WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
Farandou of SNCF mentioned: “There’s an enormous variety of bundled cables. We’ve to restore them one after the other, it is a guide operation” requiring “lots of of staff”.
However by early afternoon Friday, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete mentioned that some departures had been going forward, with “one in three” trains working from Paris’s Montparnasse station, the terminus of the road in the direction of Bordeaux and the Atlantic coast.
Lengthy-distance ride-sharing app Blablacar mentioned it had seen a 150 per cent enhance in reservations for Friday in contrast with expectations.
SNCF mentioned that on the weekend two out of three high-speed trains linking Paris with western and southwest France would depart as scheduled, whereas 80 per cent of high-speed trains in northern France would run. However all journey would see delays.
Eurostar mentioned that one in 5 of its trains can be cancelled on the weekend and warned of delays on those who do run.