<p>French train traffic was improving on Saturday after the railway network was sabotaged ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.</p><p>National operator SNCF said its agents worked all night in wet conditions to restore services on the high-speed TGV lines. Authorities stuck with plans for the opening show of the games on Friday despite what they described as a large scale coordinated attack on the country’s fast rail infrastructure. </p><p>Traffic resumed on Saturday morning on the eastern high-speed line, while seven out of 10 trains on average were running with delays of 1 to 2 hours on the north, west and and southwest TGV lines, SNCF said. </p>.Olympics 2024: China's Huang and Sheng win first gold of Paris Games in air rifle mixed team event.<p>“At this stage, traffic will remain disrupted on Sunday on the north axis and should improve on the Atlantic axis for weekend returns,” the national train operator added in its statement. </p><p>Police are investigating the act of sabotage and no group has claimed responsibility. </p>
<p>French train traffic was improving on Saturday after the railway network was sabotaged ahead of the Paris Olympics opening ceremony.</p><p>National operator SNCF said its agents worked all night in wet conditions to restore services on the high-speed TGV lines. Authorities stuck with plans for the opening show of the games on Friday despite what they described as a large scale coordinated attack on the country’s fast rail infrastructure. </p><p>Traffic resumed on Saturday morning on the eastern high-speed line, while seven out of 10 trains on average were running with delays of 1 to 2 hours on the north, west and and southwest TGV lines, SNCF said. </p>.Olympics 2024: China's Huang and Sheng win first gold of Paris Games in air rifle mixed team event.<p>“At this stage, traffic will remain disrupted on Sunday on the north axis and should improve on the Atlantic axis for weekend returns,” the national train operator added in its statement. </p><p>Police are investigating the act of sabotage and no group has claimed responsibility. </p>