Heatwave, flood, storm… How is SNCF adapting to global warming?

A fire blocked the high-speed line (LGV) between Montpellier and Lyon for nearly five hours on Tuesday, July ^1. On the same day, services were interrupted on the Paris-Caen-Cherbourg and Paris-Deauville lines due to an electrical fault.

Last week: Cancellation of trains between Paris and Clermont-Ferrand on June 25 and 26 due to thunderstorms . Here is a non-exhaustive list of incidents that have occurred on the rail network in recent weeks, which are concrete consequences of climate change.

While 12 million tickets were sold this summer by the SNCF, its infrastructure management company, SNCF Réseau, is on the front line to ensure traffic safety, in the face of incidents which are set to increase in frequency with global warming .

"It will necessarily require a change in mentality among users. They understand that a plane doesn't take off in a storm. It's...