They are good for one night in a hotel in Le Havre. These train wrecks have no other solution than to be patient until tomorrow morning before being able to leave the ocean city by train. Because for the moment no one can travel on the line linking Le Havre to Rouen.
It all started in the afternoon of Thursday, November 21. The heavy snowfall forced the SNCF to have to announce, shortly before 5 p.m., that it was completely interrupting the traffic of its trains between Le Havre, Rouen and Paris in order to carry out an inspection and clear the tracks given the appearance numerous obstacles (branches, trees, etc.).
Reconnaissance trains
The SNCF communicated: “The SNCF Réseau teams are planning the passage of reconnaissance trains in order to ensure the absence of obstacles on the tracks, and to validate the resumption of rail traffic on the lines concerned. In the event of trees and branches being present, the teams of lumberjacks present on board these reconnaissance trains will have the mission of clearing the tracks. » The SNCF then hoped for a resumption of traffic after 6 p.m.
Many obstacles between Le Havre and Rouen
Except it won't be that way. Because if on the Rouen-Paris portion, in both directions, it could announce a gradual resumption shortly before 8 p.m., the SNCF had to resign itself to canceling all trains until the end of the service, between Le Havre and Rouen . “We discovered many more obstacles there. The network clearance and restoration operations are expected to continue well into the night.confirmed the SNCF penalty.
Le Havre is not the only large Norman city to find itself isolated. Thus, according to our information, users having to go to Cherbourg, in the Channel, find themselves stuck for the night, in Paris, at the Saint-Lazare station. The trains were also canceled there. A catenary was reportedly cut in the vicinity of Lisieux.
