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TGV Hendaye-Paris Blocked After the Thunderstorms: White Night for Hundreds of Passengers, Further Disturbances

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A breakdown "probably" due to lightning having affected an installation between Ychoux and Morcenx caused the blocking of a TGV between the Basque Country and the capital, with trains blocked for around

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The train left on Thursday at 4 p.m. Hendaye was to reach Paris in the evening. The 500 passengers finally left at 6 a.m. on Friday 21 August from Bordeaux.

·Paris, France
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On Thursday night, lightning forced the passengers of the Hendaye-Paris train to spend the night at the Bordeaux train station. Left at 16.00 hours from the Basque Country yesterday, their train arrived only at nine o'clock this Friday morning in the capital, twelve hours late. Yesterday, a flash struck an electrical installation between Dax and Bordeaux. The train remained blocked for three hours. The passengers were finally transhipped on anot…

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On Thursday 20 August, travellers had to sleep at Bordeaux station. Traffic on the Hendaye-Bordeaux axis has been severely disrupted since a lightning impact.

·Rennes, France
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A TGV between the Basque Country and Paris arrived almost 12 hours late. SNCF traffic was the victim of a catenary break. A breakdown that resulted in several train deletions in the South West...

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Hundreds of passengers trying to reach the capital on Thursday remained blocked for 12 hours without being able to leave.

·Levallois-Perret, France
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A breakdown "probably" due to lightning having affected an installation between Ychoux and Morcenx caused the blocking of a TGV between the Basque Country and the capital, with trains blocked for around

·France
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franceinfo.fr broke the news on Friday, August 21, 2026.
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