At the end of December, a morning freight train running on diesel passed on the track of the Martin-Luther-King park in the heart of the Batignolles eco-district.
It was extremely noisy and had caused the discontent of many residents.
Geoffroy Boulard, the mayor (LR) of the 17th century, reacted immediately.
Last week following a meeting between all parties, arrangements were made and this Tuesday the elected official was present at dawn to check that everything was going as planned in the driver's cabin, on board the first train. who rides in compliance with these new measures.
In the front row, he was able to check that everything is going well.
A petition signed by 2,500 residents
As a reminder, a Deutschbahn freight train that supplies a concrete plant passed through the heart of the eco-district, with a lot of noise from 6 am.
Some 2,500 angry residents had signed a petition against the passage of this train.
Last week several of them were present to try to understand why a route that was supposed to remain inactive has mysteriously resumed service.
During this meeting the SNCF explained itself.
This freight train must pass through the inner suburbs to free up a track on the Paris Saint-Lazare axis on which trains from Normandy are multiplying.
Soon a noise measurement
After these explanations Geoffroy Boulard and the SNCF put everything flat.
On the side of the railway workers, we recognized a communication error and apologized.
The passage of the train has been postponed to 7:30 a.m. and it will stop before the belvedere, to limit noise.
All this in agreement with the Deutshbahn which has undertaken to change its wagons running on diesel to hybrids within 3 years.
"Everything can be done in good intelligence", emphasizes Geoffroy Boulard who also asked that a noise measurement campaign be organized by Bruitparif.
