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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Natalie Wilson

Hundreds of passengers saved by emergency stop system after driver jumps from high-speed train

Around 3,000 rail passengers had their journeys disrupted during the busy Christmas travel period - (Getty Images)

Thousands of rail passengers had their journeys ground to a halt in France on Christmas Eve after a TGV driver jumped from the cabin of a moving train in a suspected suicide.

The incident caused severe delays up to five hours long on the high-speed lines between Paris and Lyon on Tuesday (24 December).

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