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Train driver killed, two critically injured as French TGV collides with truck
AFP, Published on 07/04/2026
» BULLY-LES-MINES — A French high-speed train crashed into a truck carrying military equipment in northern France on Tuesday, killing the driver of the TGV and critically injuring two people, officials said.
France wildfire shuts down Marseille airport, halts trains
AFP, Published on 09/07/2025
» MARSEILLE - A wildfire in southern France on Tuesday that forced Marseille airport to close and interrupted train traffic has not been fully contained, the country's interior minister said.
WWII bomb discovery paralyses Paris rail traffic
AFP, Published on 07/03/2025
» PARIS - The unearthing of a 500-kilogramme World War II bomb near tracks outside Paris on Friday halted traffic and stranded thousands of passengers in one of the biggest rail disruptions in the French capital in years.
French rail services recovering from sabotage
Reuters, Published on 27/07/2024
» PARIS - All services on France’s high-speed rail network should be back to normal by Monday, Transport Minister Patrice Vergriete said on Saturday, after sabotaged signal stations and cables caused travel chaos on Friday, the first day of the Olympics.
Fresh Eurostar cancellations cause misery for New Year travellers
AFP, Published on 31/12/2023
» LONDON - All Eurostar trains were cancelled on Saturday due to flooded tunnels in southern England, causing misery for tens of thousands of New Year travellers in the second major disruption in 10 days.
Wildcat Channel tunnel strike blocks France-UK train travel
AFP, Published on 22/12/2023
» PARIS - A shock strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel blocked train travel Thursday between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travellers as well as freight traffic stranded.
France hits back at bedbug 'invasion' hysteria
AFP, Published on 04/10/2023
» PARIS - The French government on Wednesday sought to calm growing public fears over a supposed bedbug invasion, saying there was no evidence of any resurgence of the biting irritants on public transport.
French rail firm fined after train runs over cat
AFP, Published on 04/07/2023
» PARIS: A French court on Tuesday found France’s national rail operator guilty of negligence after a departing train, apparently deliberately, ran over a cat hiding on its tracks.
French unions dig in after Macron defends pension reform
AFP, Published on 23/03/2023
» PARIS - France braced for more transport woes and a new day of nationwide protests on Thursday after a defiant President Emmanuel Macron pledged to implement a contentious pensions overhaul by year-end.
France faces massive strikes over pension reform
AFP, Published on 05/03/2023
» PARIS: French trade unions are heading for what is expected to be a decisive showdown with President Emmanuel Macron over pension reform, with massive strikes from Tuesday aiming to bring the country "to a standstill".