Exhausted by a night of "hell" but often resigned, more than a thousand SNCF travelers have lived through long hours of hardship after a "chain of incidents" on the rail network in the Landes.
“Relieved, tired, quite exhausted yes, but rather serene and happy to have arrived, yes! ", Summarized Laure on her arrival at Montparnasse station in Paris late Monday morning.
On the way back from vacation, a double train of the TGV 8538 carrying a thousand passengers who left Hendaye to arrive in Paris on Sunday at 4:20 p.m., was blocked all night. After a transshipment in the middle of the track and in the middle of the night, these travelers were able to leave for Paris where they arrived at the end of the morning.
"With the suitcases, with the children, we stayed in the dark in the train without air conditioning, without anything to drink or to eat, it was really deplorable" breathes Christelle.
The fear of contamination by covid-19
On social networks, some travelers have let their anger and fears explode regarding a potential contamination by Covid-19.
SNCF was trying Monday to reconstruct the scenario of the incident. An internal investigation is underway. "This is an exceptional event which has created a chain of incidents which led, at one point, to the interruption of traffic," Jean-Luc Gary, regional network director, told the press in Bordeaux. SNCF Nouvelle Aquitaine.
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Train traffic should resume Tuesday, according to SNCF. The company also said that passengers on the three trains will be compensated up to 300%.