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Homes deprived of electricity, motorists stuck on the motorway, canceled trains, suspended school transport… After causing major chaos, winter storm Caetano left France on Friday November 22. But its passage always disrupts train traffic, particularly in Normandy and Pays de Loire. More than 400 trees fell on the network as this depression passed, specifies the SNCF, which announces that the Paris Montparnasse–Granville line will not be able to reopen until Monday morning. In Pays-de-la-Loire, traffic on the La Roche sur Yon–Clisson, La Roche-sur-Yon–Les Sables-d'Olonne and Saint-Nazaire–Le Croisic lines should resume in the evening. As for electricity, 75,000 customers are still deprived of it, particularly in “the western part and Normandy”a announced on franceinfo the technical director at Enedis. Follow our live stream.
Orange vigilance lifted. Météo-France lifted the orange “snow-ice” alert at midday on Friday in all the departments concerned. However, caution remains in order: “Next night, temperatures will drop below 0°C from Normandy to the North-East. There will therefore be the formation of ice due to refreezing”explains the forecaster.
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The disruptions also affect trains. Cancellations are still on the agenda for Friday, warns the SNCF, while trees have fallen on the tracks in places “in Normandy, Pays de la Loire, New Aquitaine and Ile-de-France”. Trains do not run in Normandy until midday “time to pass the reconnaissance trains and carry out clearances and repairs”informs the SNCF.
Resumption of heavy goods vehicle traffic. Heavy goods vehicle traffic gradually resumed Friday afternoon in the Doubs on the A36, reports France Bleu Belfort-Montbéliard, while 2,500 to 3,000 trucks were blocked Friday morning on this highway due to ice and snow. snow. North of Alençon (Orne), near the Gacé coast, traffic gradually resumed in both directions at midday on the A28 motorway, after being paralyzed for eight hours, reports France Bleu Normandy. “Around 1,000 heavy goods vehicles are stored on the A28”because of“a truck which did not respect the prohibition measures and jackknifed” on the highway, the Minister of Transport explained on Friday morning.
School transport interrupted in several departments. This is still the case on Friday in Mayenne and in the five Normandy departments until noon. Collective transport of children is prohibited in Sarthe. The Paris region, the center and the East are affected by suspensions of public and school transport. School lines and regular bus lines will not operate before midday in Loir-et-Cher and Eure-et-Loir. In Loiret, traffic on school lines is also suspended until midday. And in Haut-Rhin, school buses will not take place.
