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  2. 2024 France railway arson attacks - Wikipedia

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    Crowds of passengers waiting for trains delayed by the attacks at Paris Gare du Nord station. Three high-speed lines were impacted: LGV Atlantique: two-thirds of trains were not running. [10] LGV Est Européenne: delays of around one and a half hours were reported, but all trains were running. Normal resumption of traffic was expected by 27 ...

  3. Arson attack on French rail network brings travel chaos ahead ...

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    PARIS — Hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics on Friday, part of France’s high-speed rail network was paralyzed by a “massive attack” that disrupted service for hundreds ...

  4. Arsonists attack French high-speed rail system hours before ...

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    Arsonists attacked France's high-speed rail network early Friday, setting fires that paralyzed train travel to Paris for some 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the ...

  5. French rail lines disrupted by ‘coordinated sabotage’ ahead of Paris Olympics opening ceremony. ... France, near the site where vandals targeted France's high-speed train network, on July 26. ...

  6. 2024 in France - Wikipedia

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    French police arrest a far-left extremist who may have been behind an attack on the long-distance train network ahead of the opening of the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. [71] French police report multiple sabotage acts targeting telecommunications operators across six areas of the country, affecting 11,000 clients.

  7. Rail transport in France - Wikipedia

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    The Paris suburban rail services represents alone 82% of the French rail annual ridership. [1] [2] With a total of 100.2 billion passenger-kilometres, [1] [2] France has the fifth-most used passenger network worldwide, and second-most used in Europe after that of Russia. [8] France is a member of the International Union of Railways (UIC).

  8. French minister says foreign involvement not ruled out in ...

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    Traffic on France's high-speed rail network should be back to normal by Monday, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete and rail operator SNCF's chief Jean-Pierre Farandou told reporters on Saturday.

  9. French railway signalling - Wikipedia

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    Stopping point for the front of the train (Tête de Train), however many carriages are in the train. Stopping point for trains made up of the number of carriages indicated on the sign (here 12 cars). Stopping point for TGVs. The number indicates the number of rakes. single rake = 1 ; double rake = 2