a concrete block falls on the tracks north of Toulouse, rail traffic interrupted between Toulouse and Montauban
Following an accident on a bridge in Saint-Jory north of Toulouse around 6 a.m. this Friday, July 8, a concrete block fell off. He fell on the railroad tracks that passed below. A Paris-Toulouse Intercity locomotive was damaged. After 3 hours of repair, the train was able to leave in the morning, like all the traffic.
This Friday, July 8 after 9 a.m., rail traffic will start very slowly between Toulouse and Montauban. For more than 3 hours, the two train lanes must be cut following the fall of a concrete block on the tracks in the town of Saint-Jory in Haute-Garonne.
A concrete block falls on the tracks
Around 6 a.m. a traffic accident occurred on a bridge in this town north of Toulouse, a concrete block fell off. He fell on the train tracks below. A train between Toulouse and Montauban hit him. Passengers and officers were not injured but the train’s locomotive was damaged.
In the process, the SNCF announced on social networks that traffic was interrupted in both directions between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. on this portion and that it is severely disrupted as far as Agen/Brive.
Resumption of traffic expected around 10 a.m.
Reached by telephone, the SNCF ensures that all the technical services were very quickly at work to remove the concrete block. Which was done around 9 a.m.
The locomotive of the train was also repaired according to the communication of the SNCF, the travelers of the train Intercités Toulouse / Paris should be able to leave in the morning.
SNCF estimates the resumption of traffic to normal in both directions around 10:30 a.m.