After the rain, the sun shines. The wet start to the Olympic Games was followed by a cascade of medals. Traffic now flowing smoothly on all high-speed lines is in response to the network being paralysed by acts of sabotage last Friday.
Since that dark Friday, SNCF Réseau staff have been hard at work, working tirelessly to repair the stations affected by the arson attacks. A " exceptional mobilisation" This enabled TGV Est services to resume as normal from Saturday morning.
On the Atlantic high-speed line, although 9 out of 10 trains were able to run from midday on Saturday, the repairs were not fully completed until yesterday morning, before a new service was scheduled. traffic resumes almost normally on Sunday.
On the LGV Nord line, the damage necessitated larger repairsfollowed by a specific test phase. But by Sunday, three out of four TGVs were able to run on the northern route without any increase in journey time.
As for the investigation to find the perpetrators of these malicious acts, it too seems to be making progress. Gérald Darmanin, the French Minister of the Interior, explained on France 2 last Saturday: " We have recovered a number of items which lead us to believe thatwe'll know soon enough who is responsible for what obviously didn't sabotage the Olympic Games, but did sabotage part of the French people's holiday.s ".
