Year after year, the associations have noticed: “The work is indeed intensifying.
But unfortunately, without really seeing the positive effects”, regrets Marc Pélissier, president of the National Federation of Transport Users (FNAUT).
The representative of Ile-de-France residents using transport in the region recognizes this, however: “These works are necessary, of course.
But on some lines, it's been going on for years.
And we fear that it will become a habit.
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“There are even adjustments to the offer during off-peak hours!
Today, the impact on users is too strong, ”said Arnaud Bertrand, of the Plus de trains association.
And to continue: “8:45 p.m. for a last train is much too early, he believes.
It's good to invest to have a reliable network or to develop it, but one wonders if everything is really done to limit the inconvenience for users.
Because in the end, it is always the same people who have a hard time, that is to say those who work evenings and weekends in staggered hours.
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Taking the example of the summer works carried out by the RATP in previous years, the association representative, himself a daily transport user, suggests copying the model on the Transilien network: "Certainly, the RER A was closed continuously for three weeks, it was complicated.
But users were warned several months before.
And in return, when they reopened, they found a slightly more reliable network.
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Passenger information that leaves something to be desired
“We also fear that it will last, adds Jonathan Magano, president of the association of users of RER D SaDur.
For example, on our line, we haven't had a train after 11 p.m. for eight years.
He also points out the passenger information "which is not terrible".
“Sometimes you have to open the 3rd page of a PDF and read the little asterisk to understand which part is closed.
As if the SNCF managed us as part of the infrastructure without thinking that there are people behind.
We keep asking for more readable documents”…
To the point that the association now generates the work sheets itself from the open data of Île-de-France Mobilités: "It's not perfect, adds the computer scientist.
But at least the information is clearer.
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