90% of trains will drive this weekend, says the CEO of the company-Liberation
9 out of 10 trains will run, said this Tuesday morning Jean-Pierre Farandou, the CEO of the SNCF which was to refine its traffic forecasts in the morning for the May 8 bridge. « All departures will be fine since there is almost no strike on Wednesday, Thursday » And « There will be a train on Sunday to bring everyone back »said on France Inter Jean-Pierre Farandou, after a first day of strike on Monday which spares, for the time being, the main lines.
Several categories of staff were called upon to strike from Monday by the CGT-Cheminots and South-Rail. Railway workers claim increase in remuneration and better anticipation of schedulestoo often changed at the last minute according to them.
For the May 8 bridge, a collective influential of controllers baptized national ASCT has joined the call for mobilization, giving it a magnitude. SNCF Travelers planned a press briefing this Tuesday at 10:30 am to update the starts of incredible, Ouigo and intercités train.
On Monday, the first day of strike, the main lines were spared and the trains circulated normally in most large stations. The disturbances mainly concerned the local trainsespecially in the North and Pas-de-Calais, where one in three train was announced. Traffic was also strongly disrupted on certain lines of Ile-de-France, such as RER B.
Tuesday, the traffic of trains and RER should be « Disturbed in similar proportions » On Monday on these same lines (B, C, D, H, N, V, U), SNCF Travelers said on Monday evening.
« »We are far from a dark weekthere will be no week when you stop, but a week as normal as possible ”, said on Sunday during an interview with AFP the CEO of SNCF Travelers, Christophe Fanichet. « Circulation will be normal from Monday 5 to Thursday 8 May on TGV »he said and for May 9, 10 and 11, most trains will circulate.
In addition to the promise to transport everyone by train, Christophe Fanichet has signed up for this « Let all customers be warned before leaving (on weekends, editor’s note) concerning their return train. » « That is to say to be warned before the start of the bridge on Wednesday for circulation until Sunday, May 11, », he detailed. He also indicated that all tickets are « exchangeable, repayable, at no cost », on the TGV Inoui like the Ouigo, for the week of May 5 to 11.
Some travelers have already started looking for alternatives. Car rental companies Ada reported on Monday that he recorded an increase of 30 % of reservations for the bridge weekend compared to 2024, where on May 8 fell on Wednesday.
