The TGV report progressed “more quickly” than expected

2024-07-27 20:20:36

“9 out of 10 trains” will be able to work on the Atlantic route in the afternoon on Sunday, thanks to “the dedicated mobilization of SNCF Réseau representatives”, announced the railway union on Saturday afternoon.

In the heart of the crossing weekend between the residents of July and August, the SNCF is continuing its efforts to ensure that its trains run correctly as quickly as possible. The day after a “massive” strike aimed at disrupting the circulation of its TGVs across France, the railway union divided this saturday afternoon an encouraging situation. If weak work is still to be done, the progress is, in fact, noticeable, 5:30 p.m. : “The unique mobilization of SNCF Réseau agents will make it possible to quickly resume TGV traffic on the routes affected by acts of sabotage”announced the company.

In details:

• On location Eastinterrupted by a fire in Pagny-sur-Moselle and where the situation had already improved on Friday afternoon, traffic has been normal since Saturday morning, 6:30 am
• On location Atlantic, “The restoration work will be completed [dimanche] morning», and nine out of ten trains will run at noon. The result was a much lower alarm than the first indications from the SNCF, immediately after the attacks.
• On location Nordthe situation is more complicated: “damage that requires multiple repairs and a specific level of testing is necessary to validate good performance”, explained the group. This Sunday, seven out of ten trains will therefore operate, with delays between one and two hours. “A normal start is confirmed for Monday morning”specify the company.

This rapid progress in the situation should allow the railway group to mainly fulfill its mission, in the middle of the national summer weekend. A little earlier in the day, Saturday, the Minister of Transport explained that “Return to normal is fully planned for Monday morning”.

On Friday, thanks to the efforts of the unions and the changes of the network, of the 250,000 travelers who were supposed to take the train, 150,000 were able to do so, despite the difficulties, he added. “I thank the railway workers who mobilized forcefully”with the “Difficult weather conditions”say Patrice Vergriete. “The opening ceremony was a success, in terms of transport”, also specify the members of the government. For his part, the boss of SNCF Voyageurs, Christophe Fanichet, explained that 200,000 customers are at risk of not being able to travel this weekend, out of the 800,000 expected.

As it already did on Friday, SNCF confirmed that “All teams and vehicles accepted for the Olympics will be confirmed”. Customers whose journeys are ruined, for their part, have to be “Repeat by SMS and email to confirm the circulation of their trains”.

A message of support for these actions is addressed to the press

A message of support for acts of sabotage was received on Saturday by several media outlets. Signed “unexpected representation”, he justified the actions and criticized the Olympics (July 26 – August 11), with the dialectic used by the activists of the ultra-left anarchist.

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The investigation is ongoing

Friday’s attack surprised by its scale, as well as the wider organization: it took the form “fire and theft of cables in drawing rooms at Courtalain, Pagny-sur-Moselle and Croisilles”, which takes place around 4 am These points are obviously not chosen at random, because they are, in each case, bifurcations of a high-speed network. A way to have it “The heaviest results since with fire in fact, we get two branches of the network each time”, according to the CEO of SNCF Réseau, Matthieu Chabanel. A fourth attempt failed in Verginy, in Yonne, when SNCF agents put those responsible on the run.

On Saturday, the SNCF did not release information on the perpetrators of the attack, which had not been reported previously. The public prosecutor’s office in Paris conducted the investigation, opened specifically for damage to property likely to harm the basic interests of the country, attack on an automated data processing system in an organized terrorist group and criminal conspiracy with looking to commit these crimes and offenses. , said Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau was released. The Minister of Transport, for his part, is content to specify that a “fifty” Researchers have mobilized on this issue. The inspection of the rail network has been strengthened, also noted Patrice Vergriete.

Although the attack shook the TGV network, SNCF railway workers managed to limit the damage in a few hours, mainly by running trains on conventional lines, not at high speed. It is enough to reduce the effects of this amazing event, except for people who hope to go to Paris to attend the opening ceremony. Once the damage is repaired, the central question will remain: who is behind this action?