The circulation of dozens of trains - TGV, intercity, RER D - was disrupted on Sunday evening June 19 due to a "
personal
accident" which occurred at Maisons-Alfort station, south-east of Paris, a-t- we learned from the SNCF.
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“
There was a personal accident at Maisons-Alfort station at 6:35 p.m.
One person was hit by a train
,” an SNCF spokesperson told AFP.
This fatal accident took place near Maisons-Alfort, when a Ouigo train entered the station.
Traffic was immediately interrupted at this station and the emergency services mobilized, as well as the judicial authorities.
Funeral directors arrived at the scene around 9:30 p.m.
This accident resulted in "
blocking all traffic coming from the south towards the Gare de Lyon
", said the spokesperson.
“
Dozens of trains, TGV, Intercités, TER and RER D, were affected and traffic only resumed very gradually in the evening
,” he added.
A first TGV was able to enter Gare de Lyon around 8:40 p.m., while traffic had gradually resumed around 8:00 p.m. on the TER and Intercités.
On line D of the RER, traffic has resumed, with the exception of the Villeneuve-Saint-Georges-Gare de Lyon section.
“
Traffic has resumed and the delays are gradually being reduced.
As it is Sunday evening, there were a lot of people and the trains had to pass one after the other
“, we explained.
Traffic should return to normal by late evening.