France suffers second day of sabotage train delays
Published: 04:07 PM,Jul 27,2024 | EDITED : 08:07 PM,Jul 27,2024
Employees of SNCF railway
PARIS: Tens of thousands of rail passengers struggled through a second day of cancelled trains on Saturday as investigators tracked saboteurs who paralysed the network just ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.
The SNCF rail company chief Jean-Pierre Farandou said services would be back to normal by Monday. But 160,000 of the 800,000 people due to travel this weekend still faced cancellations.
Nearly one third of trains were cancelled in northern, western and eastern France. About a quarter of Eurostar high speed trains between London and Paris also failed to leave. No claim of responsibility has been made for the attacks. — AFP
The SNCF rail company chief Jean-Pierre Farandou said services would be back to normal by Monday. But 160,000 of the 800,000 people due to travel this weekend still faced cancellations.
Nearly one third of trains were cancelled in northern, western and eastern France. About a quarter of Eurostar high speed trains between London and Paris also failed to leave. No claim of responsibility has been made for the attacks. — AFP