The violent storms that hit France this Saturday affected the various means of transport, especially in Île-de-France.
Traffic was severely disrupted late Saturday afternoon.
The flooding of the roadway led to the closure of the interior A86 motorway, in the direction of Versailles, but also the closure of the Fresnes tunnel.
Some traffic difficulties have also been reported on the A6 and A10.
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According to the Essonne firefighters, the A6 was flooded.
They also reported complications to circulate on the RN118 and the A10.
In the Yvelines, the heavy rain led to the paralysis of traffic on the N10, near Rambouillet.
With regard to public transport in Île-de-France, traffic on the RER B was severely disrupted on the entire line due to a "
power supply fault at Gare du Nord
".
Traffic was also partially interrupted on RER D and RER E due to several breakdowns.
Line P of the transilien was also interrupted between Paris Est and Meaux until the last train due to a breakdown in the network manager's facilities.
On the metro side, traffic on line 8 was severely disrupted “
in view of very significant flooding
”.
Very disrupted traffic at Gare du Nord
On the SNCF side, traffic has been very disrupted on Sunday morning for several hours on the rail network departing from and arriving at the Gare du Nord in Paris, with traffic blocked on the main lines until the middle of the day. -noon, said the SNCF.
A "
power supply fault in Saint-Denis
" is at the origin of the chaos, without the SNCF being able to say immediately if this power failure is linked to the strong storms which crossed France on Saturday.
"
It's too early to tell
," said a spokesperson for the group.
"
The circulation of trains is completely interrupted on departure and arrival at the Gare du Nord following a power supply fault
", warned the SNCF on its site in the middle of the morning.
"
Some TGVs take another route with Paris Gare de Lyon as their departure station or arrival station
", it is specified.
Traffic “
will be blocked on the main lines until mid-afternoon
,” a spokesman for the railway company told AFP.
Traffic had left in the middle of the day on RER B and should restart around 1 p.m. on RER D, said the same source.
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- LCI, the Minister of Ecological Transition Amélie de Montchalin acknowledged on Sunday "
very strong disturbances in the north of Paris
".
“
Normally at 1 p.m., traffic at Gare du Nord should be able to gradually resume
,” she added.
In addition, and directly related to the bad weather, a tree fell on a set of cables in Survilliers, in the Val-d'Oise, Saturday in the middle of the evening.
“
We were forced to interrupt traffic on the high-speed line between Paris and Lille but also the TER line for Picardy
,” explains the SNCF.
The Brussels-Paris Thalys also remained blocked for two hours for a similar cause.
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Added to this was the flooding of a technical room, which had an impact on the proper functioning of the railway signalling.
"
We were forced to interrupt the circulation of certain trains departing from the Gare de l'Est in Paris
", explains the SNCF.
Some crowd movements then took place for the use of replacement buses, resulting in some overflows.
The police used tear gas to disperse the passengers.
Traffic returned to normal on Sunday, assures the railway company.
In the rest of France, the SNCF confirmed some delays, "
but nothing significant
" on the rails.
In fact, a portion of the network has been interrupted in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques since late Saturday evening: a TGV linking Paris to Tarbes hit a tree that had fallen on the tracks at Poey-de-Lescar.
Sunday morning trains have been cancelled, the SNCF hopes to reopen traffic around 2 p.m.
Air traffic was also disrupted by this stormy episode.
The take-off of planes was suspended at Orly airport at the end of the afternoon.
The landings were managed “drop by
drop
”, said the ADP group (Aéroports de Paris), ensuring that flights have resumed but that delays are to be expected.
“
This stormy episode affects the entire European network,
” added ADP.
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