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Paris-Milan TGVs stopped by landslide until 15th August

Posted by (Basel, Switzerland) on

This from the Man in Seat 61

Paris-Milan TGVs stopped by landslide...
Paris-Turin-Milan TGVs are cancelled until (probably) 15 August due to a mudslide near Modane blocking the line. SNCF are offering postponement or refunds. What people really want is diversion, but this means new tickets! The route to Milan via Lausanne or Basel is open.

See here: https://www.seat61.com/news.htm
Modane is at the French end of the main rail tunnel under the Alps between France and Italy (Fréjus tunnel)

I can't find anything else in English, just angry news reports in French.
For example: https://www.tdg.ch/monde/ligne-tgv-franceitalie-via-modane-coupee/story/23627797
Says "unusable for many weeks".

And this one with a photo: https://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2019/07/11/alpes-la-desserte-paris-milan-se-desserre-un-petit-peu-sncf-train-boue-modane-saint-michel-de-maurienne-rail-transport

Posted by
8889 posts

Just noticed, the SNCF site now says cancelled until 31st July.
See here: https://www.sncf.com/fr/itineraire-reservation/itineraire

TGV supprimés entre la France et l'Italie jusqu'au 31 juillet 2019
Les circulations TGV entre la France et l’Italie sont supprimées jusqu’au 31 juillet. Jusqu'au dimanche 31 juillet inclus, l'échange et le remboursement des billets sont gratuits et sans frais. Des moyens de substitution sont mis en place uniquement pour les clients munis de billets pour un trajet international France <> Italie. Plus d’informations sont disponibles en consultant la page Info Trafic sur sncf.com ou l’appli.

Posted by
16895 posts

Thanks, Chris.

Thello also has a notice about their Paris <> Venice night trains: On July 12 and from July 15 to 19, Thello trains Euronight Paris<>Venice will be substituted by coaches. Thello trains Euronight on July 13 and 14 will run normally on an alternative rail route.

More detail at https://www.thello.com/en/paris-venice/traffic-information/.

Posted by
10193 posts

Yep, my husband is flying home to see his folks in a couple of weeks due to this. All the reroutings through Lausanne or Geneva make the trip something like 12 hours!

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Posted by
7300 posts

To/from Milan, the route via Lausanne (or Geneva) is more scenic anyways, and (if going to/from Paris) only 1 or 1.5 hour longer than the direct daytime TGV. It usually costs a bit more, but it's the route I'd recommend anyway - the journey is long enough for most of the day to be wasted anyway.
To Turin, it's a different story... Hope they get it fixed as planned!

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