“Everything is broken”: after the sabotage in the SNCF, the sadness of the tourists who did not receive the Olympic ceremony

2024-07-27 00:23:27

After several malicious acts carried out during the night from Thursday to Friday on several TGV lines, traffic has been severely disrupted, with cancellations everywhere in France – which should continue this weekend. In total, according to SNCF, more than 800,000 passengers. Some of them have to go this Friday evening to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paris.

Christophe Lepetit, an economist, had planned to follow the ceremony in Paris with his wife. You cannot reach the capital. He expressed his anger to Le Parisien: “Eighteen months of planning the Olympic family weekend with two little girls (…) who are looking forward to this season. Everything was ruined in one night. »

Horacio also has to go to Paris. This Friday evening in Bayonne (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), he asked for the refund of the tickets for the opening ceremony for those who “have chosen the greenest means of transport” while his train “will certainly not be time” for the event.

VideoSNCF was targeted by a “massive attack” on the first day of the Olympic Games

The same observation in Nantes (Loire-Atlantique), made by Ouest-France, where all trains to Paris are canceled until 5 p.m. Shat Azuno, a Japanese citizen who came to Nantes to attend the Japan-Spain match found himself stuck in Loire-Atlantique even though he had a place for the party, he told our colleagues. Josue and Petra, two Finns, have to come to the party, but also beach volleyball this Saturday. They have not found a solution to arrive on time: “If we take the bus, it will take nine hours. It’s too long! We will miss the party,” they lamented to the newspaper.

As a result of these train cancellations, tickets are back on sale for the opening ceremony. On social networks, some launch appeals to those who will not be able to travel like Alexis on X : “I’m sorry for everyone affected by the train problems. If you still want to sell your tickets for the opening party, I’d love to! »

This Friday morning, the public prosecutor’s office of Paris, as the national authority for the fight against organized crime (Junalco), announced that it has carried out investigations into “all intentional damages caused on the SNCF site”. The investigation is open mainly for damage to property that is likely to harm the basic interests of the country and corruption and attempted corruption through dangerous means by an organized gang, lawyer Laure Beccuau pointed out. The sub-directorate of terrorism (Sdat) is responsible for coordinating the investigations.