France’s Minister of Transport loses patience with SNCF

France’s Minister of Transport, Elisabeth Borne, has written to the top management of French train operator SNCF after a succession of major and high profile incidents in recent days at several stations in Paris. A computer bug at the beginning of December caused a major problem at Montparnasse, and this was followed on Saturday, December 23, by “an influx of travellers far greater (in number) than the capacity of the trains” at Bercy, she said. A power failure at the major terminal, Saint-Lazare, on Tuesday, December 26, caused delays of … Continue reading France’s Minister of Transport loses patience with SNCF