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VIDEO – SNCF expects to be able to run 60 to 70% of Saturday trains from or to the Paris stations of Montparnbade and Austerlitz following a fire that started in a substation. The SNCF advises travelers to postpone, if possible, their journey.
New big mess at Montparnbade station in Paris this Friday a big cross-country holiday of summer. A fire in an electricity meter RTE (subsidiary of EDF) caught fire in the late morning in Issy-les-Moulineaux, causing the complete interruption of traffic Montparnbade station in Paris. Around 14:30, trains were circulating again, but drop by drop. The SNCF could leave three trains per hour while normally, during a day like Friday, 12 TGVs must leave the station every hour.
The general manager of SNCF Transilien, Alain Krakovitch, estimates that 100,000 travelers are impacted. "It's a real disaster," he said while on the same day, the SNCF group presented half-yearly results already heavily penalized by three months of strike. At a press point at 6 pm, he said that the pbadengers injured by this new incident would be 100% reimbursed.
"60% to 70% of trains in circulation"
Because the galley will continue tomorrow Saturday, while in the early evening, EDF still could not ensure the refilling of the station of Paris Montparnbade . As a result, the railway company "can not" ensure normal traffic on Saturday, day of crossover, said SNCF Transilien General Manager Alain Krakovitch. "Our goal is to keep 60% to 70% of the trains in circulation" distributed between the railway stations of Montparnbade and Austerlitz.
More reactive to face, the SNCF has diverted trains to the Austertitz station. Indeed, if the TGV to Brittany and Pays de la Loire remain in Montparnbade, those to or from the Southwest were redirected to the station of Paris-Austerlitz. In contrast, those bound for Tours and Poitiers were removed and travelers were invited to use Intercity trains from Austerlitz. On the billboards, most trains posted delays of 2 to 3 hours in the afternoon.
In the early evening, the SNCF was not able to predict when the situation will return to normal. However, it recommends that travelers who have the opportunity to cancel or postpone their departure on vacation. "We know that it is not an easy decision to make, but it must be," said Alain Krakovitch, director of SNCF Transilien.
Given that EDF could not ensure the refilling of the Paris Montparnbade station and despite all our efforts, our traffic capacity remains reduced. @SNCF is obliged at 16h to announce the suppression of the following trains from Montparnbade. pic.twitter.com/IqbNUbRnUB
– SNCF Group (@GroupeSNCF) July 27, 2018
In addition, for commuter trains, transilian users must take the RER C and go to the Versailles station Chantiers from where the trains leave until the situation is restored
16,000 households deprived of electricity
Another consequence of this fire: 16,000 households were deprived of electricity in several communes Hauts-de-Seine (Chatillon, Clamart, Vanves, Malakoff, Issy-les-Moulineaux)
What happened? At 11:30 this Friday morning, a fire broke out in Issy-les-Moulineaux, in a RTE electrical transformer, at the foot of the Accor Hotel in Issy-les-Moulineaux, right next to the Microsoft premises on board of Seine. It quickly spread, causing a large smoke release and a major power outage in Vanves, Malakoff, Issy-les-Moulineaux and SNCF power stations, including emergency power to the Montparnbade station. At the scene of the fire, the incident was circumscribed at the beginning of the afternoon and the approximately 2,500 evacuees at the height of the intervention began to reintegrate the buildings. In Montparnbade, to get some trains to and from the station, an alternative power plan has been put in place.
Images of the fire that paralyzes Montparnbade station – Watch on Figaro Live [19659003] This incident is reminiscent of the giant blackout that occurred last year at the same time in Montparnbade station. Traffic was very disrupted for three days, causing many trains to be canceled during the busiest weekend of the summer. The aging network was then singled out. In December 2017, a computer bug on a switch station left thousands of pbadengers without transport in Montparnbade. In May 2016, a double breakdown had severely disrupted traffic in the same station. But this time, Patrick Jeantet, CEO of SNCF Réseau, badures that "this incident is external to the SNCF". "We do not know the reasons for the fire," said firefighters, stating that "all cables could be saved except one, the one that feeds Montparnbade."
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