolleville and Elbeuf-Yvetot. The resumption of traffic is estimated from Saturday, February 19.
- Intercity disruptions : traffic disrupted on the Intercités south of Tours to and from the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and Toulouse this Friday, February 18. Traffic interrupted on the Nantes-Bordeaux axis, 1 train out of 3 on the Bordeaux-Marseille axis, including 2 restricted from Toulouse to Marseille, and 2 trains out of 3 on the Toulouse-Hendaye axis. A round trip canceled on the Paris-Cahors line. Consult this page for real-time information.
The traffic disruptions linked to the strike by the south-west axis signalmen began on Thursday February 17 at 8 p.m. and ended on Saturday February 19 at 8 a.m.