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Added on the 18/12/2021 15:17:55 - Copyright : Huffington Post
French President Emmanuel Macron attends the unveiling of a life-size model of the engine of the new TGV M at the Gare de Lyon in Paris, to mark the 40th anniversary of the high-speed TGV. The latest model is expected to hit the rails in 2024. COMPLETES VIDI9MZ9PP_EN IMAGES
French ambulances bring patients suffering from the coronavirus to the Nancy train station in order to be transferred via a specially-adapted medical train from the Grand Est region to New Aquitaine, and relieve congested hospitals. The Grand Est region is one of the regions most affected by the coronavirus pandemic. IMAGES
A high-speed TGV train locomotive derailed early this morning while travelling from the eastern French city of Strasbourg to Paris, injuring the driver, national rail operator SNCF said. Images of rescue workers at the site of the accident near Vendenheim, around 15 kilometres (9 miles) north of Strasbourg. IMAGES
French farmers dump tyres, soil, manure and wooden pallets outside a train station in Agen in southwest France. Across the country, angry farmers are blockading motorways and calling on the government to respond immediately to their distress. IMAGES
A strike by workers operating the Channel tunnel has blocked train travel between Britain and France, leaving thousands of pre-Christmas travellers as well as freight traffic stranded. IMAGES
The Savoie department has blown up part of the La Praz cliff. The operation follows a major rockfall at the end of August over the A43 motorway in the Maurienne Valley, which blocked the SNCF's line to Italy. IMAGES