Nina Droff 11:55 a.m., February 26, 2023, amended at 11:56 a.m., February 26, 2023
While work on Grand Paris continues, the T13, a train-tram, has been installed to serve the municipalities of Bailly and Noisy-Le-Roi.
But since its commissioning, the noise of the line has driven residents crazy, with trains passing day and night.
Europe 1 went to meet the inhabitants who are mobilizing to reduce the nuisance.
Less than a year and a half before the Olympic Games, work on Grand Paris continues.
To better serve the towns of Bailly and Noisy-Le-Roi in the Paris region, a tram-train, the T13, has been installed to replace the old TGO line which will notably serve the Olympic site for equestrian events.
But since it was put into circulation, line 13 has been driving residents crazy by making noise night and day.
"We have about 4 hours to sleep peacefully"
Noise punctuates in particular the daily life of Antoinette and Stéphane, residents of the line.
"It's hell. 140 times a day, between 5:15 a.m. and 1:15 a.m. the next day. That means we have about 4 hours to sleep peacefully," explains Stéphane.
"It's day and night, seven days a week, it prevents us from sleeping. We can't use the garden, we stop talking and when the train passes, it's hellish", criticizes Antoinette.
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In question, a sound level much higher than that announced at the time of construction.
"It had been announced to us as being a device that would not make more noise than what we had before. We end up with a train which circulates at 100 kilometers per hour in the middle of the houses, which makes almost 80 decibels "Stephan resumes.
So the inhabitants are mobilizing: they are asking for a reduction in the speed of the train "to 30 kilometers per hour. This almost solved the problem: at this speed, there is hardly any noise pollution. two or three minutes and it would change the lives of more than 100 people who no longer live today," insists the local resident.
A measure that is all the more urgent as traffic on this line should double in the next few years.