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Italy-France rail link closed due to landslide

Connections could be interrupted for up to a week

Redazione Ansa

(corrects source) (ANSA) - ROME, AUG 28 - International railway connections between Italy and France through the Frejus tunnel have been interrupted "for an indefinite period" following a landslide in France's Alpine Savoy region bordering Piemonte, the Italian-French Intergovernmental Commission for the Turin-Lyon railway line said on Monday.
    The landslide occurred in the Maurienne valley on Sunday afternoon.
    The Commission said France railway operator Sncf has blocked all trains in their stations of origin and that it could take days and maybe a week for services to be restored. (ANSA).
   

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