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The burning of a substation will still disrupt the movement of trains Sunday to the west of France with a train on two scheduled for Montparnbade, a situation that is deteriorating compared to Saturday.
Faced with this deterioration, the SNCF asks RTE "to act urgently to find before Thursday a quick solution for our customers to travel," said Rachel Picard, CEO of Voyages SNCF at a press point.
Thursday is the planned date of complete restoration of the current Montparnbade station by RTE, which manages the Issy-les-Moulineaux substation affected by the fire on Friday.
This delay of almost a week for a return of a normal power supply RTE prompted the government to open a "fact-finding mission."
In the meantime, traffic forecasts for Sunday are deteriorating compared to Saturday, when two-thirds of the trains were to circulate. 19659002] "The service we can provide tomorrow (Sunday) is a little less than 50% because of equipment constraints," said the head of SNCF.
The train maintenance workshop TGV near Montparnbade is indeed no longer supplied with electricity.
"There are trains that we can not go out because they are not safe for our travelers. That's why the duration of the incident is critical, "she explained.
Friday's fire disrupted the movement of trains in the middle of a summer crossover in Montparnbade.
100,000 pbadengers were to take a train from this station on Saturday, the trains being maintained are now divided between Montparnbade and Austerlitz station.
In Montparnbade, the atmosphere is rather calm, the travelers showing a mixture of philosophy
"We are lost," admits Astrid, a German tourist who left Cologne in the morning with her husband Georges to join Brest
Their TGV for Brittany was canceled and they are nearing the SNCF shop to change their ticket for Sunday. "There is no longer a strike, but now it is the breakdown", ironically Georges.
For those who can, the SNCF advises its customers to postpone their trip It will fully refund the tickets Beyond three hours late
If the departure of the TGV to Brittany and Pays de la Loire remains in Montparnbade, those from or to the Southwest are redirected to the station of Paris-Austerlitz.
TGVs to Tours and Poitiers are abolished, pbadengers are invited to use Intercity trains from Austerlitz
– Fact finding –
In addition to the trains' circulation, some 7,000 homes were still private electricity on Saturday at midday. The current should be restored by the end of the day, according to the electricity distributor Enedis.
RTE highlighted the extent of the damage on his substation to justify the time to restart. For its part, the SNCF will seek compensation from the electricity manager.
"We will turn to our supplier RTE to ask him to compensate us," said his CEO Guillaume Pepy, adding that these disruptions should cost "a few million euros". RTE acknowledged its responsibility
SNCF wants to know "why there was this fire and why it was not possible to restore the power using another route" electrical, said Mr. Pepy. 19659002] Nicolas Hulot, Minister for the Ecological Transition, and Elisabeth Borne, Minister of Transport, launched a "fact-finding mission" of the State services on this fire which put forward "a manifest fragility substitute feeding at Montparnbade station. "
This survey aims" to shed light on these feeding conditions and to identify alternative solutions to be implemented in the future to avoid this type of situation can not be repeated ", according to their joint statement.
The consequences of the disturbances were felt in the stations of the west and south-west of France.
In Toulouse at 12h25, the TGV coming from Paris arrives at the station with almost a and twenty minutes late.
Pbadengers leave the first train and start running on the platform, pushing their suitcases. "A match" is in play says one without stopping.
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