"
The act of sabotage
" which has been disrupting the Gare de l'Est since Tuesday has "
no connection
" with the social movement against the pension reform: this is what the boss of the CGT.
The day after the arson which affected SNCF cables, the general secretary of the union said he was waiting for “
the results of the investigation
”.
“
This kind of shortcut is unhealthy
”, he added, at the microphone of FranceInfo.
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At the same time, the SUD-rail union representative Fabien Villedieu condemned the act of sabotage, on RMC, while rejecting the hypothesis of an action by a member of the SNCF: "
It is unimaginable that a colleague can do that.
[...] It is not in the tradition of railway workers to carry out acts of sabotage
”, he justified himself, before specifying that “
we are on strike to make investments in the rail network
”.
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During the night of Monday to Tuesday, a fire damaged 48 cable arteries at a signal box located in Vaires-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne).
The fire of these cables, essential for the traffic lights on the tracks, forced the SNCF to stop the circulation of the trains to avoid any accident.
The Meaux prosecutor's office has opened an investigation for willful degradation and endangering the lives of others.
According to an executive of the railway company interviewed by AFP, the authors of this "
sabotage
" knew "
necessarily well the network
".
For the moment, "
nothing allows us to predict who or for what reason there was this act of sabotage, which has greatly harmed our customers
", declared Olivier Bancel, operations and network manager at SNCF.
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Teams were deployed that night to carry out repairs on the cables and the 600 damaged safety circuits: “
You have to take them one by one, check them, repair them.
We make no concessions with security
,” insisted Olivier Bancel.
Work continues throughout the day.
For their part, the unions remain mobilized against the reform: new actions have been announced with a possible renewable strike in February at the SNCF.
The CGT and SUD-rail have so far called for two days of action on February 7 and 8.