The Gare de l'Est was severely disrupted Thursday by a computer failure. The incident should be settled in the evening, said the SNCF.
The computer crash disrupting the traffic on trains at the start and at the arrival of Gare de l'Est in Paris on Thursday has been repaired, so that traffic can resume "very gradually", the SNCF announced. "There is no more blockage, it will get better in the evening," said a spokesman.
This computer incident occurred at 1:16 pm in a control station controlling the routes and signaling, reduced the circulation of TGVs and TERs to a single train per hour in each direction. Suburban P-line traffic was interrupted, as well as E-Line RER trains between Magenta and Chelles stations, while shuttles were set up between Val-de-Fontenay and Gretz-Armainvilliers. according to the spokesperson. TGVs have been diverted to Gare du Nord and Gare de Lyon.
Following a signaling failure at Gare de l'Est, traffic has slowed down considerably. A gradual recovery of current traffic. We make every effort to ensure all the trips of the evening.
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Dilemma for travelers who fear to have to stay in Paris. "The SNCF recommends that travelers consult the information channels before going to the station," the spokesman said. Travelers who were already in the station were also looking for information. "I do not know what I'm going to do, I'm a little lost," said Elise, a 29-year-old consultant who came for the day to attend a training session in Paris. She had to go back to Nancy by the 18h train and wondered if she would have to sleep on the spot. Same dilemma for a group of German tourists who had to return to Germany on Thursday night. "I do not know if we will take a hotel," wondered Angelica, 61, waiting for the return of two of her friends, parties in search of information.
The CGT-Cheminots expresses its "concern". The CGT-Cheminots pointed out that this "new loss of control of a switch station" occurs after another incident in "Strasbourg a few days ago". "The proliferation of incidents of this nature seems worrying," said Laurent Brun, secretary general of this union, the first of the SNCF. Asking the government to "change the logic" and "abandon" the railway reform and its "delusional budget constraints", Laurent Brun called for "an emergency plan for the hiring of the missing jobs" at the SNCF "and the 'stop the outsourcing policy'.