Main Rail Link To Paris' CDG Airport Out Of Action

PARIS, Dec 6 (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 06th Dec, 2016 ) : Air travellers faced a scramble to catch flights at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport Tuesday after an accident on the rail link to the city centre put the line out of action for the whole day.

Traffic on the RER B commuter line was blocked to and from Paris' main airport just before 9:00 am (0800 GMT) after a train brought down overhead power lines, said a spokesman for rail company SNCF.

The damage stretched over a full kilometre (0.6 miles), cutting traffic between Paris and the airport, which lies to the north of the capital, said the spokesman.

The rail line was expected to be out of action at least until the end of the day.

Every day more than 900,000 take the RER B, which runs south from CDG airport, through Paris and out the other side, passing Paris' other principal airport, Orly, which was not affected by Tuesday's incident. The government is currently looking at building an express link between Paris and CDG, which would cut the travel time to 20 minutes, but no final decision has been made.