It's not just on the roads that Saturday is dark. At the SNCF and for several hundred passengers too. Since yesterday, 6 p.m., a technical incident has stopped all TGVs circulating between Rennes, Saint-Brieuc and Brest. This is a " technical power problem due to faulty insulators ". The work was carried out overnight, details the SNCF, which expects a return to normal from 3 pm for the TGV. " Our teams worked until five o'clock in the morning to identify and replace " the defective parts, one explains.
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TER side, traffic was able to resume this morning, because " there are fewer checks " to do than for the TGV part. Thus, since last night, most of the stranded passengers have been taken care of by rail shuttles or coaches, considerably lengthening their journey.
Others were accommodated because they could not reach their final destination. Some even spent the night on the train, we learn. “ It's an exceptional situation and they preferred to stay put ,” explains SNCF, which has deployed teams to monitor the train. All customers impacted by this situation will see their ticket refunded, we finally promise on the side of the SNCF.
