While traditionally the Easter weekend is synonymous with traffic jams on the axes to Italy, it promises to be gratin on this side. The Simplon tunnel is blocked, and if its reopening is hoped for the end of the day, the CFFs which do not guarantee anything at this stage. In addition, the current renovations limit the number of trains that can run there. “We advise customers to go through Zurich rather than Brig to join Milan,” said their spokesperson Frédéric Revaz.
Rail traffic is widely disturbed in Valais and the Bernese Oberland. The journey to Italy via the Simplon is blocked by snow.CFF
On the road, it is far from better. Access to the Grand-Saint-Bernard is still cut, and should remain so until the afternoon. It is possible to turn to the Gothard, but it is already perpetually overloaded with traffic jams on these dates; Even to push to the Lötschberg or even at San Bernardino, “but it’s kilometers,” sums up Jordan Girod, spokesperson for the TCS. The Mont Blanc tunnel could be a solution.
“But there is no miracle recipe,” recalls Jordan Girod. You have to arm with patience and provide the equipment accordingly, to eat, to drink, enough to stand warm. ” Or turn to skiing …
And to advise to consult the TCS application, which keeps up to date in real time the situation on the road and the rail, as well as to shift its schedules accordingly.
TCS forecasts for Easter weekend at Mont Blanc tunnel.TCS
Several readers with family in Italy tell us, however, that they count “to go, we will find a solution whatever happens. Even if it means stuffing the Gothard, even if it’s awful. ”
