SNCF technicians begin repairs after string of arson incidents on French rail network

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The fires, reported before dawn on Friday, paralysed train travel into Paris for around 800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games.

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00:00Technicians from France's high-speed railway network continued to repair fire damage caused

00:07by arsonists hours before the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics.

00:12Targeting remote locations far from the capital, the apparently coordinated attack sought to

00:17cut off rail routes into the city from all directions.

00:21The fires were predominantly set in pipes containing critical signalling cables for

00:26the system known as the TGV.

00:29Railway operator SNCF said security across the network had been stepped up in response.

00:35The fires, reported before dawn on Friday, paralyzed train travel into Paris for around

00:40800,000 people across Europe, including athletes heading to the opening ceremony of the Olympic

00:46Games.

00:47SNCF said in a statement that there had been a gradual improvement to services, but there

00:51would still be disruptions on some lines.

00:54The CEO of SNCF said an investigation is underway to find what he called the irresponsible

01:00people behind the attacks.

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