Fire at Tours station: there will be no train until at least April 28

This is a single-scale incident in France. Subterranean SNCF cables caught fire during the night of 28-29 March near the station of Tours, almost completely paralyzing the traffic in the station. Only 2 ters out of 3 are kept from Monday to Friday, and 4 ters out of 5 at the weekend, the trains being carried to the stations of Joué-lès-Tours for the lines of Loches and Chinon, St-Pierre-des-Corps for the other destinations. Following a press con…

Following the fire at a switch station at Tours station in Indre-et-Loire, which took place on 29 March, major work will be required and a return to normal traffic is scheduled for Monday 28 April at the earliest.