Trenitalia will not be spared by the closure of Gare de Lyon between 8pm on 30 April and 2pm on 3 May, as announced by SNCF Réseau a few days ago. The infrastructure manager, a subsidiary of the SNCF Group, will be taking advantage of the 1er May to carry out various works on signal boxes and access tracks to a future maintenance centre. Trenitalia specifies that it will be forced to cancel most of its services to Lyon, Marseille and Milan, with only a small number of Frecciarossa trains due to depart from or arrive at Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy station.
However, the operator believes that this closure and the resulting cancellation of services will have little impact on customers. In fact, " Trenitalia has not yet opened sales for this period", she assures. No tickets have been sold at this stage for these dates, as Trenitalia has decided to wait for more precise and consolidated information from SNCF Réseau and the station managers before opening sales", she reassures.
Closure primarily affects SNCF passengers
SNCF Réseau has opted for a bank holiday weekend, despite the high volume of traffic, rather than a halt to weekday services, so as not to penalise everyday travellers, especially those using the R and RER D lines in the mornings and evenings. Although Paris-Bercy station will also not be served, the SNCF hopes to save 60% of its traffic by switching its trains to this same station at Marne-la-Vallée Chessy, as well as to those at Paris-Montparnasse, Paris-Est, Paris CDG-TGV, Versailles Chantiers and Paris Pont de Rungis. It should be noted that this last suburban station is planned to one day become the SNCF station for Orly airport, which it is close to.
For high-speed trains, this includes services to the Mediterranean for SNCF and Trenitalia, Spain for SNCF, Switzerland for Lyria and Italy with SNCF's TGV Inoui and Trenitalia's Frecciarossa. However, the SNCF hopes to maintain 60% of its traffic by switching its trains to the Paris-Montparnasse, Paris-Est, Paris CDG-TGV and Marne-la-Vallée Chessy stations, as well as Paris Pont de Rungis and Versailles Chantiers. The number of Intercités trains on the Paris-Clermont-Ferrand line will be particularly reduced, with departures and arrivals at Paris-Austerlitz station.
The station is also home to Trenitalia's high-speed trains, which now account for 11% of the service to Lyon with 14 daily round trips, and also serve Marseille and Milan. Faced with this situation, the operator is anticipating and looking for solutions.
" In anticipation of the announcement of the closure of Paris-Gare-de-Lyon station, Trenitalia did not open sales for this period. No tickets have been sold at this stage for these dates, as Trenitalia has decided to wait for more precise and consolidated information from SNCF Réseau and the station managers before opening sales. "explained a company spokesperson to BFM Business. " It has already been established that most of the trains initially scheduled for these three days will be cancelled. The other trains will run with, for the most part, the origin or destination being transferred to Marne-la-Vallée-Chessy station. "adds the company.
