SNCF: a Cazères-Toulouse in 3:23 … angry users
Big galley this Tuesday, October 5 in the evening for users of the SNCF Toulouse-Montréjeau line.
Leaving the pink city by the 5.42 pm train, those who should arrive at Cazères station at 6.33 pm, finally set foot there at… 9.05 pm! For the umpteenth time in recent weeks, the passengers of the TER 872 715 have been immobilized at the Muret station, seeking by all means initially to manage domestic problems (childcare, appointments, etc.) by phone, but also to find a solution to return home on their own. In question, “the modernization work of the Toulouse-Tarbes line until October 29”.
On their descent on the quay, while the young controller wished them “all the same a good evening”, the travelers did not hide their anger. Many spoke of all the stress, now daily, of having a train late or canceled: “Right now, it’s almost every day, whether in the morning or in the evening. We are not talking about small delays in repetition but to be held hostage for hours! “. For 3 years, Sylvie, like many other days, has traveled all the Cazères-Toulouse to work, today the exasperation is at its height: “This line has become a nightmare when it is supposed to be Since the start of the work this fall, conditions have continued to deteriorate, 2 hours and 30 minutes late last Tuesday evening, 2 hours late the morning of the Tuesday before and especially the lack of information Ce soi, after 1 hour 30 stops at Muret station, we were told that we were going to leave, then that the SNCF was looking for substitute buses … then an hour later, finally no we are going to leave after the direct from Pau … I will not expand not on the flight attendant who, faced with complaints from passengers, then said: what do you want me to tell you, I too will be going home late! “. While the Occitania region rightly encourages citizens to reimburse their modes of travel, by promoting and financing public transport in particular, the question arises of the real reliability of the TER network, operated by the SNCF (at start with punctuality). No wonder then that the carpooling areas near the A64 motorway are overcrowded at the moment, given the current shortcomings of the line that serves stations south of Toulouse.