portervalley
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I'll be in the Belfort area later this summer. Hoping for a ride Belfort to Paris. I gather they're living on borrowed time. Will I be too late for a ride?
News this morning is that an Intercités train from Belfort to Paris Est has derailed after hitting a lorry on a level crossing at Nangis (~35 minutes from Paris).
7 injured, 1 seriously.
CC 72141 the locomotive involved - https://twitter.com/Kanaclane/media
Train did derail but coaches did not tip over - https://twitter.com/HugoFeZzo/status/590406754153984000/photo/1
Rail Replacement buses replace Local 'Transilien' trains between Gretz-Armanvilliers and Provins.
Presume that buses also replace Intercités trains from Paris to somewhere (Troyes would be logical).
Unconfirmed reports from local Transilien drivers on Twitter that this has also caused track damage which could take weeks to repair.
Weeks???? Now I know the once mighty SNCF are not the most efficient of European railways but why should it take so long?