A news that may displease.
While many French people are preparing to travel for the end of year celebrations, SNCF says it is forced to make changes in the traffic of its regional trains for lack of available staff.
"Like any employer, we are confronted at the SNCF group level with the effects of this 5th wave of Covid-19, neither more nor less than the rest of the company", explained the spokesperson.
"The evolution of the health situation (increase in Covid cases and contact cases) may lead to local adaptations of some of our transport plans", either because the railway workers are unavailable, or because of "less frequentation travelers, for example, because of teleworking, ”he added.
"The adaptations of the transport plans that we may encounter due to the Covid only relate to regional trains", specified the spokesperson, noting that the phenomenon was for the moment "local and marginal".
All regional lines concerned
In Occitania in particular, the SNCF canceled all trains until January on the Perpignan-Villefranche (Pyrénées-Orientales), Carcassonne-Quillan (Aude) and Nîmes-Le Grau du Roi (Gard) lines.
Trains are canceled on other lines such as between Mende and Marjevols (Lozère), Lyon and Grenoble, Bordeaux and Sarlat (Dordogne), Nancy and Longwy (Meurthe-et-Moselle), Évreux and Mantes (Yvelines) or on internal links to Normandy.
⚠️ Due to constraints linked to # COVID19, the #liOTrain traffic will be modified from 13/12 to 2/01 on the axes:
Perpignan-Villefranche
Carcassonne-Limoux
Nîmes-Le Grau
Toulouse-Auch
Toulouse-Mazamet
Toulouse-Capdenac
ℹ️ on https://t.co/Vr9sAzqDhz and the app https://t.co/YLIDt1CHk3 pic.twitter.com/4DkM5Sz7NA
- liO Train SNCF Occitanie (@lio_train_sncf) December 10, 2021
Since December 13 and until January 2, SNCF indicates on its Twitter account that all lines of the regional network may be affected.
Passengers are invited to check the timetables on the TER website for their region or on the SNCF Assistant application.