Overview

• Firefighters reported ground-level electrical supply cables caught fire around 08:30 at Villenave-d'Ornon and were extinguished by midday.
• Rail traffic is heavily disrupted with cancellations and diversions via Dax and Tarbes that significantly lengthen journeys.
• A Toulouse–Paris TGV incurred about 7 hours 20 minutes of delay and a Bordeaux–Marseille Intercités about 4 hours 40 minutes.
• Service is interrupted between Bordeaux and Langon and remains degraded toward Toulouse, with more than 50 SNCF Réseau staff repairing damaged signaling equipment.
• SNCF urges travelers to postpone trips and offers refunds, expects normal operations to resume in the evening, and has not specified how many trains are affected.