Eurostar trains cancelled as rail network sabotaged before Olympics

France’s high-speed rail network has been hit by widespread “malicious acts” of vandalism just hours before the Paris Olympics begin.

SNCF, the train operator, said that the attacks were designed to “paralyse” the network and that there would be widespread disruption all weekend. “This is a massive attack on a large scale to paralyse the TGV network,” SNCF told the news agency Agence France-Presse.

Eurostar departures to Paris have been delayed, with passengers warned to “postpone” their journey.

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