EAST RAILWAY STATION. TGV, TER, Transilien, RER … If traffic is to resume on Wednesday January 25, 2023 at the Gare de l’Est after the adventures of this Tuesday, users will not be able to hope for a return to normal.
[Mis à jour le 24 janvier 2023 à 22h11] With linear nearly four kilometers of damaged cables, the return to normal at the Gare de l’Est promises to be long and laborious for the SNCF teams. If the “sabotage” denounced by the SNCF, which occurred on the night of Monday 23 to Tuesday 24 January in Seine-et-Marne, almost completely interrupted traffic at the Gare de l’Est on Tuesday, traffic by TGV, TER, Transilien and RER must gradually resume on Wednesday January 25, 2023. But traffic will still be “severely disrupted on departure and arrival from Paris-Est station”. Good news for RER E users, traffic will be normal. On the other hand, this will not be the case for the Transilien of the line P, the TER or the TGV.
TGV users have, in principle, received an SMS or an e-mail telling them if their train has been canceled (provided they have provided their contact details). For Transilien and TER passengers, the best thing is to turn to the SNCF website or app to find out more about your journey. The Minister of Transport, Clément Beaune, has, in any case, for his part, announced that a full refund of tickets will soon be offered to travelers who have seen their TGV canceled due to this incident, which is not not responsible SNCF.
What disturbances announced this Wednesday, January 25, 2023 at the Gare de l’Est?
While Tuesday, almost no train could leave or arrive at the Gare de l’Est for the day, Wednesday January 25, 2023, traffic will gradually resume. However, the return to normal is not promised. At 5 p.m. on Tuesday evening, the SNCF indicated on its website that “traffic will be severely disrupted”, both departing and arriving from the Gare de l’Est. In detail, what should users expect, who are however invited, as much as possible, by the SNCF to postpone or cancel their trips scheduled for Wednesday?
- 1 TGV out of 3,
- 1 Transilien out of 2 on line P (Meaux and Château-Thierry axes),
- TER Grand Est: the service will be adapted, with services to Île-de-France stations,
- RER E: normal traffic.
The Île-de-France lines which serve the Gare de l’Est, in particular the northern axis of the P line of the Transilien, are canceled this Tuesday, January 24, 2023. The SNCF very early invited travelers who can to change the route by taking the RER A and E in particular. Le RER E, the southern branch of line P and the TER connecting Paris-Troyes-Mulhouse run normally. On Twitter, the line P account offers users other routes:
On line P, the Transilien site announces that “traffic is interrupted between Paris Est and Château-Thierry and between Paris Est and Meaux until 11:00 p.m. (last train)”. Discover all the alternative routes to/from Gare de l’Est proposed for line P.
Why is traffic interrupted at the Gare de l’Est this Tuesday, January 24, 2023?
The traffic disruptions observed on Tuesday January 24, 2023 in the morning at the Gare de l’Est were caused by the damage to “48 cable arteries, or around 600 electric cables”, in a signal box located in Vaires-sur- Marne, in Seine-et-Marne, on the night of Monday January 23 to Tuesday January 24, the company said. According to the Minister of Transport, the cables were “burnt”, and this, “at two specific, targeted points, a few tens of meters from each other”, with “a deliberate intention to harm”.
“This morning we suffered an act of sabotage around 3 a.m., we discovered […] significant damage”, added Olivier Bancel, number two of SNCF Réseau, whose The Parisian echoed in particular. And to confirm the thesis already mentioned by the Minister: “It is an act of sabotage on signaling cables which include safety circuits.” The SNCF announced that it had lodged a complaint and the Meaux prosecutor’s office indicated the opening of an investigation for willful degradation and endangering the lives of others. At this stage of the investigation, all leads are open as to the identity of the perpetrator(s).