Pension reform in France: Only 60% of TGV Lyria will run this weekend

– Only 60% of TGV Lyria will run this weekend

The SNCF calls on travelers to postpone their journey, because half of the TGVs as well as links with Switzerland will be removed.

Posted today at 5:54 p.m.

Internationally, two thirds of Eurostars are maintained and 60% of Thalys (Benelux), Lyria (Switzerland) and connections to Germany.

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SNCF announced on Thursday traffic still “severely disrupted” for Friday with half of its TGV Inoui and Ouigo removed as well as 60% of its TER, and a level of service which should remain equivalent throughout the weekend.

The public group therefore calls on travelers to “cancel or postpone their trips on March 10 and the weekend”, while a renewable strike was launched on Tuesday at the call of all railway unions against the pension reform.

High-speed traffic will in particular be greatly reduced on the North and Atlantic axes with 60% of trains eliminated, while on the East, South-East axes and on the Ouigo, there will be one train in two.

As on previous days, province-to-province connections will be almost non-existent with 90% of TGVs removed.

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGAC) has asked airlines to cancel 20% of their flights scheduled for Saturday and Sunday at several airports, including Paris-Orly, due to a strike by air traffic controllers opposed to the reform. retirements.

This reduction in the flight schedule will concern Orly, Marseille, Nantes, Toulouse and Bordeaux on Saturday, while on Sunday, only Orly, Marseille and Toulouse will be affected, the administration said in a press release.

This reflects an improvement in the situation for air passengers since the start of this new mobilization sequence on Tuesday.

From Tuesday to Friday, in fact, the DGAC demanded that air carriers reduce their flight programs “by 20% at Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle airport and by 30% at Paris-Orly airports. , Beauvais, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Marseilles, Montpellier, Nice and Toulouse”.

For these four days, Air France had said it planned to operate “nearly eight flights out of 10” while the low-cost transavia, member of the Air France-KLM group and present on the short and medium-haul, canceled 30% of its programme, i.e. between 40 and 60 uninsured journeys per day.

“Despite these preventive measures, disruptions and delays are nevertheless to be expected” this weekend, the DGAC underlined on Wednesday, inviting “passengers who can to postpone their trip and to find out from their company. airline to find out the status of their flight. AFP

Only 25% of Intercités trains will run. Internationally, two thirds of Eurostars are maintained and 60% of Thalys (Benelux), Lyria (Switzerland) and connections to Germany.

Only a third of the trains scheduled to Italy will run and a quarter of those to Spain.

In the Paris region, commuter train traffic will remain severely degraded. This will especially be the case for the RER D and the R line of the Transilien with only 20% of the trains in circulation and many stations not served at peak times on the D.

A third of the usual service will be provided on the RER C and half on the RER B and E and the Transilien lines J, K, L, N and P.

Lines H and U will see two out of three trains running and service will be normal for lines T4 and T11 of the tramway.

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