“I spoke with my seat neighbor, who made the same observation: some are crazy! ". Sunday afternoon, the Paris-Nice TGV used by Mathilde, a young communications officer about to go on vacation, made an unscheduled stop. While it was not supposed to stop before the Marseille station, in the middle of the journey the TGV Inouï finally made a stop at the Creusot station, in Burgundy.
At the microphone, while the train leaves, the controller explains to the passengers that a man "refusing to wear his mask", however compulsory since May, had to be disembarked, reports to the Parisian Mathilde. SNCF confirms this forced stop on Monday. "The SUGE (railway security) indeed intervened on the TGV Paris-Nice n ° 6169 yesterday at the Creusot Montchanin station, for an injunction to get off the train, because of an individual who refused to wear a mask on board" , she explains.
This injunction to get off the train is permitted "in particular in the event of disturbing public order or compromising the safety of persons", recalls the railway company, which adds that "the constraint can be used by railway security officers if the individual refuses to comply ”. Sunday, "this was the case with this individual," she adds. The man was also fined 135 euros for not wearing the mask.
"We're all a little tired of people's incivility"
His attitude frankly annoyed the other occupants of the train. “Everyone wore a mask and we were all a little surprised by this announcement”, depicts this Monday Mathilde. A few cars away, Cléa, another occupant of the train, who is returning from vacation, hears the same announcement from the controller. And decides to make fun of the protesting traveler, on Twitter. “Well done sir, you have proven to two controllers and your seat mate that you are a real rebel at heart,” she wrote.
Ptdr my TGV made an exceptional stop in the MIDDLE OF NOWHERE to kick out a guy who refused to wear a mask. 🤷🏻♀️
We should not stop before Marseille, the guy finds him in the depths of Burgundy. Ptdr.
"It's cynicism, more than annoyance," Cléa judge this Monday, but, continues the young photographer, "I think we are all a little tired of people's incivility. When we ran out of them, people demanded masks, now that we have to wear them, there are vigilantes who think that by rebelling against the wearing of masks, things will change… ”
This unexpected stop, however, did not unduly disturb the peace of the other passengers: the delay of 10 minutes it caused could be made up on the rest of the journey. Fortunately for Mathilde, who “almost missed a connection”. The vacationer protested all the same: "The anti-masks you go too far in incivism! Protect ourselves from each other! “, She stormed on Twitter, for the recalcitrant passenger.
On board the #TGV between #Paris and #Nice, a man was disembarked from the train because he refused to wear his #mask ... This causes delays for all passengers. The #antimasques you go too far in the #incivism! Protect ourselves from each other! @TGVINOUI
- Mathilde H (@Mhenquinbrant) August 16, 2020