(Tiper Stock Exchange) – Rail traffic between France and Italy remains suspended until 10 Septemberto allow the safety of the section affected by the landslide in the area of Maurienne in Savoywhich occurred in recent weeks due to the wave of bad weather.
Initially it was estimated at 700 cubic meters amount of rock fallen on the tracksbut the volume turned out to be much higher, in the order of 10,000 cubic meters.
The landslide in the Maurienne valley, which occurred at the end of August due to the wave of bad weather that has invested Europe, has blocked motorway and railway traffic a few kilometers from the border with Italy e from the Frejus tunnel. And this was also one of the critical issues taken into consideration by the institutions in suspending maintenance work on the Mont Blanc tunnel.
To confirm the extension of the recovery times was SNCF Voyages Italythe company of the SNCF group that manages the circulation of trains on the Paris-Milan linewho communicated on the official social profiles that “given the persistence of the situation in Maurienne, the Tgv Inoui traffic between Italy and France is cancelled until 10 September 2023″. Sncf Voyages Italia has ordered the 100% refund of the ticket or alternatively the free exchange of the travel document.