Large-scale work will be undertaken on the TGV line this long weekend of November 11. Trains will have to use the normal line, which will drastically lengthen travel times.
Five hours to make a Paris-Lyon, seven hours for a Paris-Marseille… Those who want a change of scenery during this long weekend thanks to the Paris-Lyon-Marseille line will have to be patient during their journeys. Indeed, SNCF Réseau will completely close the most used TGV line in France between November 9 and 12, in the middle of a long weekend. Major work will be carried out on the line, reports Le Parisien.
Planned since 2018, this work will enable the installation of the European rail traffic management system (ERTMS). This one “knows the position and speed of all trains in real time and directly gives a driver the speed he must respect”we learn from SNCF Réseau. “It thus makes it possible to reduce the space between two trains”in order to go from 13 to 16 trains per hour on the line, thus increasing the line's capacity by 25%.
1,000 agents are mobilized to “disconnect then reconnect and test 57,000 wires” which control the 250 switches of the TGV line. Trains will also run empty to test safety and facilities.
Travelers are not discouraged
SNCF travelers have already eliminated 30% of their Paris-Lyon-Marseille trains and Trenitalia, its Italian competitor, will only operate three round trips over the period, compared to the usual five. However, travelers are there. Travel times are drastically extended and prices remain particularly high, which may seem like a strange choice of timing. However, the SNCF assures that it was “the best time to limit inconvenience”.
published on November 7 at 11:09 a.m., Philippine Rouviere Flamand, 6Medias
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