After the storms, a TGV hit a tree in Yonne, traffic is interrupted on the south-eastern line, announces the SNCF

A TGV has “hit a tree” fell onto the tracks after the storms, Wednesday July 31, in Saint-Florentin, in the Yonne. The incident did not cause any injuries on board, but caused the interruption of traffic “on the Paris-Lyon and Paris-Dijon sections of the high-speed line and the classic line” since 7:40 a.m. and until “at least 1 p.m.”according to SNCF. “Taking an alternative route is not possible due to the bad weather” and the “presence of trees on the tracks”specifies the railway company, the department being on orange alert for storms.

SNCF teams “are already on site to carry out diagnostics of the installations and initial repairs” in order to resume traffic. While waiting for the agents’ diagnosis, the trains “are held at the quayside”.