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The announcement was made Wednesday evening on social networks, due to the strong winds, rain and storms forecast for Thursday in Tarn and other departments of Occitanie.
Due to the particularly difficult weather conditions forecast for this Thursday, the SNCF announced on Wednesday evening on social networks the “total interruption” of train circulation for the day of Thursday October 17 on several routes in Occitanie, including the Toulouse- Rodez and Toulouse-Mazamet.
The SNCF indicates that this measure is taken to “guarantee the safety of travelers and staff” and that no replacement coach service will be put in place on these lines.
In order to guarantee the safety of travelers & staff, a total interruption of traffic on the Toulouse-Rodez, Toulouse-Mazamet, Rodez-Brive, Montauban-Cahors-Brive, Figeac-Aurillac axes is planned all day. No road substitution will be implemented[2.2]
— liO Train SNCF Occitanie (@lio_train_sncf) https://twitter.com/lio_train_sncf/status/1846624140460986455?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Like other departments in Occitanie, Tarn will be placed on orange alert this Thursday for rain and flooding from 2:00 p.m. It has also been placed on yellow alert for thunderstorms as well as on yellow flood alert (for the “Tarn middle” section by the Vigicrue organization), since 4 p.m. this Wednesday.
