French-Italian rail tunnel in the Alps still closed says SNCF

The Fréjus railway tunnel portal on the Italian side
The Fréjus railway tunnel portal on the Italian side Shutterstock

The substantial rockfall that occurred between in Savoie, France, on Sunday 27 August is still blocking train traffic between France and Italy in the Fréjus rail tunnel, says the French railway company SNCF in an update.

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French-Italian rail tunnel in the Alps still closed says SNCF

The Fréjus railway tunnel portal on the Italian side
The Fréjus railway tunnel portal on the Italian side Shutterstock

The substantial rockfall that occurred between in Savoie, France, on Sunday 27 August is still blocking train traffic between France and Italy in the Fréjus rail tunnel, says the French railway company SNCF in an update.

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Author: Emma Dailey

Emma Dailey is an editor at RailTech.com and RailTech.be.

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Switzerland is going to pay more than fifty million euros to electrify a rail network… in Germany. The Swiss government has decided to contribute tens of millions to…
DB ‘tacitly announces’ ETCS delay on Riedbahn

DB InfraGO, Germany’s rail infrastructure manager, has “consciously or unconsciously” announced a delay in the implementation of ETCS on the Riedbahn. The crucial rail artery between Frankfurt and…
After the flood: DB to electrify Eifel line at high speed

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is continuing to green Germany’s regional rail network: it’s announced that it will start electrifying part of its Eifelstrecke railway network, which connects the Cologne…

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