Metro breakdown in Toulouse: one line fully restored, the second still partially closed
By Guillaume Laurent
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updated on 8 Jul 22 at 7:23
Good news, early in the morning, for users of line B: “Following the repair of the damaged cables on line B, Tisséo announces the return to service of line B in its entirety from 5:30 a.m. “, announces the transport organizing authority of the Toulouse conurbation, Friday July 8, 2022, at the start of the day, two days after the fire which broke out in the metro tunnel.
East of line A still not served
The line A normally operates between Basso Cambo and Jolimont stations. The Roseraie, Argoulets and Balma-Gramont stations will still not be served. Tisséo recalls that a “relay bus A’ has been set up between these stations” and specifies that “work is continuing between the Balma-Gramont and Jolimont stations”.
Full recovery “at the end of the day”?
“All the Tisséo teams are in the process of intervention and are doing everything possible to restore the last section of line A as soon as possible”, finished Tisséo, who announced a new “situation report” on Friday “at the end of daytime. The stations still not served “could reopen at the end of the day”.
What happened ?
As a reminder, shortly before 9 a.m. Wednesday morning, a fire broke out on “an electric arc on the track, when a train passed just before the crow’s feet station (line A)”. The disaster caused “a release of smoke and the complete safety of the system”. Tisséo specifies that “this incident damaged cables depending on the command post for the piloting of lines A and B, a guide bar and its support”.
On Wednesday, the Tisséo Voyageurs teams and the emergency services intervened quickly to calmly evacuate the passengers.
According to Tisséo’s report, “eight people inconvenienced by the release of smoke were taken care of and were able to leave after an assessment carried out by the firefighters”.
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