Tension in France hours before the start of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games. The SNCF group announced that it had suffered a “massive attack on Thursday night to paralyze” its TGV networkand train traffic on the Atlantic, Northern and Eastern lines will be “disrupted” this Friday.
because, TGV traffic is “very disrupted” on these three routes. “We are diverting some trains on the classic line, but we have to cancel a large number of them,” SNCF said. The TGV Sud-Est line, on the other hand, “is not affected,” the group said.
SNCF Réseau teams are “already on site to assess the problem and begin repairs”, but “This situation will likely last at least through the weekend while repairs are made”said the operator.
The attack is happening hours before the opening ceremony of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, when many travelers plan to converge on the capital. A large number of vacationers are also in transit.
“All customers will be informed by SMS of the progress of their trains,” the group told AFP agency. The operator advises “all travelers to postpone their journey and not go to the station”referring to its statement that all tickets are exchangeable and refundable.
At Montparnasse, major delays were announced on some TGVsparticularly on the Atlantic high-speed line to Tours and Le Mans, “due to vandalism at Courtalain”, said an AFP journalist.
Regarding air transport, no disruptions are expected, according to the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC).
Source: La Verdad
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