They were stranded for four hours at Antibes station

The man was transported by the emergency services to the Antibes hospital, under police escort (Illustration) -

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They could not be on time for the 6 p.m. curfew… Late Wednesday afternoon, users of the rail network between Grasse and Monaco had to take their troubles patiently for more than four hours after an individual entered the tracks shortly after 4 p.m.

🚦 #FlashinfoTERSUD:

There are delays between Ventimiglia and Grasse following the presence of a person on a lane towards Antibes.

For more info, tweet!

- SNCF TER SUD Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur (@TERSUD_SNCF) January 13, 2021

After an hour when traffic was slowed down, the power supply was completely cut off when the man took refuge on a beam supporting the train signal lights, as

Nice-Matin

clarified

.

Despite substitute buses, some passengers were stranded for a long time before being able to return to their homes.

The intervention at Antibes station is coming to an end: the man was taken care of by the firefighters.

pic.twitter.com/fI7f6Cexhn

- Nice-Matin Antibes (@NM_Antibes) January 13, 2021

It took the intervention of the police and those of the firefighters so that around 9 p.m., the man was arrested.

He was then transported by the emergency services to the Antibes hospital, under police escort, as indicated by the Departmental Fire and Rescue Service (Sdis) of the Alpes-Maritimes at 

20

minutes.

According to information collected by the local daily, if his motivations are still unclear, he has asked on several occasions to be put in contact with his employer.

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