On its website, the SNCF indicates that due to this incident, delays could be up to 1h30 but the indicative times noted by AFP around midnight for three trains suggest up to three to five hours of delay.
TGV traffic on the South-East high-speed line was disrupted during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday due to a “personal accident”causing delays for around ten trains on New Year's Eve, we learned from the SNCF. “Train traffic on the South-East high-speed line is disrupted this evening due to a personal accident in the south of Seine-et-Marne”a spokesperson told AFP.
Around ten TGVs are affected with around an hour delay, but all will go to their destination, he added. On its website, the SNCF indicates that due to this incident, delays could be up to 1.5 hours but the indicative times noted by AFP around midnight for three trains suggest up to three to five hours of delay.
These are TGV Inoui Brussels-Lyon n°9844 which should be three hours late, Ouigo Paris-Lyon Perrache n°7805 whose arrival delay is estimated at 4h40 and TGV Inoui Montpellier-Paris n° 6206 which could be 5 hours late.
“Firefighters on scene”
“The trains take another route in both directions, which results in longer travel times of around 1 hour to 1 hour 30 minutes” for the TGV Inoui and Ouigo traveling in the sector, indicates the SNCF. “Certain trains are blocked and will have to wait for traffic to resume on the High Speed Line”she specifies, adding that a resumption of traffic was planned at the end of the evening, in a message published shortly after midnight.
The SNCF does not specify how many passengers are affected by these delays in the middle of Christmas Eve. She indicated Tuesday evening in a message to travelers that “Firefighters are on scene” of the accident.
