At Viarmes station, calm reigns. Only a Spanish tourist, with his bicycle, is waiting for a train to Paris. It's noon and he can wait a long time. Since 9 a.m., line H traffic has been interrupted between Montsoult - Maffliers and Luzarches. The fault was a “collapse of the embankment between Belloy Saint-Martin and Viarmes” announced the SNCF on X (ex-Twitter). With a cigarette in his mouth, the Iberian will decide to wait for traffic to resume, estimated at 4:30 p.m.
“I have been here since 10:15 a.m.,” explains Naima, a resident of Belloy met on the quay of this small town. “My feet hurt and I can't even sit down because the chairs are wet,” she continues. " There are days like that ! » laughs Myriam, another passenger.
Behind this displayed good humor, these two fifty-year-olds regret “regular problems”. “I wanted to go to my mother-in-law's house, but since I don't have a car, I'm going to have to go home,” concedes Naima, dressed in a blue veil. Likewise, for Myriam who wanted to go shopping. “It has become a hassle now to go to Leclerc de Persan. They changed the route of my bus line. I have to take two now,” the fifty-year-old annoys.
Users deplore a lack of information
In Viarmes, a resident is frustrated by repeated problems, but also by the deterioration of service. “Before, there was a train every 30 minutes. Now there’s one every hour from nine o’clock,” he grumbles. Shopping bag in hand, this father wanted to “go to Paris”. “Canceled trains often happen!” My son is a student. He misses classes and exams because of that,” he continues. “Besides, there is no one to inform us. The inside of the station is closed…” he breathes, wrapped up in a scarf and a green beret.
In Viarmes, Thursday April 18. A notice board at Viarmes station indicating the routes to follow
To remedy this interruption, a bus service is being set up between the stations “Montsoult - Maffliers and Luzarches with service to intermediate stations”, announced the SNCF. Contacted by Le Parisien, the railway group has not yet responded to our requests.