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Paris train services with Brussels, London resume

by AFP
March 13, 2013 , 2 : 52 pm

People enjoy the snow on the Champ-de-Mars near the Eiffel tower on March 13, 2013 in Paris. Blizzard-like conditions, coming only eight days before the official start of spring, knocked out power to thousands of people in France and left motorists stranded in their cars. Photo - AFP

Chairs and tables of a restaurant at the Champs Elysees in Paris are covered with snow. Photo - AFP

Boats sale on the Seine river in Paris, on March 12, 2013, as docks are covered with snow in Paris.Photo - AFP

People push on March 13, 2013 a car blocked by the snow in Brouay, near Caen. Photo - AFP

Coaches are blocked by snow on March 13, 2013 on the D901 around Beaumont-Hague, northern France, following a heavy snowfall. Photo - AFP

Coaches and car are blocked by snow on March 13, 2013 on the D901 around Beaumont-Hague, northern France, following a heavy snowfall. Photo - AFP

Paris: High-speed train services resumed Wednesday between Paris, London and Brussels after heavy snow stopped them the day before, the French rail authorities said.

SNCF said the cross-Channel Eurostar service to London and the Thalys service to Brussels as well as other stops in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany had resumed around 0700 am (0600 GMT).

High-speed links were also restored between Paris and regional centres like Amien, Rouen and Caen, it said.

"SNCF put up more than 1,000 customers in hotel rooms near stations and in train sleeping carriages that were made available," the rail authority said in a statement.

"For 24 hours, 10,000 employees have been working to remove snow from the rail lines and re-establish service," it added.

The train services were suspended when a severe late-winter snowstorm battered northwestern Europe on Tuesday, causing widespread travel chaos with the cancellation of hundreds of flights at main airports.

Blizzard-like conditions -- coming only eight days before the official start of spring -- also knocked out power to thousands of people in France and left motorists stranded in their cars.

France was the worst affected but Belgium, Britain, Germany and the Netherlands also reported major disruptions.

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