TGV North traffic will be very disrupted Monday and Tuesday 25 and 26 November. In question, a strike due to a future change in train schedules, announced Friday the direction of the SNCF. It provides "a TGV about two circulating between Paris and the Hauts-de-France".
On the other hand, the traffic will be "almost normal for intersector TGV", that is to say "the TGV province-province which leave Hauts-de-France", specified with AFP Tanguy Cotte-Martinon, director of the North TGV axis.
The traffic forecasts will be published "Saturday at 5 pm Messages will be sent to the stations and we will inform each customer who has left his contact details of the impacts on his trip.If a postponement is necessary", it will be "no cost" , he said.
A "sticking point" on pay
"A notice of strike has been filed for these two days.It concerns the implementation of the change of the service hours from December 15. As each year, we change the train schedules, but this time so a little stronger than usual, "said Mr. Cotte-Martinon. This evolution of "work rhythms and loads concerns 250 drivers". A dialogue between the management and the unions has been conducted "in recent months, we found a lot of points of agreement", but there are "some stumbling blocks", including "the main focus on pay", has he explained. But "we continue to discuss," he added. Four unions - CGT-Cheminots, Unsa railway, SU-Rail and FO-Cheminots - call in effect to the strike to obtain "compensations because some agents will lose in remuneration," said Florent Monteilhet, deputy secretary general of the Unsa railway.
The modification of schedules should allow "to support the growth of traffic" because "we will offer next year 11% more places between Paris and Lille for example.At the whole, we will have two million more travelers to large speed in the Hauts-de-France, "said Mr. Cotte-Martinon.