cracked wall in Meudon: no trains Paris-Versailles until Monday – Le Parisien

unusual Silence Wednesday morning at Meudon along railways: the traffic line N Transilien and TER is completely cut since yesterday. More no train runs between Montparnasse train station and Versailles. In question, the collapse of the pavement on the trail of the South Terminal, overlooking the tracks, which may cause the collapse of a retaining wall on the way.

cracks appeared, which increased by several centimeters per hour. That would be a pipe burst caused by the weather, which would have weakened the ground, although the exact cause remains to be determined.

There, teams from the train and inter Grand paris Seine Ouest (GPSO) are active around the hole visible on the floor, which is dangerously lean a power pole. Water is pumped that flooded the cellars of several houses, police and organized the evacuation of cars in nearby streets to make way for the site which promises vehicles.

the crack on the path that overlooks the railway tracks is growing by the hour. (LP / AP) A situation “extremely dangerous”

The embankment will be dug over 500 m3 of earth to be removed and the wall will be broken inward to secure channels. Work is expected to last three to four days, 24 hours / 24 for resumption of traffic planned for Monday, announced Patrick Jeantet, director of SNCF Networks, which recognizes that the situation was “extremely dangerous.”

with the collapse of the floor, it’s all located below the wall that could collapse on the tracks. (LP / AP)

He went on site early Wednesday afternoon with the President (LR) of the Regional Council Valérie Pécresse and Guillaume Pepy, CEO of SNCF, which ensured the mobilization of its services. “360 trains usually travel daily on these routes. With Montparnasse station totally paralyzed except TGV, more than 110,000 Parisians who are penalized, “explains the head of the train.

Users invited to the U line and the RER C

other incidents affecting the N line: land subsidence and landslides south and flooding of roads in Clamart. SNCF, which advises users to take the U-line and RER C from Paris to Versailles-Chantier, has mobilized more than 200 “red vests” to inform on one line N.

Valérie Pecresse recalled the establishment by the region of an emergency fund of € 1 million for the municipalities affected by the weather, “so they can quickly initiate the work” until either declared a state of natural disaster. At Meudon, much of the site should be supported by the SNCF.

About thirty homes without water, gas or electricity

in the morning, behind security gates, residents were concerned. Didier wanted to return to his pavilion retrieve affairs: as two neighbors of the Path he was evacuated the day before and does not know when he will return. “An expert has to go to assess the risks,” sighs the waterfront, to which the disaster was predictable: “There are two years I had warned when the trail had been redone I saw that the wall was damaged. “But according to SNCF, the site previously had no particular risk.

Helen, she lives just around the corner from the trail. She was able to reach home in the evening, and could suddenly accommodate its neighbor Florence, “But we have no more water, no electricity, no gas! “Apart from the nearest houses, water had to be restored by mid-day for thirty homes in the neighborhood concerned, ensure the Veolia services. For electricity, the Meudon services must first secure the threatened line destabilized by the post, a bypass would be quickly implemented. As for the gas, it will take a little. “They told us on Friday night,” sighs the boss of a nearby restaurant and bar, forced to cook … in the chimney!