SA difficult evening for users of the Beauvais-Paris train this Wednesday, October 16. Some 400 passengers on the line had to wait several hours in their carriages after an incident around 6 p.m. The cause was the fall of branches on the catenaries in the Fosseuse-Bornel sector. “ The incident caused power supply problems », Specifies the SNCF.
Result: three trains were impacted. If travelers who remained on the platform at Pontoise (Val-d’Oise) and Bornel stations were able to quickly return home thanks to substitute buses and taxis, users of the train blocked at Fosseuse had more difficulties. The last passengers were finally evacuated around 1:15 a.m. Firefighters and White Cross volunteers were also deployed on site to secure the transfer of users along the railway line to Bornel station.
However, traffic was able to return to normal this Thursday, October 17, in the early hours of the morning.
