One in two TGVs will run this weekend from Friday February 16 to Sunday February 18, SNCF confirms this Wednesday, two days before a strike by controllers for this weekend, at the heart of the school holidays in zones A and C. She claims to have wanted TGVs to run
“throughout the entire territory”
.
Three out of four crew chiefs will be on strike.
People with a train ticket for this weekend must receive an email or SMS confirming that their train is running or telling them that it is canceled.
“
Exceptional
”
compensation
planned
Travelers whose train is canceled are invited to postpone their trip and can exchange their ticket for another journey free of charge, or can request a refund.
Management also promised, Wednesday morning,
“exceptional compensation”
for affected travelers.
During the previous strike at Christmas 2022, SNCF offered a 200% refund for canceled trains.
The striking controllers believe that the agreement negotiated during this previous social movement at the end of 2022 is slow to be implemented by management.
The boss of SNCF Voyageurs, Christophe Fanichet, denounced an
“incomprehensible”
strike .