Until six o’clock late Friday evening on the southeast line

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Cohue in the evening of Friday July 25 at the Gare de Lyon (Paris): up to 6 hours late at the start or arrival. A mother and her children spent 12 hours spent aboard the Inouï TGV from Nice (Alpes-Maritimes). “”We did not have to drink or eat because there was nothing in the bar. Everyone was a little annoyed. It was very complicated, a very complicated trip “she says.

At the origin of delays, an incident on the high -speed line near Lyon (Rhône). A power supply was struck by lightning around 5 p.m. ceasefies (Ain). The line that has become out of service, it was necessary to deviate from all the trains to borrow the conventional lines, such as a OUIGO TGV engaged at very low speed near Villefranche-sur-Saône (Rhône). On board, a few bottles were distributed, but travelers mainly awaited information. “It is 9:30 pm, we are supposed to have arrived an hour ago in Paris. And we do not know what time we will arrive with us, because the train rolls by two. However, there are microphones that work. They could keep us more aware of what’s going on“, Lands up a traveler.

Contacted, the SNCF describes a very difficult situation to manage. “”Tomorrow, if you have an accident on the highway, you will simply get out of the highway to go to the national and get around this event. But it’s the same, there is already traffic on the national and therefore it comes to be combined with existing traffic; And so that’s what leads to these delays “explains Frédéric Guichard, director of operations of the southeast rail network at SNCF Network.

In the station, the biggest delays were taken care of. The SNCF has set itself the priority to send all the trains. None have been deleted. A relief for a traveler:“As long as they tell me that the train leaves, I’m waiting. At worst, I will sleep in it and it does not matter. “The injured travelers can be reimbursed: minimum 25% of the price of the ticket for delays between 30 minutes and 2 hours, 50% beyond.

In the morning of Saturday, traffic was completely restored on the south-eastern line.