Rail traffic remained disrupted Sunday on the Atlantic for TGV and in southern France for TER in Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur due to social movements, and "always cut between Sète and Beziers" after the recent floods.
In the Paca region, "we were forced to remove about 10% of TERs because of a number of strikers but 89% of the transport plan" around Marseille, said a spokesman for the SNCF, ensuring that Monday these disturbances related to this social movement would be "finished".
As announced Saturday by the SNCF, Marseille-Gardanne and Pertuis-Marseille lines were strongly disrupted Sunday, with removal of all TER (bus connections have been implemented). Only two buses allowed Sunday to connect Marseille to Miramas, in both directions. On the line Marseille / Toulon, only 3 TER out of 12 circulated Sunday.
Several hundred meters of track are completely destroyed
Moreover, still in the south, the traffic was "still cut between Sète and Béziers" after floods that caused the death of three people and damaged many railroad tracks last week. "Network engineers and technicians are currently working on a schedule of work" because of the "significant damage" that has not yet been quantified, said spokesman for the railway group.
"Several hundred meters of tracks are completely destroyed, including platforms" and "catenaries were removed," he said. Concerning the TGV of the Atlantic axis, the traffic is "strongly disturbed", according to the SNCF site, by a social movement at the Technicentre of Châtillon (Hauts-de-Seine) planned to last until October 31st. According to a spokesman for the company, "four trains out of five" circulated Sunday on this axis.