SNCF STRIKE. This Tuesday, February 7, the traffic of TGV, Intercités, TER, Transiliens and RER will be “severely disrupted” due to the third day of interprofessional strike against the pension reform. Discover line-by-line forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 5 février 203 à 10h41] New day of strike for the SNCF Tuesday, February 7, at the call of the inter-union. There will thus be, on average, 1 TGV in circulation out of 2, 3 TER out of 10 or even 2 Ouigo out of 5. Transilien traffic will also be severely disrupted, as will that of Intercités and international trains. However, in a press release, SNCF Voyageurs explains that “while traffic will be severely disrupted” on all lines, the railway company notes “an improvement in the situation on most lines compared to the two previous days of social movement “.
Users whose TGV or Intercités have been canceled were notified this Sunday by SMS or email. The return to normal is scheduled for Thursday, February 9 at 8 a.m., still according to the press release, and given that the CGT-Cheminots called for two consecutive days of strike Tuesday and Wednesday.
The SNCF has communicated its traffic forecasts for the day of the strike on February 7. The company has indicated that TGV and Ouigo traffic will be “severely disrupted”, with an average of 1 out of 2 TGVs in circulation and 2 out of 5 trains for Ouigos. TER traffic will also be affected, with 3 TERs out of 10, as will that of Intercités, Transiliens, international trains and RERs operated totally or partly by SNCF. Here is the detailed SNCF traffic forecast for the day of February 7:
- TGV : 2 trains out of 5 on the North axis, 1 train out of 2 on the East axis, 1 train out of 3 on the Atlantic axis, 2 trains out of 5 on the South-East axis
- TER : 3 trains out of 10. SNCF indicates that TER traffic “will be severely disrupted in all regions”, and that “details of transport plans will be communicated by SNCF Voyageurs in each of the regions”.
- Ouigo : 2 trains out of 5
- Transilians : 1 train out of 3 on lines H, J, K, L and N. 2 trains out of 3 on line U. 2 trains out of 5 on line P (normal service on the Esbly – Crécy branch), 1 train out of 5 on line R (no traffic between Melun and Montereau via Héricy).
- RER A : 1 train out of 2. Interconnection maintained at Nanterre Prefecture.
- RER B : 1 train out of 2 at peak times, 1 train out of 3 at off-peak times. Interconnection suspended at Paris Nord station, change of train at this station.
- RER C : 1 train out of 3
- RER D : 1 train out of 6. Interconnection suspended between Châtelet-les-Halles and Paris Gare de Lyon, no trains between these two stations. No traffic on the Malesherbes Corbeil Juvisy axes via Ris-Orangis and Corbeil Melun.
- RER E : 2 trains out of 5
- International trains : 3 Eurostar out of 4, 1 Lyria out of 2. Traffic is slightly disrupted for the Thalys. Concerning the other international connections, the SNCF plans 1 train out of 3 on average.
- Day Intercity : 2 round trips on Paris-Limoges-Toulouse, Bordeaux-Marseille and Nantes-Lyon, 1 round trip on Paris-Clermont, no traffic on Nantes-Bordeaux and Aubrac (Clermont-Béziers).
- Night intercity : normal service on Paris-Nice, no traffic on Paris-Briançon, Pyrénéen (Paris-Lourdes/La Tour-de-Carol) and Occitan (Paris-Toulouse)
Note that, for the day of February 7, the agents of the RATP will also be on strike, which means that the Ile-de-France residents will have to organize themselves accordingly, just like tourists passing through the capital!
The CGT Cheminots and SUD-Rail maintain their call for a strike the day after February 7, i.e. Wednesday February 8, without being followed by Unsa Ferroviaire and CFDT-Cheminots, who are sticking to the call of the eight main French trade unions. For the time being, the forecasts have not been announced, but will be by Monday evening at the latest.
The two dates of February 7 and 8, 2023 fall during the Zone A school holidays, which start this Saturday February 4, and just before the Zone B holidays which start on Saturday February 11!
If the date of February 7 decided by the inter-union is consensus among the unions of the SNCF, that of February 11, the fourth major day of action against the pension reform, is debated. The Unsa Ferroviaire union wants a simple “call for mobilization, not a strike” on Saturday February 11, to avoid criticism of this symbolic date for departures on winter vacation for zone B (Aix-Marseille, Amiens, Caen , Lille, Nancy-Metz, Nantes, Nice, Orléans-Tours, Reims, Rennes, Rouen and Strasbourg). An opinion shared by SUD-Rail: “We debated the possibility of not having a call for a strike on this day and of having a simple call for demonstration”, announced the federal secretary of the union Erik Meyer at the AFP. “We don’t want to block the holiday crossover,” he added.
For its part, the CGT Cheminots calls on the agents “a priori in a unitary way to demonstrate on 11”, according to the words of the spokesperson for the first SNCF union, Cédric Robert, reported by Point. Finally, with regard to the CFDT Cheminots, Thomas Cavel, general secretary of the union, indicated this Saturday, February 4 at the microphone of franceinfo : “We will determine on Monday if we call a strike.” For the moment, the CFDT Cheminots is just calling “to massively strengthen the ranks of the demonstrations next Saturday”. Thomas Cavel wonders about the effect of a strike by railway workers on Saturday February 11 on the “support of public opinion”, when the school holidays in zone B will have just started. The CGT-Cheminots, SUD-Rail and Unsa-Ferroviaire will decide on a possible call for a strike on February 11 after the day of action on February 7, reports The Parisian.
The position of the SNCF unions on this key date of February 11 will therefore be clarified in the coming days. The unions have also proposed a renewable strike “from mid-February” at the SNCF, in the event that the government persists in its pension reform project.
Travelers on canceled TGV and Intercités trains receive the information via e-mail or SMS between 24 and 48 hours in advance (provided they have provided their contact details when booking). On the other hand, users of TER without a connection do not receive SMS. It is advisable to verify the information by informing its train number the day before and just before departure on the SNCF site.
To follow the traffic of main line trains (TGV, Intercités) in real time, consult the traffic forecasts on the site sncf.com. On mobile, it is also very practical to go to the Twitter account @SNCF_infopresse, and @SNCF. For the TER, go to this specific page ter.sncf.com which allows you to navigate by region. For the RER, you can follow the Twitter accounts @RERA, @RERB or this page dedicated to RER C. For the Transilien or RER network in general, simply go to the dedicated platform to check if his journey is provided by the SNCF.