If you were planning to take the train in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes this summer, make sure they are running! Since Monday July 25 and until August 15, the SNCF has reduced the number of trains on the Grenoble-Lyon line but also Grenoble-Chambéry or Grenoble-Saint André le Gaz. In question: the heat wave which generates more repairs (of air conditioners in particular…) and a lack of drivers, in particular due to the Covid.
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But the pill is struggling to pass among user associations. “It is also unfortunately the consequence of chronic long-term underinvestment“deplores Emmanuel Colin de Verdière, president of the Grenoble association ADTC (association for the development of public transport), who denounces an ubiquitous situation:”at a time when we are giving discounts on petrol, on the other hand, if we want to take the train, we have TER canceled and we have no particular discount to encourage people to take public transport“. The government has indeed announced this weekend the increase in the rebate on fuel, which will go from 18 to 30 cents at the start of the school year in September.
Regarding TER maintenance, the president of the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, Laurent Wauquiez, announced last year, as part of the post-Covid recovery plan, an investment of 11 million euros for maintenance and securing trains.
With the heat wave, air conditioners to be repaired
For its part, the SNCF indicates that the heat wave has a significant effect on its network: “When we have this type of phenomenon, all the components of the system are pushed to the limits, for the rolling stock, the infrastructure components, the track, the catenaries… All that holds together well and safety is ensured, but we have more incidents, statistically, than on other days“, indicates the direction of the SNCF.
