By France’s national railway company says the “exceptional mobilisation” of several thousand railway workers will enable services to improve tomorrow.
Three of the country’s four high-speed lines were hit by arson attacks in the build up to this evening’s Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris.
SNCF said 1,000 maintenance workers had been mobilised to monitor the network, with 40 railway police teams and 50 drones supporting them.
A statement read: “In coordination with the forces of law and order, surveillance of the network has been stepped up on the ground and in the air, using both human and technical resources.”
On the East line, which connects Paris to Strasbourg, traffic is expected to resume as normal from 6am tomorrow.
On the Northern line, connecting Paris to the Belgian border and the Channel Tunnel, 80% of high-speed train are running, although delays vary between one and two hours.
Towards Brittany and the South East area, two trains out of three are expected to be running from tomorrow.
