French rail lines disrupted by sabotage

France’s high-speed train network was targeted by multiple acts, including arson, disrupting travel for hundreds of thousands of people ahead of the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics


Train à Grande Vitesse: World speed record for commercial train is held by French TGV at 574.8km/h

Eurostar: High-speed train from London to Paris

FRANCE
Lille: Basketball, Handball
Gare du Nord
Paris
Gare Montparnasse
Gare de Lyon
Nantes: Football
Châteauroux: Shooting
Lyon: Football
Saint-Étienne: Football
Bordeaux: Football
Marseille: Football, Sailing
Nice: Football

200km 125 miles


Sources: Associated Press, CNN
Picture: Markus Mainka
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