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    Italy Border Chaos: Train Link To France May Be Out Of Action For Two Months, Minister Warns
    Travellers confronted chaos this week after landslides closed rail and road links between Italy, France and Austria.

    On Monday (28 August), thunderstorms led to landslides which shut down key rail and street corridors between the countries.


    700 cubic metres of rocks tumbled down the mountain, bursting by way of a security barrier and littering prepare tracks.

    All TGV and TrenItalia companies running on the Chambéry-Turin line had been cancelled between Monday and Wednesday, and disruption remains to be ongoing.

    On Thursday, French Transport Minister Clement Beaune indicated that Franco-Italian rail hyperlink shall be out of motion for no much less than two months.

    This just isn't the first time a major geological event has disrupted rail visitors on the France-Italy line. In 2019, a mudslide stopped visitors for 3 weeks.

    Which train lines and roads are closed?
    French prepare operator SNCF said on Monday that prepare visitors would be interrupted until additional notice between Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne and Modane. Trains between France and Italy are nonetheless operating via Nice or Switzerland.

    Regional TER trains within the Maurienne Valley have also been disrupted. For TER trains, the terminus is now Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, and for TER coaches, the last cease is Saint-Michel-Valloire.

    Frecciarossia - excessive pace trains run by Trenitalia - between Saint-Michel-Valloire and Mondane have additionally been disrupted for a quantity of days.

    The Frejus tunnel stays closed to trucks and trains and the Brenner tunnel to rail traffic. The Frejus tunnel will likely reopen to vans in every week or so.

    What compensation am I entitled to if my practice was cancelled?
    The landslide falls under ‘extraordinary circumstances’ - an occasion that the company couldn't foresee or control.

    This means they are exempt from paying the usual quantity of compensation (25 per cent of their ticket price for delays of over an hour and 50 per cent for more than two hours delay in most circumstances.)

    However, you still have rights in case your travel has been disrupted - including the entitlement to a full refund. The EU laws are as follows:

    "If you're delayed because of a cancelled prepare, meaning you'd arrive at your final destination with a delay of greater than 60 minutes, you have the proper to choose between:

    A refund of your ticket within 30 days – this could be a full or partial refund (covering the a part of the journey not made), and a return journey to your preliminary point of departure, if, the delay because of the cancelled train prevents you from fulfilling the aim of your trip, or
    Continuing or re-routing your journey beneath comparable conditions to succeed in your final destination on the earliest alternative, at no further value, or
    Continuing or re-routing your journey at a later date of your selecting beneath comparable situations, at no additional cost. This includes various transport to get you to your last vacation spot when the prepare is blocked and the service is suspended."
    ogłoszenia praca More information may be found right here.

    When is the Mont Blanc tunnel closing?
    The deliberate closure for maintenance of the Mont Blanc tunnel between Italy and France has been postponed as a outcome of landslide, Italy's transport ministry mentioned on Thursday.

    najnowsze oferty pracy The tunnel - which hyperlinks Courmayeur in Italy with Chamonix in France, and was used by more than 1.7 million vehicles last year - was supposed to shut from 4 September for 15 weeks for planned upkeep works.

    It's unclear when works will now commence. According to Reuters, the closure could be delayed by as a lot as a year..

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