The trip was supposed to take a little over five hours, but it ended up lasting over ten. A train between Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales) and Paris arrived more than five hours late during the night from Sunday to Monday, following a “serious personal accident” which occurred in Isère, indicated the SNCF to Le Parisien, confirming information from Le Figaro. Leaving Perpignan at 5:58 p.m., the train arrived at Gare de Lyon, in Paris, at 4:38 a.m.
TGV 6206, which notably served the stations of Montpellier (Hérault) and Valence (Drôme), “was blocked by a serious personal accident near Saint-Georges d'Espéranche” (Isère), SNCF told Le Parisien .
“We ended up accepting”
Following this accident, the last trains were diverted “on a conventional line”, at a lower speed, she specifies. TGV 6206 was then forced to return to Valence, to bypass the accident to Lyon.
From there, the train was able to resume the high-speed line (LGV) towards Paris, but running “at reduced speed at night”. “At first, people were worried, but finally, when we understood that we were going to spend the night on the train, we ended up accepting,” a passenger told Le Figaro.
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Travelers were offered meal trays at Lyon station. Due to this delay of more than five hours, "(they) will be able to benefit from exceptional compensation of 100% of their ticket", assured the SNCF, saying it "regretted" the situation experienced by these passengers.