Giant breakdown on the RER A, what happened to block the line all day?

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– Traffic was interrupted on part of the RER A line this Monday, December 9, 2024.

Particularly complicated day for Ile-de-France residents used to going to work in RER A. Traffic was interrupted on part of the line, Monday December 9. In a press release sent to AFP, echoed by Ouest France, RATP explained what is paralyzing the network: “Around 5:45 a.m., an overhead line was torn off by a train on RER line A in Auber. By tearing off, the cable damaged a water inlet pipe causing a significant leak near the train. Passengers on board the train [affecté] by the incident on the catenary were evacuated safely.”

Concretely, no train was able to run on the line between the Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile and Nation stations, to the west and east of the capital. Before being able to resolve the problem of catenarythe RATP teams had to work to resolve the water leak, note West France. Thus, we had to wait until midday for the RATP to announce that its agents were working to “replace torn cables”. Obviously, this incident disrupted the entire network.

A reinforced offer on lines 1 and 14 to cope with the influx of travelers

So that travelers are not deprived, the Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens has mobilized more than 200 agents to guide users. In addition, additional trains were put in place on lines 1 and 14 to cope with the influx of passengers in the carriages. And for good reason, the RER A welcomes, on average, 1.2 million workers daily Monday to Friday

RATP specified that traffic should resume at 6 p.m.this Monday evening. And to specify that “the intervention made very complex due to the configuration of the premises”which forces its teams to intervene “from the roof of the train, in very restricted spaces and [dans un] tunnel».