Following a request from CFDT Semitan, which feared for the safety of employees and users, the management took the decision to stop next Wednesday evening the circulation of buses and trams in the city center of Nantes much earlier. than usual.
Le Figaro Nantes
Those who will want to take advantage, Wednesday, December 14, of the semi-final between France and Morocco, on the occasion of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, in the city center of Nantes will have to anticipate the way back . Semitan has just announced that bus and tram traffic will be suspended there from 9:30 p.m. that evening. A decision made for “ensure the safety of passengers, staff and users of public spaces”indicates in a press release the semi-public company which operates the public transport network of the Nantes conurbation.
The Semitan dit « s’adapter » to the event and will apply a “a device of the social demonstration type with the aim […] to organize the operation of the network as well as possible, is it written. This choice follows the right to alert filed on Sunday by the CFDT Semitan, which said it feared for the safety of staff and users and wanted the transport network to be closed from 9 p.m. “Management was responsive and attentive. It’s a relief for colleagues.”rejoices with the Figaro Michel Chuitcheu-Toko, trade union representative at CFDT Semitan.
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The fear of possible overflows
To justify its right to alert, the union took as an example the incidents which occurred last Saturday after the respective victories of Morocco against Portugal and France against England: blockage of traffic and a group of people mounted on the roof of ‘a bus. “Certainly, it was a surge of joy, but on the roof of the bus there were gas canisters. Can you imagine what could have happened if a person dropped a cigarette?underlines the staff representative.
After the restless evening on Saturday evening, Michel Chuitcheu-Toko said he had exchanged with “colleagues in tears” or “shocked” by the turn of events. In its right to alert, the CFDT Semitan said thus “not to give dear life to drivers” in the event of an accident with supporters or “if there is relentlessness (stones, mortars, barricades, etc.) on Semitan vehicles.Their fear was therefore largely heard.
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In addition to the early closure of the transport network in the city center of Nantes on Wednesday evening, the CFDT Semitan asked the management to organize an extraordinary CSE ” a.s.a.p “ in order to evoke in a general way, and not only about the France-Morocco match, “the endangerment of employees following football matches”. On this specific point, Michel Chuitcheu-Toko indicates “not having heard back” for now from management.
The planned cuts
As Semitan mentions in its press release, the cuts “will be effective from 9:30 p.m. until the end of night service”. Here are the sectors concerned:
- Line 1 of the tramway: cut between Gare Maritime and Duchesse Anne;
- Line 2 of the tramway: cut at 50 Otages – no line 2 south;
- Line 3 of the tramway: cut between Bretagne and Hôtel Dieu;
- Line C1: cut between Foch and Copernic;
- Line C2: terminus at Talensac Line;
- Line C3: cut between Copernic and Gare Sud;
- Line C6: cut between Foch and Delorme
Semitan specifies that users will be able to consult the traffic in real time on the usual channels: the tan.fr website in the “traffic info” section, on the Tan mobile application and on Twitter via the official account called “reseau_tan”.
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