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Nicolas Zaugra
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September 26, 2024 at 11:56 a.m.
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A nighttime accident of a truck lying on the A7 and closing hours this night and this morning, serial accidents due to the rain, very busy traffic since the start of rush hour: traffic has turned into a nightmare in the metropolitan area of Lyon (Rhône) this Thursday. The recorded traffic jam peaks are “exceptional”.
More than 65 kilometers of traffic jams accumulated this morning, “black” situation
The Coraly service (Traffic Coordination and Regulation in the Lyon metropolitan area) recorded an exceptional peak in traffic jams this Thursday morning, more than 65 kilometers of traffic jams classifying the situation as “black”the highest level of traffic information. At 10:30 a.m., the situation was still orange with nearly 40 km of cumulative slowdowns on the main roads of the city.
It was after 11 a.m. that the situation returned to normal.
Lying truck, serial accidents: the A7 paralyzed
The trouble started last night around midnight with a spectacular accident between a truck and a car in the Lyon-Marseille direction near Ampuis, between the Vienne Nord and Condrieu exit.
The truck overturned in the middle of the road, causing the A7 to be completely closed for hours, more than seven hours in total. A crane had to be urgently mobilized for a lifting operation. Cleaning the contents of the truck also took all night.
Traffic was able to resume on one lane only at 7:45 a.m. on one lane only, causing very serious disruptions when leaving Lyon towards the south.
The situation also deteriorated in the other direction this morning (Marseille>Lyon) after serial material accidents. Heavy rains made traffic difficult. An accident near Vienne (Isère), in the direction of Lyon, considerably lengthened travel times (+40 minutes between Vienna and Lyon center).
The Fourvière tunnel saturated, Vivier Merle closed
But the south of the city was not an isolated case this morning. Many routes into and out of the metropolis have been paralyzed. The Fourvière tunnel was saturated during rush hours, an accident at Bourgoin-Jallieu on the A43 towards Lyon also slowed down traffic.
The south of Lyon was saturated beyond the situation of the A7 up to Chasse-sur-Rhône, and even from the A47 to Givors and the A46 from Communay (an accident occurred place near Saint-Symphorien-d’Ozon).
The closure of the Vivier-Merle tunnel at Part-Dieu for two months due to work also saturated the sector.
TER trains and the TCL network affected by rain
The heavy rains this morning are also affecting the public transport network. TER SNCF trains heading to Lyon were experiencing significant delays (2 hours 10 minutes late to Lyon Perrache, 1 hour 10 minutes to Lyon Vaise, etc.).
The TCL network is the victim of flooding in the Part-Dieu district, Keolis informs its Lyon users. For T3, the T3 line runs only from Meyzieu les Panettes to Part Dieu Sud. The Gare Part-Dieu station is no longer served. Traffic is expected to resume at 12:30 p.m.
For T4, the line runs from La Doua-Gaston Berger to Thiers-Lafayette then from Archives Départementales to Hôpital Feyzin Vénissieux. The Rhonexpress line runs only from Saint-Exupéry to Part Dieu Sud. Traffic is expected to resume at 12:30 p.m.
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