Overview

• SNCF identified stolen signalling cables in Bourgogne as the cause of failures that strongly disrupted traffic in both directions on the LGV Sud-Est.
• SNCF Voyageurs reported delays up to two hours, with the Paris Gare de Lyon board showing individual trains late by more than three to four hours.
• To keep trains moving, some services are being rerouted over the conventional line, leading to extended journey times and altered stops.
• Repair teams completed a technical diagnosis and are working through the night after an initial estimate for normal operations around 15:00 was pushed to late evening.
• SNCF Réseau told AFP that trains continue to run and that normal service is anticipated to resume Friday morning.