Users of the Tarbes-Toulouse line go on strike!
If the railwaymen will participate in the national interprofessional social movement this Thursday, the users of the Tarbes-Toulouse line also declare themselves on strike this week due to multiple malfunctions.
At the initiative of a resident of Cazères, who goes to Toulouse by train every day to work, a strike by users of the Tarbes-Toulouse line began this week. The reason ? The frustration of users faced with recurring malfunctions on the line. Repeated delays, cancellation of trains without explanation, unexpected stops on the track, no information on possible network problems, no display on information boards in stations, no SNCF agents on the platforms when There are difficulties, no commercial gesture offered and ultimately despised by the regional and national management of the SNCF, here is the list of grievances noted by users.
“The SNCF does not anticipate anything and too often leaves us at the platform completely helpless, without an alternative solution, to return home at very late hours or not being able to get to work on time and this every week. If we have chosen this mode of transport because it is practical in our daily rural life far from large cities, ecological and relaxing for all workers who go to Toulouse to practice their profession. on the lives of users: warnings and dismissals due to recurring delays; trainees, pupils and students late for their training who may be excluded, unemployed and precarious who can miss a job interview”, points out the user at the origin of who also adds writes to Carole Delga movement, president of the Occitanie region, transport organizing authority
Also, as long as the service has not regained a quality worthy of the name, the striking users of the SNCF invite themselves to no longer present their train ticket to the controllers, and, instead, to give them a protest flyer . “There is no question of defrauding, each user will have his valid transport ticket but will systematically refuse to present it during the various checks”, specifies the initiator of the sling of users.
On the side of the regional direction of the SNCF, it is indicated not to have had knowledge of the leaflet of the users. Indeed, the Toulouse-Tarbes line encountered several incidents, in particular related to the weather and the phenomenon of frost on the catenaries. there were also absences of personnel sick from Covid, and incidents on the network like that of this Wednesday morning in Montréjeau (see box). The SNCF teams are used to rectify the situation and the quality of service on this line “. The spokesperson adds that the strike movement of this Thursday, January 27, will generate “a slightly disturbed traffic throughout Occitania”.
Thefts of cables the last night in Montréjeau
SNCF traffic was interrupted between Tarbes and Montréjeau yesterday morning due to a major theft of cables. During the night, individuals damaged electrical installations in Montréjeau by stealing 400 meters of cables on the line. The SNCF network teams intervened on site to carry out the repairs. From the beginning of the morning, the SNCF set up substitute buses between the two cities. Train traffic resumed in the morning. The SNCF will file a complaint following these damages.