If you were hoping to quickly arrive at your holiday in the Alps, this might not unfold as easily as expected. Traffic in the Rhône-Alpes region is heavily congested on the roads, but also on track. Agents train called for a work stoppage Saturday after the attack of two colleagues on Friday night in a TER linking Lyon to Grenoble. Accordingly, the traffic is very disturbed and some trains canceled in an area where vacationers are expected in numbers to the first day of the school holidays Zone A (Caen, Clermont-Ferrand, Grenoble, Lyon, Montpellier, Nancy-Metz, Nantes , Rennes, Toulouse).
On Friday, around 20:00, two controllers were severely beaten after being involved in some of the TER train between Lyon and Grenoble, between Saint-André -the-Gas and Moirans (Isère) while three alcoholic men smoked on the train and annoyed passengers.
One of the two controllers has been hit in the face with a bottle, while his colleague was hit to the ribs. The first was hospitalized with numerous stitches to his eyebrow and nose, while the second was prescribed eight days ITT. The three attackers were still at large and actively sought Saturday.
The TGV and mainline trains are not affected
In response, colleagues and fellow controllers have asserted a right to withdraw from their pick-up service on Saturday morning, including Lyon and Chambery in the sector. “The traffic is very disrupted Rhône-Alpes , but does not affect the TGV and outline” said a spokesman for SNCF. This is “a spontaneous movement controllers Lyon, Chambéry and Valencia,” all controllers in these sectors exercising their right of withdrawal.
The SNCF has introduced buses substitutions between Valence and Grenoble, as well as Saint-Etienne. “Right now the situation in stations is not critical,” added the SNCF which fears more difficulties in the late morning with connections to the Alpine valleys and ski resorts.
“At that time, almost all of the controllers in the region of Chambery and Lyon stopped work and make use of their right to withdraw,” said SUD-Rail in a statement, the union demanding the “immediate commencement of negotiations on additional hires for increasing human presence on trains and in stations,” including.
For its part, the CGT has Railwaymen “said his anger at a drift again denounced and why SNCF Direction takes no sustainable measure.” “The presence in the station is constantly reduced, which defers many problems on controllers” lamented the CGT.
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