Train travel between France and Italy has been suspended for “at least several days” after violent storms earlier in the week, French national operator SNCF said Tuesday.
SNCF said it would be cleaning up and checking the tracks on the Paris-Milan high-speed line for any damage that could prolong the closure.
The storms in the Maurienne Valley around the border station of Modane in France had caused mud to build up on the tracks, prompting traffic to be suspended from 1500 GMT on Monday, the operator said.
The storm prompted floods in Modane with mud covering the tracks in the station, the last stop on the line before Italy. The floods caused damage in the town but no casualties were reported.
The train line linking Paris with the Italian cities of Turin and Milan had only reopened in late March after a 19-month closure, after a landslide damaged a tunnel.
SNCF and Italian rival Trenitalia both offer high-speed services on the line, which normally whisks passengers from Paris to the great cities of northern Italy in just six or seven hours.
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