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On a Friday evening, aboard the Paris-Mulhouse, dozens of passengers travel seated on the ground, between the seats or in the corridors; others, standing, huddled between the compartments. On this line TER – regional express train – the passengers are exhausted. "We are not cattle! " annoys this passenger who leaves for a weekend, "it is not normal, if the train brakes brutally we will have problems!""We take public transport to avoid spending on carbon and here we are!"Laments Mickael, who takes this train three times a week.
Traveling in these conditions would almost become a habit to believe the messages of annoyed passengers left on social networks. Even the staff, drivers and controllers, is exceeded. "Controllers can not do their safety round", Testifies Sébastien Chevry, secretary of the CGT-cheminots deTroyes.
According to the Sncf: hardware often broken down. Coradia liner trains that run on this line, called Line 4, are yet brand new, in service for less than two years, purchased at Alstom 12 million euros each. But according to a union official of the East European Technicentre of SNCF, they would be unsuitable on this line, not yet fully electrified. "It is new equipment but not suitable. They have two-mode engines, diesel and electric, except they run three quarters of the time in diesel so they have fuel tanks too small and the engines tire very quickly", says Jonathan Lord, CGT union representative.
As a result, during rush hours, there is often only one train to transport passengers, instead of the two needed.
Another problem: since September, reservations have been removed on this line, there are more places guaranteed. And in addition the delays accumulate. "This situation is unacceptable, and it was said to the SNCF, besides, we put very strong penalties on the delays that are very numerous on this line.", Says David Valence, UDI vice president of the Greater East region, in charge of transport.
For its part, the manufacturer Alstom says to be mobilized "to allow a return to an optimal serviceThe region has ordered five new trains, but in the meantime, it's better to travel light!
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