Electrical System Failure Halts Rail Traffic at Paris Gare Montparnasse Station
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The train station Montparnasse in Paris was once again the victim of a huge electrical failure on the eve of the end of the summer holidays. Rail traffic was very disrupted in western France. Tonight, the situation is gradually improving. SNCF warns that service changes, deletions and significant delays are still to be expected until the end of the evening. (Transports).
A signal failure was observed at Montparnasse station, creating significant delays on the Paris-Granville line on Thursday, August 27, 2026.
At 10H30, a power cut in a control room of departures and arrivals of the station had caused a total interruption of the traffic, explained to the AFP the manager of the tracks and catenaries SNCF Réseau. This incident had a heavy impact on the departures, with a cascade of cancellations of trains until 15H00, especially on the TGV connections to Brittany, Nantes or Bordeaux. SNCF Voyageurs confirmed shortly after 14H00 that the technical diagno…
An electrical breakdown occurred on Thursday 27 August at Montparnasse station at around 10.30 a.m. Traffic is disrupted. Several trains will not leave Paris station this afternoon.
The incident, which occurred in the morning on Thursday, caused a cascade of cancellations and delays on the TGVs, notably towards the west and south-west, as well as the temporary interruption of the N line between Paris and Versailles.
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