SNCF STRIKE. SNCF controllers are on strike until Sunday December 4, 2022 inclusive. The TGV, Intercités and international trains are strongly affected by this strike. Find detailed traffic forecasts.
[Mis à jour le 3 décembre 2022 à 17h41] Long-distance train traffic is severely disrupted by a strike by SNCF controllers, until Sunday evening. 4 out of 10 TGVs and Intercités are running on average this weekend. Ouigo and international train traffic is also experiencing disruptions. For example, there is no train making the France-Spain connection this weekend. On the other hand, the TER, Transilien and RER circulate normally. According to SNCF forecasts, traffic should gradually resume from Monday, December 5. Travelers whose journeys are impacted by this strike have been contacted by SMS or email. They will be able to benefit from a full refund of their ticket, or a free exchange on trains that are not affected by the strike, until December 8 inclusive.
This weekend, more than 80% of controllers are on strike. They are mobilizing for better recognition of their status, and demanding a salary increase and a status similar to that of train drivers. If they fail to win their case, they could carry out other strike movements during the end-of-year holidays, a period of great affluence in transport. A possibility that the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, nevertheless wanted to qualify, Saturday, December 3. “I can’t bring myself to have things written down,” he said, calling for “collective responsibility”. Words reported by BFM TV. Find the weekend forecast below and what we know about the upcoming strike dates.
Social movement: train traffic will be severely disrupted from December 2 to 5 on TGV INOUI, OUIGO and INTERCITES trains. Check the train timetables before going to the station.
— SNCF (@SNCF) November 30, 2022
The TGV and Intercités are very disrupted until Sunday inclusive, with 60% of the trains canceled. The TER, RER and Transiliens are not affected by this strike by SNCF controllers. Here are the predictions line by line:
- TGV disruptions : from December 3 to 4, 2022, plan 1 train out of 4 on the Ouigo and the TGV Atlantique, 1 train out of 3 on the TGV Est and Sud-Est and 1 train out of 2 on the TGV Nord.
- Intercity disruptions : from 3 to 4 December 2022, 1 Intercités out of 2 is in circulation and no night train is running. Consult this page for real-time information.
- International train disruptions : from 3 to 4 December 2022, no train in circulation on the France-Spain link, 1 train out of 3 on the France-Italy and France-Switzerland links, 1 train out of 2 on the France-Germany link. Normal traffic on Eurostar and Thalys.
- TER disturbances : some regions are suffering from disruptions that are not related to this strike. More information on the TER website. To monitor general regional train traffic disruptions, this page will be useful to you.
- RER disruptions : no disruption announced.
- Transilien disruptions: no disruption announced. For the Transilien network, there is a dedicated platform to follow the next traffic disruptions or you can call 0 805 90 36 35.
Controllers are asking for salary increases, an improvement in career development and greater recognition of the specificities of the function. Fabien Villedieu, SUD-Rail union representative, guest on European 1 Thursday, December 1, denounced the conditions of employment at the SNCF, where resignations are increasing. “If the soup is so good, people wouldn’t leave,” he blasted. While they practice a difficult job, they are nevertheless the showcase of the SNCF to travellers. The management of SNCF Voyageurs regrets for its part a maintained strike “while concrete and important measures have been proposed to the trade unions at the end of several weeks of negotiations”.
This controllers’ strike comes just before the next mandatory annual negotiations (NAO) on December 7, 2022. If the SUD-Rail, Unsa and CFDT unions do not obtain satisfaction during the negotiations, they are already threatening to strike on December 7, but also during the holidays. Rare fact at the SNCF: the unions are not at the origin of the strike movement of the controllers. “This movement does not start from unions, but from a collective of controllers created spontaneously”, indicated Rénald Szpitalnik, elected representative of the SUD-Rail union and controller at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, during an interview for West France.
The controllers were then joined by SUD-Rail and the CFDT, which filed a strike notice for the weekends of December 2 to 5, but also from Friday December 23 to Monday December 26 and from Friday December 30 to January 2. , according to information from Point. Unsa and CGT then joined the movement. If the controllers fail, following this weekend of mobilization, to win their claims, they could therefore carry out other strikes for the end of the year celebrations. A prospect that Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport, wanted to put into perspective this Saturday. “I can’t bring myself to have things written down,” he said, according to comments reported by BFM TV. Clément Beaune also called for “collective responsibility” to avoid new strikes at the end of the year, believing that “there must be a discussion”.