{"id":156923,"date":"2024-12-11T22:12:12","date_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=58482"},"modified":"2024-12-11T22:12:12","modified_gmt":"2024-12-11T12:12:12","slug":"sncf-strikes-set-to-have-only-limited-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=156923","title":{"rendered":"SNCF strikes set to have only limited impact"},"content":{"rendered":"

A rolling general strike at SNCF scheduled to begin today Wednesday 11 December at 7 pm is likely to have only a limited impact on traffic. Especially considering that two unions pulled out of the strike, industry players seem to be less concerned.<\/strong>
\n<\/span>Alexandre Gallo, head of DB Cargo France and president of French rail association AFRA, told Railfreight.com that with two unions having withdrawn the strike call the strength of support for industrial action could be questioned. No one at Rail Logistics Europe, the structure grouping SNCF\u2019s rail freight subsidiaries, including Fret SNCF, was immediately available to comment.<\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, it seems that the most mobilised of SNCF workers to strike are those in the Paris region. For the moment we are waiting for the SNCF R\u00e9seau to verify what access (to the network) will be made available to rail freight operators in the context of industrial action.\u201d Gallo revealed that last week a local strike in eastern France had prevented DB Cargo France from operating trains between France and Germany for almost 24 hours.<\/p>\n

R\u00e9my Crochet, the president of the French intermodal freight association GNTC, sounded a reassuring note on the likely impact of the strikes to come from this evening, telling Railfreight.com: \u201cFor the moment, the level of disruption is very low and the vast majority of trains should be running normally.\u201d<\/p>\n