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Train blocked Gare de Lyon: a hundred passengers sleep in a wagon

2022-06-20T07:53:12.463Z


Around 100 travelers were forced to sleep in a 'dormitory train' on Sunday evening after a 'traveler accident' disrupted the


It's a hassle that travelers would have done without.

Several thousand people found themselves stranded at the Gare de Lyon, in Paris, this Sunday evening.

According to information from France Bleu, a hundred of them spent the night in a “dormitory train”, made available around two in the morning, to travelers who did not have an accommodation solution in the capital.

Not all passengers could be accommodated or brought to the hotel, forcing them to sleep at the station.

@SNCF 1h30 late (it happens).

Zero announcement on the microphone (not normal) No known departure time (ah?) Potential arrival in Paris: 2h30AM.

Taxi pick up?

None.


But on the other hand we have bottles of water, it's nice.

It will hydrate me for my return to walking.

— Cecilia severi (@CeciliaSeveri) June 19, 2022

This traffic disruption is the consequence of the death of a pedestrian near Maisons-Alfort, south-east of Paris, after a Ouigo train hit him on Sunday evening.

The accident took place at an intersection where all the trains leaving or going to the Lyon and Bercy stations pass.

Triggering of the “Pégase plan”

About fifty TGVs, and as many RER Ds, as well as Intercités were blocked following the tragedy.

Traffic resumed around 8:30 p.m., France Bleu advances, but all the trains did not arrive at the Gare de Lyon in time for some passengers to take the last metros and RER.

This prompted the Paris police headquarters to trigger the “Pégase” plan.

This plan provides for the requisition of Parisian taxis to bring Ile-de-France residents home and the others to the hotel.

Traffic did not return to normal on Monday morning.

SNCF screenshot

This Monday morning, traffic resumes very slowly, "due to the accident", indicates the SNCF to France Bleu.

Delays of up to two hours are still observed.

Source: leparis

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