French railways repaired, traffic normal on Monday | News in brief

The damage caused by arson during the opening day of the Paris Olympics has been repaired, the French SNCF says.

The damage caused by Friday’s arson on the French railways has been repaired, the French national railway company SNCF says.

The country’s train service will operate normally from Monday.

At the moment, there are still some disruptions in train traffic. Bullet trains going to the west are operating as normal in practice, there are still some delays in the bullet trains in the north, SNCF says in the press release.

On Friday, on the opening day of the Paris Olympics, a coordinated sabotage attack was directed at the French railways, which caused extensive delays and cancellations of trips. The person behind the sabotage is not yet clear.

Source: AFP

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