Twenty trains were removed this Wednesday in the Center-Val de Loire region due to a strike at the call of the unions. The strike will end this Thursday.
About 20 trains, including a dozen between Paris and Orleans, were removed this Wednesday morning following a strike at the call of unions to protest against job cuts, said the SNCF. A thousand people are concerned, says one to the SNCF. Around 70,000 people use the SNCF lines in the region every day.
TGV traffic was not affected by this movement linked to the removal of a third of the ticket offices at Tours station and at the end of the so-called "stopover" posts which give the starting signal of a train.
The strike will end this Thursday
Before the opening of the works council where these announcements were to be made, a hundred railway workers gathered in front of the regional management to express their concern at the multiplication of reforms.
"You have the chance to benefit from railway workers trained in the spirit of public service, do not ruin everything," said Sebastien Dugou, regional secretary of the CGT. "Do not go too far," said Louis Patrick Vincinaux, FO regional secretary, regional officials came to the EC. "Nobody will be left out," assured Stéphane Coursier, regional director.
The strike will end Thursday morning.