By Simon Louvet
Published on 24 June 20 at 10:51
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It was all dark (or almost): a major power cut affected several boroughs of Paris, Wednesday June 24, 2020. Other nearby municipalities, in Seine-Saint-Denis and in the Val de Marne, were also affected.
This cut has an impact on public transport, in particular line T4, which is interrupted until at least noon.
Three departments affected, 210,000 customers without power
According to testimonies collected on social networks, the power cut reported Wednesday morning around 10:30 a.m. primarily concerns eastern Paris, in particular 19ème and 20th arrondissements. The municipalities of Lilas, Bagnolet and Montreuil are also affected. The Val-de-Marne is also concerned, in particular the city of Vincennes.
In Paris, 117,000 customers were deprived of power, Enedis told news Paris. A total of 210,000 homes suffered the cut, including 93,000 in Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne. “It is an incident linked to the transmission of electricity,” Enedis tells us. RTE, the company responsible for high voltage lines, specifies the reasons for this failure withnews Paris :
We had a technical incident at an electrical substation in eastern Paris at 10:17 a.m. Electricity was restored between ten and 20 minutes after the cut. We apologize for the inconvenience caused.
Power and network cut on Bagnolet Montreuil Vincennes Les Lilas Paris XX and XIX. Qué paso @EDFofficiel
— Tuco (@EliasN13) June 24, 2020
Big power cut in the 20th district. For you too ?
— Bzilou (@Basile25341) June 24, 2020
Hello, @enedis_clients @enedis @enedis_paris we have a power cut in the neighborhood! Our Lav’Club laundromat located at 47 rue Orfila 75020 Paris is at a standstill, when do you think you can intervene?
– Laverie Lav’Club (@Laverie_LavClub) June 24, 2020
Transport interrupted because of the cut
As a direct consequence of this power cut, the T4 tram no longer runs, at least until noon.
????❌ #infotrafic # tramT4 # T4 The traffic is interrupted on the whole line of the # trameT4 until 12 noon.
Reason: power supply fault.
– RER AND T4 SNCF (@ RERE_T4_SNCF) June 24, 2020
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