For some Ile-de-France public transport users, weekends follow one another and – unfortunately – are alike. A week after the social movement organized at the call of several railway unions which had resulted in several train cuts (especially on the RER B and C) on December 16 and 17, the SNCF warns users that various lines of the network region may again be disrupted this Friday … and perhaps until the end of the Christmas weekend.
Multiplication of sick leaves at SNCF
At the origin of the expected disruptions: several “local” social conflicts (on the RER D and the H and P lines) which were the subject of a notice … but also a shortage of personnel linked to the health crisis and the multiplication of sick leaves which obliges the SNCF to remove services during this holiday weekend. According to the operator’s forecasts, it is on line D – where a strike is due to begin this Friday at 6 p.m. – that the disruptions are likely to be the most severe. The train supply could be halved this Saturday. The traffic forecast for the next day is not yet known.
Another social conflict but the same consequences on traffic: on line H between Paris, Val-d’Oise and Oise (Gare du Nord / Pontoise / Creil), only one in two trains should run on Saturday and Sunday. Line P between the capital and Seine-et-Marne (Paris-Est / Meaux / Provins), also concerned by a social movement, will function a little better with a transport offer which should reach 80% of its normal level, this Friday… but only 60% for the next two days.
About twenty trains canceled on Saturday and as many on Sunday on the RER C
No strike on the menu of the RER C. But on this line, it is indeed a shortage of personnel which forces the SNCF to “reduce the wing”. Only three out of four trains should run there this Friday. The next day and the day after, the SNCF plans about twenty trains canceled each day. Finally, on lines L and J, also lacking sufficient number of machinists to run all the scheduled trains, the transport offer will be reduced by 10% compared to normal traffic, until Monday.
SNCF invites users of the various lines concerned to prepare their trips by consulting the timetables, the day before their departure, from 5 p.m. on transilien.com, the IDFM app or the SNCF app.
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