Good morning freak mess. Traffic was completely interrupted this Tuesday, January 24 in the morning at the Gare de l’Est in Paris due to a breakdown in a signal box, indicated a spokeswoman for the SNCF, who specified that a resumption was “expected at 10 a.m.”.
“There is a breakdown in a signal box, as a result all TGV, TER and line P of the Transilien, departing from and arriving at the Gare de l’Est, are interrupted. It is in the course of intervention, we hope for a resumption at 10 am ”she said, without being able to specify the number of trains concerned or the start time of the incident.
The Line P Twitter page reports“a fire in a technical room in the Vaires sector” (Seine-et-Marne) and“a signaling incident” in another sector. It offers users other routes.
41 million travelers per year
On the station’s departure display panels – which appear in real time on the Gare de l’Est website – the TGV and TER trains departing for Nancy, Colmar, Frankfurt, Epernay or even Reims are indicated as ” delayed “ Where “deleted”. Those whose departure is scheduled after 10 a.m. are currently displayed in green with the mention ” on time “.
According to SNCF figures from 2019, some 41 million travelers pass through the Gare de l’Est each year, which is one of the six major Parisian stations. It serves the Grand Est of France, as well as international destinations such as Germany and Luxembourg.
