Work to reopen the Frejus rail tunnel
linking France and Italy through the Alps that has been closed
since August due to a landslide in Maurienne valley on the
French side is to begin this autumn, France railway operator
Sncf said on Friday.
Currently work is focused on shoring up the mountain from which
15,000 cubic metres of rock broke away on August 27, blocking
the rail tunnel and disrupting vehicle traffic through the road
tunnel.
Since then the French A43 motorway through the tunnel has also
been operating on two lanes instead of four, putting pressure on
other cross-border routes such as the Mont Blanc tunnel, where
scheduled renovation work consequently had to be postponed.
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