The struggle will therefore continue for several more hours for certain SNCF users. In particular those stuck at Le Havre station since this Thursday, November 21 evening.
They are because the line between the ocean city and Rouen is cut by the presence (too numerous) of obstacles on the track. They were therefore offered to sleep at the hotel while waiting for the situation to recover. Except that the situation should last, at best, until midday on Friday, November 22.
Towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen, Cherbourg…
In fact, the SNCF announced it this evening: “rail traffic will be suspended on all lines of the Nomad train network this Friday, November 22 morning. » Understand no trains will run in the region, towards Paris, Rouen, Le Havre, Évreux, or even Caen, or Cherbourg.
Météo France maintaining its orange snow and ice vigilance for this day of Friday November 22, in particular throughout the morning, the SNCF activates an inspection system for its entire network (thus immobilizing it) as best as possible, until midday. “As soon as there is a lull, reconnaissance trains will run, to ensure that there are no obstacles on the tracks, before any resumption of traffic. In the event of the presence of trees and branches, the teams of SNCF Réseau loggers present on board these trains will be responsible for clearing the tracks.specifies the SNCF.
And the SNCF continues, even warns: “The normal resumption of traffic, scheduled for Friday November 22 at 12 p.m., will depend on the impacts of the storm on the tracks. »
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