Towards a return to normal after the SNCF incidents in the Landes

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This Tuesday morning, train traffic in the South-West has almost returned to normal after a succession of technical incidents on Sunday which caused long hours of waiting for more than a thousand travelers, we have learned by SNCF Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

"Repair work was finished overnight and TGV traffic resumed normally this morning," on the Hendaye-Bordeaux-Paris line, said a spokesperson for SNCF in New Aquitaine.

However, “marginal adaptations” remained in the morning on TER lines, between Dax and Pau and Dax and Hendaye, “security checks” are still in progress, added SNCF Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

200 agents mobilized

Sunday, for the last day of returning from vacation, a double train of the TGV 8538, carrying a thousand travelers from Hendaye to go to Paris, was blocked all night in the Landes, after an electrical incident.

By snowball effect, rail traffic was severely disrupted in this very touristy region.

In total, this succession of incidents mobilized more than 200 SNCF agents both to take charge of passengers and to carry out repairs.

SNCF Voyageurs CEO Christophe Fanichet traveled to Nouvelle-Aquitaine on Monday evening "to meet the teams and collect their feedback while awaiting the conclusions of the internal investigation", according to SNCF Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

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