The enormous suffering of hundreds of thousands of passengers continues after acts of sabotage at points of the French railways.
800,000 people are affected by the sabotage, which led to the cancellation of services.
One of its four routes Eurostar between London and Paris will be cancelled until Monday.
Passengers have been asked not to go to stations until they receive notification that their train is finally running.
A reminder – today is the opening ceremony day of the Olympic GamesIt is also the national “grand departure” – the day when many in France leave for their annual summer vacation, which usually lasts a month.
SNCF expects 250,000 passengers on its network to be affected today and nearly 800,000 over the weekend.
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There is a slight softening in its line Atlantic. On the northern axis, which is also affected, delays are “around an hour” and some trains have been cancelled, while on the eastern axis delays reach 1 hour and 30 minutes and all trains are running, SNCF said.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office is taking over the investigation
The National Judicial Authority for the Fight against Organized Crime (Junalco) was today tasked with carrying out the investigation into “all damage intentionally caused to SNCF facilities”, the French railway company announced, announced Paris prosecutor Laure Bequiot.
The investigation is into material damage that could harm the fundamental interests of the nation, attacks on an automated data processing system by an organized gang and conspiracy of criminals to commit these crimes and offenses, Becchio explained in a statement.
Our teams are a starting point for repairing the damage caused by the voluntary fires at the signaling posts of the impacted LGV lines.
Here at the Courtalain station (28), the cables in each electrical cabinet are replaced and tested at the same time. pic.twitter.com/UhjrfN3bpr– SNCF Réseau (@SNCFReseau) July 26, 2024
The investigation is also being conducted into desecration and attempted desecration by dangerous means by an organized gang, crimes punishable by up to twenty years in prison and a fine of 150,000 euros, he added.
The investigation will be conducted for each location where these actions were committed, by the competent departments of the local gendarmerie.
SNCF “suffered this evening several simultaneous malicious actions involving LGV (high-speed rail lines) Atlantique, Nord and Est,” the French railway company said in a statement.
Typically the opening ceremony of the Olympics
Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo assured that the attack on the high-speed rail lines “will not have an impact on the opening ceremony” of the Olympic Games tonight, “because it has no impact on the transport network” in the Paris region.
“It’s sabotage,” the mayor told reporters in Spanish after a meeting with Spain’s King Felipe. “What happened is unacceptable, but it will not have an impact on tonight’s ceremony because it has no impact on the transport network in the Ile-de-France region,” he added.