Normandy, Brittany, Pays de Loire, Hauts-de-France, Centre-Val de Loire in these five regionsTER trains will be at a standstill Thursday 2 November - or even from Wednesday evening until Friday morning. La Ciaran Storm forced SNCF Réseau to implement this radical measure: thepreventive cessation of rail traffic. The approach, called "traffic stopThe aim is to " avoid running trains in the middle of disruptions at the risk of them being blocked with passengers on board ". It's true, Météo France is warning of violent winds in north-west France, particularly in coastal areas but also inland.
According to the forecasts published at the end of the day on Tuesday, the TGV should nevertheless ensure connections Paris - Rennes and Paris - Lille. But the intermediate stations located off high-speed lines will not be served. The line Paris - Le Mans could operate on Thursday from 2pm, "if nothing stands in the way", warns SNCF Réseau. Services to Nantes and La Rochelle will not be provided", it also forecasts, while for the Paris - Tours, Poitiers, Angoulême, Bordeaux and Southern Aquitaine lines, SNCF Réseau is talking about "traffic". without restriction" .
In these conditions, which are unpredictable to say the least, the SNCF is inviting passengers who are able to do so to plan ahead or postpone their journeys, to use the teleworking and to check that their train is running beforehand.
