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French rail network fully restored after Olympic-day ‘sabotage’

Traffic on France's high-speed rail network should be back to normal service by Monday, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete says [Christophe Archambault/AFP]

France’s national rail operator says repairs to its network damaged by sabotage attacks were “fully completed” and there would be “no more delays” for travellers from Monday after widespread chaos before the Paris Olympics opened.

The situation on the main western line from Paris was “practically normal” and “three out of four” high-speed TGV trains were running on the main northern line from the capital city “without any increase in travel time from now on”, railway company SNCF said in a statement on Sunday.

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