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lid (Arthur Figgis) wrote:

*From:* Arthur Figgis
*Date:* Tue, 08 Mar 2011 19:58:15 +0000

On 08/03/2011 18:51, Paul wrote:

Purely coinicidentally, I was in Paris recently. The metro there
generally has a reputation for being more reliable the the London
Underground.

France's external reputation for transport doesn't generally stand
up to reality.

Other useful French phrases I've come across are "retard"
(=departure) and "service autocar" (=train not going to/from Paris).

--
Arthur Figgis Surrey, UK


Out of curiosity, I often check the RATP equivalent of the Live Update
page:
http://www.ratp.fr/informer/trafic/trafic.php
Like LU, they seem to have spells when there's problems, although LU seem
to have had a lot more recently with the Jubilee line signal system
failures.
As with the Underground, they had their spell of "accident grave de
voyageur"s after the new year

Loosely translated causes for delays a

incident technique
Technical problems

accident grave de voyageur
Person under a train

le trafic est interrompu entre .....
There is no service between ....

Les trains circulent avec des retards de XXXX minutes environ et des
suppressions ou modifications...
Trains are running about XXXX minutes late, with cancellations or changes
to destinations

Ces incidents sont à présent terminés mais les trains circulent avec des
retards de XXXX minutes environ.
These incidents have ended, but the trains are running about XXXX minutes
late

Les trains circulent avec des retards importants
The trains are running with large delays

Incident terminé à XXXX
Incident at XXXX has ended

Fin d'incident, reprise du trafic
End of incident, trains now running

Retour au trafic normal estimé vers XXXX
Return to normal running estimated at XXXX

En consèquence, les trains ne desservent pas les gares XXXX
As a consequence, the trains are not going to / stopping at stations XXXX

Le trafic est normal sur les autres lignes de XXXX
Other lines on the XXX are running normally

En répercussion du déclenchement d'un signal d'alarme en gare XXXX
Because an alarm has been operated at XXXX station

Un train en panne / En répercussion à une panne de matériel
Faulty train

incident de signalisation / panne de signalisation
Signal problems

En répercussion de divers incidents
Because of various incidents

En raison d'un incident voyageur
Because of a passenger incident / accident

En raison de la chute d'un voyageur entre deux voitures à XXXX
Because of a passenger falling between two cars at XXXX

En raison d'un colis suspect à XXXX
Because of a suspect package at XXXX

En raison d'un rail cassé à XXXX
Because of a broken rail at XXXX

En raison de la présence de voyageurs sur les voies à XXXX
Because of people on the track at XXXX

En répercussion des conditions climatiques
Because of weather conditions

En répercussion des conditions climatiques dégradées
Because of worsening weather conditions

En raison des chutes de neige, l'ensemble du réseau bus est paralysé
Because of snow, there are no buses running

Le Funiculaire est interrompu
The funinulaire (to Sacre Coeur) isn't running

and yesterday's delay on line 9 speaks for itself!
Animal sur la voie


Roger