Transport police shot dead a man who reportedly threatened them with a knife during the early rush hour on Monday inside the Paris Gare du Nord station, the busiest in Europe, which officials later said is not believed to be a terrorist-related incident.
French rail operator SNCF has abandoned a project to triple, in time for the 2024 Olympic Games, the capacity of the Paris Gare du Nord station, an international and domestic hub that is already the busiest in Europe, after the costs of the renovation are projected to be way over initial budgeting.
The French railways operator SNCF has unveiled plans to renovate its Gare du Nord station in time for the 2024 Paris Olympics, including changes to the Eurostar terminal in order to meet what it described as “the challenges of reinforced border controls due to Brexit”.
On April 17th this year, with the rail strike in full swing, a manager at the busiest railway station in Paris, the Gare du Nord, asked colleagues to create a database on workers who were most active on Facebook, Twitter and other social media. Unions have condemned the action, saying they fear the firm wants to muzzle staff involved in the industrial action, while lawyers say the move is completely illegal. The state rail company SNCF, meanwhile, dismisses it simply as a “clumsy” local initiative not connected with the strike. Dan Israel reports.
The Gare du Nord, one of the major Paris railway hubs serving suburban, national and international destinations, reopened Tuesday after it was evacuated on Monday evening when police launched a search for three suspected terrorists who were reported to be travelling to the station in a train from northern France.
Tens of thousands of commuters and international travellers were stranded in Paris after a series of incidents disrupted rail traffic from the Gare du Nord.
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