After the disruptions due to snow earlier in the morning, it was an isolated incident which stopped traffic on a large part of the RER D this Thursday afternoon. Around 1:45 p.m., a catenary break occurred in the Stade de France area.
Several cables were thus broken, leading to the paralysis of traffic on the RER D between Gare de Lyon and Creil, on the northern part of the RER. Following the incident, an emergency power cut was requested. SNCF specifies that traffic should resume around 4 p.m.
📢Point Info [14h10] :
📍STADE DE FRANCE SECTOR
Around 1:45 p.m., a catenary break (the cable that supplies electricity to trains) was reported in the Stade de France area.
❌Following this incident, an emergency power cut was requested,
— RER D (@RERD_SNCF) January 18, 2024
“Our teams are in the process of implementing an adapted transport plan in order to be able to run trains,” tweeted the official RER D account on X (formerly Twitter). A map of alternative routes was also published in order to help travelers move between Stade de France and Gare de Lyon, the first sector affected, during the intervention.
During its 3 p.m. information point, RER D account X indicates that a ZACO train was blocked at Stade de France station and that travelers can finally be evacuated. Trains will not re-circulate until complete evacuation and repair of the damage.
📢Point Info [15h] :
Passengers on the ZACO train who suffered the catenary break and were stuck at Stade de France are being evacuated.
❌Trains are held up long enough to allow safe evacuation.
— RER D (@RERD_SNCF) January 18, 2024
This Thursday morning, it was more the RER C which was first affected, with a section between Versailles-Chantiers and Massy-Palaiseau impassable for several hours until 10 a.m. The buses, for their part, got into working order as the roads allowed after last night’s snowfall, until they resumed optimal service.
2024-01-19 02:05:37
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