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Fires on French railway tracks have delayed journeys for 800,000 travelers in what the transport minister described as “coordinated attacks of malicious intent.”

A co-ordinated arson attack on the French rail system is turning the first weekend of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris into a nightmare for hundreds of thousands of travelers. 

French rail company SNCF announced on Friday its high-speed train system had been hit by "deliberate arson attacks to damage [its] facilities" causing delays and cancellations which are expected to last all weekend.

The disruptions are affecting trains heading East, North and West of Paris, and travelers have been asked to postpone their plans.

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[-] VirtualOdour@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago

It's very different for roads, yeah there are of course bottle necks especially due to river crossings but rerouting is much easier.

Look I get people don't want to see trains as anything other than perfect but if we want trains to be popular and useful we need to live in reality rather than some delusional fantasy,

[-] I_Miss_Daniel@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Wallace and Grommit seem to show otherwise, with the ability to lay new track ahead of the train in real time.

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