SNCF Network filed a complaint and the Meaux prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for voluntary degradation and endangering the life of others.
MO12345LEMONDE With AFP
Traffic resumed faster than scheduled on Wednesday, January 25, at the Gare de l’Est, in Paris, the day after the fire that caused the traffic interruption all day on Tuesday. SNCF Network filed a complaint and the Meaux prosecutor’s office opened an investigation for voluntary degradation and endangering the life of others.
Repair work having “advanced well”, according to SNCF, traffic has improved since midday, with three out of four trains for the East TGV. The day had started with only one TGV on three during rush hour and then one in two. From now on, all TGVs are again at the start and arrival of the East station, and no longer confused for some at the Gare du Nord or the Gare de Lyon.
An improvement was also notable on the line p North to Meaux and Château-Thierry, with “some adaptations of services”. The s south lines to Tournan and Provins and the RER E were not affected, while the ter-east ter normally roll. SNCF Travelers remains cautious for Thursday, promising a point on his forecasts on Wednesday at 5 p.m. on Wednesday.
“without trace of break -in”
The fire of signaling and referral installations in Vaires-sur-Marne (Seine-et-Marne), early Tuesday morning, paralyzed the Gare de l’Est all day on Tuesday, forcing the SNCF to cancel almost all of his trains.
The Meaux prosecutor’s office said that concrete panels condemning access to a hatch where the boxes sheltering the electric cables were “removed and deposited”. In addition, “an access gate to the SNCF tracks was open without any trace of break-in”.
On Wednesday, the unions mobilized against the pension reform assured that no link could be made between the degradation that occurred on Tuesday and the social movement. The South-Rail union “does not support isolated acts which destroy our work tool” and warns in a press release “on shortcuts, which could be made, by those who would like to use and discredit anger in this country “.
Questioned on Franceinfo Wednesday, the secretary general of the CGT Philippe Martinez said that there was to his knowledge “no link” between the mobilization against the pension reform and the fire, and guest To “pay attention to this kind of shortcuts”. “When there are these kinds of crimes, there are sanctions, necessarily,” he added.