Massive attack on the SNCF: number of TGVs, delays and disruptions expected… update on train traffic this Saturday

Le point ce samedi. MAXPPP – ©Nicolas Joubert/Wostok Press

Following the “massive attack” suffered by the SNCF this Friday, July 26, several trains were cancelled this weekend.”What is the situation this Saturday morning”?

“We have a connection in Paris that we're going to miss, it's going to be hell””: SNCF train traffic remains disrupted at the start of the weekend the day after a “massive” attack against the TGV network, which has not yet been claimed.

Nearly 70% of trains will run this Saturday, according to an SNCF update published at 8:30 a.m.

Disruptions expected

The situation is improving, but rail traffic will remain disrupted on Saturday. On average, seven out of 10 TGVs will run on the North, Brittany and South-West routes, with average delays of 1 to 2 hours, SNCF announced on Saturday morning.

Traffic has resumed normally on the East high-speed line.

Traffic will still be disrupted on Sunday “on the North route” but it “should improve on the Atlantic route for the return journeys weekend".

< em>"SNCF Réseau agents worked all night in difficult conditions in the rain to enable an improvement in TGV traffic on the routes affected by the acts of sabotage", said SNCF again Saturday morning.

A "well-prepared"operation

During the night from Thursday to Friday, fiber optic cables passing near the tracks and guaranteeing the transmission of safety information for drivers (red lights, switches…) were cut off and set on fire in various places on the network.

A "well-prepared" operation, organized by a "same structure& ;quot;, indicated a source close to the investigation. For the moment, no claims have been received.

An investigation was opened by the Paris public prosecutor's office for damage to property likely to harm the fundamental interests of the Nation, damage to an automated data processing system by an organized gang and criminal association.

The investigations mobilize more than fifty investigators from the gendarmerie, according to another source close to the case. Samples taken at the various locations were sent to experts from the Criminal Research Institute of the National Gendarmerie (IRCGN) for urgent analysis, the same source said.