Thursday, the four metro lines simultaneously broke down in Lyon, which had never happened before.
This umpteenth major incident adds to a long list of serious malfunctions recorded on the Lyon network for six weeks now.
Could the Lyon metro be the worst student in the class?
The Lyon metro?
“There is always a problem”, plague a user at the time of chaos.
"It's unacceptable, it's like this every week," annoys a student.
“Fed up”, enrages an asset.
Thursday afternoon, the four lines of the Lyon metro broke down simultaneously, which had never happened before.
The network remained paralyzed for almost five hours.
About 1,500 passengers stranded in certain trains had to wait for the intervention of security guards and firefighters to be evacuated by underground.
An air of déjà vu.
For six weeks, "major breakdowns" have been linked to the Lyon network.
That of Thursday, described as "apotheosis of the nightmare" by the elected representatives of the opposition, was the sixth of this "dark series".
The computer system crashed for an as yet unknown reason.
The backup system did not take over.
“The metro is clearly a disaster compared to the RER or the metro in Paris”, does not take off a user.
“In Lyon, it's the worst!
“, abounds his neighbor.
Does the Lyon metro deserve to be wearing a dunce cap?
If the last few weeks do not plead in its favor, it suffices to look elsewhere to see that the problem is not unique to TCL.
Keolis embarrassed at the time of explanations
In Paris, breakdowns are legion.
It must be said that with its 228 kilometers of rails, the network is sprawling.
On October 5, line 3 was paralyzed for two hours due to a "technical incident" after experiencing the same problem during the month of June.
In April, line 8 was disrupted by an “equipment breakdown”.
Stuck in the dark, the passengers also had to be evacuated through the tunnels after two hours of waiting in the trains.
Not to mention line 14, yet the most recent, which chained red cards for three consecutive days in August.
The Toulouse network, with two metro lines, is not to be outdone.
In July, line B, victim of a fire, paralyzed the network before remaining closed for several days.
But no network in France has experienced such a series of dysfunctions in such a short time.
So at the time of explanations, the Keolis manager is very embarrassed.
“We don't know what happened, analyzes are underway to identify the origin of each of the breakdowns,” it says.
Ultimately, they should make it possible to know if it is really an incredible coincidence or to determine a possible link of cause and effect.
Because the repetition of incidents raises great questions.
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