Two days after the sixth interprofessional rally against the pension reform, the strikes continue, in particular at the SNCF. The transport company announced on Thursday traffic still “severely disrupted” for Friday with half of its TGV Inoui and Ouigo removed as well as 60% of its TER, and a level of service which should remain equivalent throughout the weekend. end.
The public group therefore calls on travelers to “cancel or postpone their trips on March 10 and the weekend”, while a renewable strike was launched on Tuesday at the call of all railway unions against the pension reform.
Severely degraded commuter train traffic
High-speed traffic will in particular be greatly reduced on the North and Atlantic axes with 60% of trains eliminated, while on the east, south-east and Ouigo axes, there will be one train out of two. As on previous days, province-to-province connections will be almost non-existent with 90% of TGVs removed.
Only 25% of Intercités trains will run. Internationally, two-thirds of Eurostars are maintained and 60% of Thalys (Benelux), Lyria (Switzerland) and connections to Germany. Only a third of the trains scheduled to Italy will run and a quarter of those to Spain.
In the Paris region, commuter train traffic will remain severely degraded. This will especially be the case for the RER D and the R line of the Transilien with only 20% of the trains in circulation and many stations not served at peak times on the D. A third of the usual service will be provided on the RER C and the half on RER B and E and Transilien lines J, K, L, N and P. Lines H and U will see two out of three trains running and service will be normal for lines T4 and T11 of the tramway.