Train traffic interrupted between Toulouse and Narbonne due to a fire near the tracks
Users of regional trains on the Toulouse-Narbonne axis are at a standstill this Friday, April 29 in the morning.
Delays are to be expected. This Monday, April 29, at 9:45 a.m., SNCF announces that traffic is interrupted on the Toulouse-Narbonne regional axis. This axis serves the stations of Toulouse Matabiau, Castelnaudary, Carcassonne and Narbonne.
On its site assigned to the TER, the SNCF indicates that “train traffic is interrupted in both directions between Carcassonne and Narbonne following a fire near the tracks. The firefighters are on site. The technical services are mobilized to check the “State of the track before traffic resumes. The estimated time of recovery is set at 12 p.m.
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The recovery is estimated at 12 p.m.
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An electric bus on fire
The fire in question is said to be that of an electric bus, which caught fire while traveling under the railway bridge, along the quai Riquet in Carcassonne, indicates the Independent.
The facts took place shortly before 9 a.m. and only the driver revealed himself inside. He was not injured, indicate our colleagues.