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France's High-Speed Train Lines Targeted In Coordinated Sabotage

Coordinated sabotage disrupts France's high-speed train lines ahead of Paris Olympics, causing severe travel disruptions and condemning attacks on the Games.

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France's high-speed train network paralysed by 'malicious acts'

France's high-speed rail network was hit Friday with widespread and “criminal” acts of vandalism including arson attacks, paralysing travel to Paris from across the rest of France and Europe only hours before the grand opening ceremony of the Olympics.

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French train lines hit by 'malicious acts' disrupting traffic ahead of Olympics, rail company says

The French national rail company SNCF said Friday that high-speed lines were hit by several “malicious acts” that heavily disrupted traffic on the day of the high-risk Olympics opening ceremony

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Paris prosecutor opens probe into 'criminal' attack on France's high-speed train network

French train operator SNCF on Friday said that the country’s high-speed network had been targeted with widespread and "criminal" acts, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of people just hours before the grand opening ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Paris prosecutor has opened a probe into a suspected…

France 24

Fast, green and convenient: Exploring the ins and outs of France's TGV

In this week’s episode, climb aboard an institution in France: the TGV. The high-speed bullet train is an important part of the French landscape that’s been connecting the far flung parts of the country for over 40 years. The first journey of a TGV was inaugurated by President Francois Mitterrand…

France 24

Paris train drivers join strike action over Olympic bonuses

One in five suburban Paris trains is running on Tuesday as drivers strike to demand bonuses for operating extended rail services during the upcoming Paris Olympics. They're the latest to down tools as workers from a number of sectors seek compensation for doing extra work while the Games take place.

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Trial of deadly 2015 high speed train crash opens in Paris

The French national rail operator, SNCF, along with two of its subsidiaries and three rail workers are due to appear at the Paris criminal court at the start of a two month trial for their role in the accident involving a high speed TGV train on a test run in…

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Knife Attacker Wounds Three At Major Paris Train Station

Three people were injured Saturday in a knife attack at Paris's Gare de Lyon railway station, a major travel hub, police said, adding that a suspect with psychiatric problems had been arrested.

International Business Times

Night train linking Berlin and Paris relaunched after nearly a decade

The Deutsche Bahn and SNCF service will be three times a week to start with

Evening Standard

A dream restoration project: Art Deco-style former station building in France for sale for £212,500

The former Varzay station was sold by SNCF in the late Nineties

Evening Standard

Trainline Black Friday sale: Will company offer deals on Railcards?

Everything you need to know about the rail company’s discounts and deals

The Independent UK

‘Fed up with airports’: Long-distance trains take on air travel in Europe

New long-distance train connections are providing an alternative to air travel between European countries, and demand for this environmentally friendly mode of transport is soaring. But there is still plenty of room for improvement on the tracks.

France 24

Renfe's first Lyon-Barcelona trains arrive in France to compete with SNCF

The first trains run by the Spanish rail company Renfe have Thursday connected the French city of Lyon to Barcelona. Trains from Marseille to Madrid are due to run on 28 July. Renfe intends to take full advantage of the opening up of French rail operator SNCF to competition.

Radio France Internationale

French rail firm fined after train runs over cat

 PARIS: A French court on Tuesday found France’s national rail operator guilty of negligence after a departing train, apparently deliberately, ran over a cat hiding on its tracks.

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Adieu Mickey Mouse: Eurostar’s shrinking ambitions seven years on from the Brexit vote

When the Channel Tunnel first opened there were visions of seamless pan-European travel from the UK. Now the Disneyland Paris route has been axed and the Amsterdam route delayed, what went wrong?

Evening Standard

French rail firm faces court action after killing cat on train lines to avoid delays to services

Criminal lawsuit filed against SNCF for ‘inflicting involuntary harm on a domestic pet’ - called Neko - who ended up on lines in Paris

Reuters

Protesters storm Paris Euronext building in anger over pension law

A group of protesters briefly invaded offices of stockmarket operator Euronext in Paris' La Defense business district on Thursday, saying big companies must pay up to finance pensions, as part of wider protests against a rise in the retirement age.

The Independent UK

Protesters angry at pension law stage actions across France

Hundreds of protesters opposed to the law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64 have gathered in a small town in southern France ahead of President Emmanuel Macron’s planned visit Thursday

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The Independent UK

France on strike: Unions say 'non' to higher pension age

Garbage collectors, utility workers and train drivers are among people walking off the job Tuesday across France

The Independent UK

I paid £11 to travel 500km – but is the no-frills ‘Ryanair’ of the railways worth it?

Train Talk: French Railway has brought some ‘Ryanair’ aspects to its budget brand, Ouigo – and there’s nothing wrong with that

Reuters

French unions target new day of protests against pension age change on Feb. 16 - union sources

French trade unions are planning a new day of strikes and demonstrations on Thursday, Feb. 16 against planned pension changes, trade union sources said on Wednesday.

The Conversation

Strikes over the past 50 years have barely made a dent in the French economy

In France, more than 1.2 million people (2.8 million, according to trade unions) took to the streets against proposed pension reform on Tuesday, exceeding crowds galvanised by the first national day of strike on 19 January.

The Independent UK

France braces for major transport woes from pension strikes

France’s national rail operator is recommending that passengers stay home if possible Tuesday to avoid labor strikes

AFP

France minister 'shocked' after train runs over cat

Paris (AFP) - France's Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said Friday he was "particularly shocked" after a train departing a busy Paris station appeared to deliberately run over a domestic cat.

AFP

Busy Paris rail station shut after arsonists wreck cables

Paris (AFP) - A busy railway hub in Paris suffered a near-total traffic shutdown Tuesday after unidentified vandals triggered a crippling signal malfunction by setting cables on fire in a mysterious arson attack.

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