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Paris metro users stuck in tunnels after series of mishaps

Five trains on busy Line 4 became stuck during the Wednesday evening rush hour, trapping passengers in hot carriages for more than an hour and a half before they were eventually evacuated out of the tunnel, while unrelated incidents also later blocked trains on other lines.

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The operator of the Paris metro system, the RATP, has apologised after hundreds of passengers on multiple lines were blocked underground on Wednesday in stifling temperatures and at the height of rush hour, reports FRANCE 24.

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