traffic remains “severely disrupted” on Wednesday, only 1 out of 3 TGVs
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Traffic remains “severely disrupted on Wednesday” according to SNCF
SNCF indicated on Tuesday that traffic remained “severely disrupted on Wednesday” with only 1 out of 3 TGVs in circulation at rush hour, despite the efforts of agents to resolve the problem.
The rest of the day, a TGV on 2 circulars arriving and departing from the station.
Line P also remains impacted by the Gare de l’Est breakdown. One in two Transilien is planned on the Meaux and Château-Thierry axes during rush hour, but traffic should return to normal for the rest of the day, with adaptations.
Trains departing from La Ferté-Milon at 6:18 a.m. heading for Gare de l’Est and departing from Paris Est at 5:05 p.m. are canceled, indicates line P on Twitter.
TER traffic will return to normal according to SNCF discounts, with service adjustments on the lines.
Find all the details of SNCF buyers in our article.
What we know about the “voluntary fire” which paralyzes traffic at the Gare de l’Est
6 a.m. this morning, traffic has been interrupted since arriving and departing from the Gare de l’Est in Paris due to a fire in a local technical area of Vaires-sur-Marne.
While the return to normal could take place this Wednesday, BFMTV.com takes full stock of the situation in this article.
A few TGVs run east from the Gare du Nord in Paris
If the RER E continues to circular, as well as the Transilien of the P line on the southern branch, the traffic of the TGV remains interrupted this Tuesday afternoon.
A few high-speed trains still run eastbound, departing from Gare du Nord, located about 400 meters on foot from Gare de l’Est.
At 4:16 p.m., for example, a TGV takes you to Metz and then to Strasbourg, departing from the Gare du Nord.
The return to normal on the line is not yet assured for this Wednesday, warned at midday the Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune.
“It shifts all my projects”: travelers forced to adapt to Strasbourg station
With many TGVs canceled between Paris and Alsace, others showing delays of several hours, travelers have had to adapt since this morning.
“It’s very complicated”
“It shifts all my professional meetings. I had to go to Calais. It shifts all my pro projects, but it’s very complicated”, explains at the microphone of BFM Alsace Géraldine, who was to join the train station this morning. East.
Gudrin, a German traveler who was to go to Nantes via Paris, was forced to get off at Strasbourg.
“Maybe we’ll have to stay here at the hotel,” she wonders.
Antoine managed to change his train ticket to go to Grenoble without going through Paris, but rather through Lyon.
Almost normal traffic on some lines
Despite the serious difficulties caused by the fire of electric cables this night, some can still continue to circulate normally at the Gare de l’Est.
These are the RER E, the southern branch of the P line and the TER trains depending on Paris-Troyes-Mulhouse.
All the TGV lines as well as part of the TER still remain paralyzed at midday.
No trace of break-in to the access roads of the SNCF
The police services of the Noisiel police station were notified around 4:35 a.m. of the fire of an SNCF electrical box in a neighboring town, in Vaires-sur-Marne, BFMTV informed the prosecution.
According to initial findings, two concrete panels blocking access to the electrical box hatch were removed. Inside, the electrical cables were set on fire around 1:10 a.m.
The first elements of the investigation also show that a second box, accessible only by a tunnel under the tracks, was set on fire. The two hatch access plates have also been removed and placed on the floor.
Finally, an access gate to the SNCF tracks was found open, without any trace of break-in.
Disturbances in the Grand Est
This morning’s damage to SNCF electric cables did not only impact the daily lives of Ile-de-France residents. The inhabitants of the Grand Est have also been without a train to and from Paris since the start of the day.
8 hours, Since two TGV Grand Est per hour are received at the Gare du Nord. SNCF invites travelers to postpone their journeys.
No guaranteed resumption of traffic this Wednesday
Transport Minister Clément Beaune said Tuesday at midday “not yet be able to guarantee” a resumption of train traffic on Wednesday at the Gare de l’Est in Paris, paralyzed after an arson attack on electrical cables.
A new information point must be organized at 5 p.m. Clément Beaune, who spoke live from the station in front of several journalists, denounced “a scandalous malicious act which must be sanctioned and condemned”, and spoke of a “quite exceptional, very serious incident”.
An investigation opened for willful degradation
The Meaux prosecutor’s office announced on Tuesday the opening of an investigation for willful degradation and endangering the lives of others.
According to the first elements of the investigation, “a first box housing electrical cables had been set on fire after two concrete panels condemning access to the hatch where the said box was inserted into the ground had been removed and deposited”, declared the prosecution in a press release.
“A second box, located on the other side of the tracks, accessible by means of a tunnel located under the said tracks, had also been damaged by fire,” he added.
Burned cables
48 cables, located in gutters which have been opened, were burned during the night from Monday to Tuesday, near Vaires-sur-Marne.
“The cables make it possible to give information to the signal boxes, so safety is no longer guaranteed”, indicated Anne-Marie Palmier, director Ile-de-France production zone of SNCF Réseau during a press briefing. held mid-morning.
Gare de l’Est paralyzed since Tuesday morning
TGV, TER, or line P of the Transilien: no more trains leave or arrive at the Gare de l’Est this Tuesday, following an “arson on electric cables” in Seine-et-Marne.
The SNCF, which had initially counted on a resumption of train traffic at 10 a.m., finally announced that it would be interrupted “for the whole day, until the end of service” due to the consequences of a fire. volunteer in a signal station.