Blocked after an early evening fire at the Gare du Nord in Paris, Eurostar and Thalys trains and the line RER B and D have gradually resumed circulate around 22:30.
Interrupted for several hours in the early evening because of a fire, rail traffic leaving from the gare du Nord paris resumed around 22:30, according to SNCF. The RER lines B and D passing through the North Station have gradually begun to circulate. And Eurostar, Thalys and Intercity trains had also start to circulate in the late evening. The Eurostar and Thalys England to Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany depart from this Parisian train station. “A technical solution is found, the power was restored and the traffic will gradually take over the entire network,” told AFP a spokesman for SNCF
Train traffic guidelines and international from the Gare du Nord in Paris was interrupted because of a fire at an electrical transformer.
“the electricity was cut in Paris Nord by security following a rather large fire at an electrical transformer, “said SNCF, citing” a malicious act “likely caused allegedly by persons caught while they were stealing electric cables. SNCF announced its intention to file a complaint.
According to a spokesman for the firefighters, “it is a brush fire near the train station of Saint-Denis that has spread to the overhead lines and detonated an electrical transformer, what motivated stopped all rail traffic from the North Station and passing through Saint-Denis. “
” the fire is off, but the processor is not longer able to fulfill its role. The trains that have been blocked on the tracks are being evacuated to different stations, everything goes well, “he said.
The SNCF said on its website that the guarantee repayment deferral will apply to travelers whose trains from and to Paris Nord have suffered significant delays or cancellation.
Fifteen TGV were blocked on ways and five had to be evacuated the rest have been around the area or be redirected to other stations, said SNCF. “Approximately 15,000 people” had to be evacuated from 15 trains stranded on the tracks “to be near the station, sometimes far from the station,” reported France Info the Secretary of State for Transport Alain Vidal, who is went to Saint-Denis.
“the evacuation is over and gone well be” assured to 9:30 p.m. spokeswoman. Optimism qualified. In Lille, travelers stranded in Lille-Flandres and Lille-Europe station will “stay overnight in dorms oars,” according to the on-call communications manager SNCF Nord-Pas-de-Calais Picardy because “no solution hotel has been found, “he added.
At the Gare du Nord, several hundred people were waiting always late Tuesday evening, riveted to their phones, some lying on the ground, said a journalist from AFP. A young man killed time by playing “We are the world” on a public availability piano, vocals accompanied by friends. “Five hours without eating, without” plague Linda Correia, 39. “They offer us a drink, but then to go to the bathroom? And there is nobody to give information. “
Travelers also line up over tens of meters to try to get a night at the hotel. Civil protection, including ambulances are parked outside the station, stretched white sheets and taking care of people inconvenienced. Some, in a state of apparent weakness during the first day of extreme heat, were evacuated on stretchers or wheelchairs.
“To be sure, tens of thousands of travelers (were) blocked this malicious act, “said France Info Alain Krakovitch, director of SNCF Transilien.
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