
The unions are calling for a strike on October 9 and 10, 2026 to demand more human resources and security.
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A controller was attacked with a knife by a 13-year-old teenager on the Paris-Rouen line on October 2, 2026. This news item adds to a context of tension linked to a derailment in Cléon.
You will have to monitor the SNCF Traffic Info application from this Friday, October 9, 2026 and at least until the following day, Saturday. Controllers are on strike following the stabbing of an agent on the Paris-Rouen line, Friday October 2, 2026.
“We have been asking for more resources for years, but the company does nothing. This knife attack is the straw that breaks the camel's back. We are not here to take stab wounds for the company,” assures Bastien Sellier, general secretary of the CGT cheminots de Rouen.
On the morning of Friday October 2, 2026, on the Paris-Rouen line, a controller was attacked by a 13-year-old teenager. The young man attempted to stab the officer several times before being arrested. This scene increased the tension on the Normandy rails even more.
“A global feeling of insecurity”
“Since the derailment in Cléon and the discovery of a broken fishplate on the Caen-Rennes line, we have been in a very tense context. This attack reinforces the overall feeling of insecurity,” explains Baptiste Bauza, CGT railway activist in Le Havre.
Among the demands made by the four unions, CGT railway worker, Sud rail, UNSA and CFDT railway worker, obtaining more human resources.
“We want there to be two controllers per train and per element, for the safety of controllers and passengers,” insists Bastien Sellier.
Another request: the screening of the last trains departing from Normandy and Paris by rail security.
What to expect on the tracks
On the rails, traffic will be disrupted on Friday October 9 and Saturday October 10, 2026 on the following lines:
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Rail traffic disruptions on October 9 and 10, 2026.
Very likely · Within days

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