No extra trains since Monday morning on one of many busiest traces in France … TER trains now not run between Lyon and Saint-Etienne, in each instructions. It’s a minimize within the energy provide of undetermined origin which is the trigger, signifies the SNCF.
Passenger and items visitors is at a standstill till “further notice”, following this breakdown which occurred slightly earlier than 9 am and which precipitated the immobilization of a TER between Saint-Chamond (Loire) and Rive -de-Gier. It ought to resume usually Tuesday morning, as soon as the overhead line inflicting the ability failure has been repaired, SNCF mentioned within the early night.
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Site visitors had then very partially resumed at noon, after the restore of the TER in query and the switch of its passengers aboard a coach within the route of Saint-Etienne.
“An internal investigation was opened by the SNCF to determine the origin of the fall to the ground of a catenary which supplies the railway convoys with electric current”, declared a spokesperson for the SNCF. Many trains had been canceled Monday on this TER line, introduced by the SNCF as a very powerful in France for its attendance.
