The photos are impressive. A major landslide occurred this Sunday at the end of the day in the town of Saint-André, in Savoy, indicated the prefecture of this department in the X, former Twitter. 700 m3 of rock fell, this source informed our colleagues from France 3 Regions. Luckily no casualties were reported.
But the event led the prefecture to close the RD1006 departmental road and part of the A43 motorway. Above all, rail traffic between France and Italy is interrupted, the SNCF announced.
“All international TGV and TrenItalia trains are canceled until Wednesday, August 30 at least,” says the company.
“It is not possible to replace roads”
“Following the major landslide that occurred at the beginning of the afternoon, rail traffic between Saint-Jean de Maurienne and Modane will not be possible,” explains the SNCF.
This Monday “additional information” will be communicated as soon as the prefecture has authorized access to the area and the first diagnoses have been made on the necessary works, indicates the SNCF, which specifies that “it will probably take several days.” necessary to define the necessary repair and consolidation works”.
“The return to normality will take several days,” Clément Beaune, Minister of Transport, confirmed on Sunday night to Monday.
For its part, the Italian railway company Trenitalia announces on your website that several of its trains between Milan and Paris are canceled on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Source: BFM TV
