Train traffic was interrupted on Monday March 18 evening for approximately two hours on the RER C line, due to the electrical failure of a signal box at Paris-Austerlitz station, which also disrupted the traffic between Paris and Aubrais (Loiret), SNCF reported.
Passengers of an RER C blocked during “nearly two hours” near the Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand station, found themselves on the tracks, according to images circulating on social networks, which was confirmed by the SNCF.
“The travelers chose for themselves to get off because they were close to the station”said an SNCF spokesperson, who specified that at the station, SNCF agents “were there to welcome them”.
Gradual resumption of traffic shortly after 10 p.m.
Traffic had to be interrupted between Champs de Mars and Bibliothèque François-Mitterrand, said the SNCF, according to which other trains “were immobilized outside the dock”. The SNCF Réseau teams “were able to reactivate the position” switch and traffic resumed “a little before 10 p.m.”so “progressive”according to this source.
Passengers were still waiting for a train at Austerlitz station, according to an SNCF situation update shortly before 11 p.m., which however assured that ” everyone “ was going to “to be able to go home this evening”.