A new strike by SNCF signalmen should impact TER traffic this Wednesday, May 25. And regional trains departing from Toulouse are even rarer during the Ascension Bridge due to works.

“All lines departing from Toulouse Matabiau station will be severely disrupted from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 May“, warns the SNCF. Regional express trains will be very rare during the Ascension Bridge. Buses will take over, but not 100%.

Major modernization work will be carried out over four days, and “several roads in the region will be severely disrupted on the weekend of May 26 to 29, 2022“, announces the Occitanie territorial management of SNCF Réseau.

This is the continuation of the rail infrastructure renewal and modernization program with 4 “punch” operations, and major works carried out during the Ascension Bridge.

• The axes Toulouse-Montauban / Agen / Cahors / Brive, and Toulouse – Mazamet / Rodez / Figeac are affected due to major works at Brive La Gaillarde station.
• All lines departing from Toulouse-Matabiau will be severely disrupted from Thursday 26 to Sunday 29 May due to work in the station underground and work to connect a switch post to the traffic command post.
• The axis Narbonne-Sete is concerned from May 26 to 29 as part of the work to remove the Agde level crossing with the installation of the deck of the future railway bridge.
• The axes Toulouse – Narbonne and Carcassonne-Limoux are concerned from 26 to 29 November for the modernization works of the railway bridges and the track at Carcassonne station.

This work must mobilize 300 agents from SNCF Réseau and external companies.

SNCF Réseau has knowingly chosen to carry out this work over this interval from May 26 to 29, “between the long departures and the long returns from the Ascension Bridge, in order to limit the inconvenience for long-distance or daily travellers.“

The scale of this work not allowing the circulation of trains over this period, a limited road offer will be put in place without being able to replace all the traffic that has been removed.

SNCF Network

Press release

Consequences of May 26 to 29 on traffic and train circulation:

• liO Train traffic will be interrupted on several routes in the region :

– between Narbonne and Sète from May 26 to 29, 11 a.m.

– between Brive and Cahors, and between Brive and Capdenac from May 26, 3 p.m. to May 29, 10 a.m.

– between Castelnaudary and Narbonne, and between Carcassonne and Limoux from May 26 to 29, 11 a.m.

• TGV Sud Est and OUIGO: no TGV traffic to and from Toulouse and Perpignan. TGVs will originate and terminate in Montpellier St Roch or Montpellier Sud de France.

• TGV Atlantique and OUIGO: no TGV traffic to and from Montpellier. Almost normal TGV traffic from and to Bordeaux and Paris Montparnasse.

• INTERCITES: Intercity traffic will be strongly impacted in Occitania.

Disturbances on the regional network are expected from Wednesday, given the new call for the mobilization of SNCF signalmen. The latter have been denouncing for several weeks already a lack of personnel.

For any information concerning the trains and cars circulating on the network, travelers are invited to consult website Train liO SNCF, social networks, or can call 0800 31 31 31 (free call) or 3635 (free service + price of a call).