Every year, global warming causes significant disruptions to the rail network, forcing the company to adapt.
TGVs blocked in the middle of the track, air conditioning in crisis, train cancellations… The heat wave currently affecting France has not spared the SNCF, which has had to face numerous complications in recent days. So much so that the railway company had no other choice this Wednesday, May 27 than to announce the cancellation of several train departures for Thursday and Friday. And this, in the fear that air conditioning breakdowns could occur on board Corail trains, circulating between Paris and the South-West as well as between Bordeaux and Marseille.
“The current very hot weather means we have to temporarily reduce our transport offering on some of the lines operated by Intercitésâ€indicated SNCF Voyageurs in a press release. Before specifying that this measure was primarily aimed “to prevent potential air conditioning breakdowns linked to high temperatures”. Should we see in this decision the inability of the SNCF to cope…
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