visitors will probably be virtually regular on the TGVs, with some disruptions on regional traces | EUROtoday

Thursday’s strike known as by all railway staff’ unions could have little affect on rail visitors, since will probably be “almost normal on TGVs”whereas “some disruptions are expected on certain regional lines”introduced Tuesday, November 19, SNCF Voyageurs. The firm will announce extra detailed forecasts on the native stage within the afternoon.

The railway staff’ unions are calling for a twenty-four hour strike on Thursday to denounce the dismantling of Fret SNCF and the opening to competitors in passenger transport, earlier than a renewable motion from December 11.

Last week, Catherine Vautrin, the minister for partnership with the territories, dominated out any moratorium on the dismantling of the SNCF freight department, regardless of strike threats. Responding to the communist deputy Nicolas Sansu, who demanded this moratorium, the minister reminded the National Assembly that the transformation of rail freight obeyed “a European obligation”. The topic is ” follow up “ by the federal government and will probably be ” evoked “ with the brand new European commissioners, stated M^me Vautrin, whose obligations embrace transport.

The authorities is “determined to make rail freight a pillar of the decarbonization of the transport sector”declared the minister, guaranteeing that“no layoffs will have[it] place in this project »and that “all flows” of products could be “kept on the rail”.

Leader in rail freight transport in France, Fret SNCF will disappear on 1^er January 2025 to be reborn within the type of two distinct firms: Hexafret, for freight transport, and Technis, for locomotive upkeep. This is the end result of a plan negotiated between the European Commission and the French State, suspected of getting paid assist to Fret SNCF in violation of competitors guidelines.