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Bordeaux Train Delay Lightning Strike

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Lightning strike causes 11+ hour rail delay affecting hundreds of passengers; pregnant woman evacuated; overnight stranding at Bordeaux station with basic conditions; SNCF repairs ongoing.

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4 reported locations
Geography of the reported facts
  1. France
  2. Bordeaux, Gironde, France
  3. Hendaye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
  4. Ychoux, Landes, France

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2026-08-21 to 2026-11-10 · UTC publication dates

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Coverage begins 21 Aug, 13:22 UTC

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What happened

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  1. Pregnant woman with contractions evacuated from stranded train

    A pregnant woman experiencing contractions was evacuated from the delayed TGV train during the overnight incident on the Hendaye-Paris route.

    1 corroborating report

  2. Hundreds of train passengers stranded overnight with basic conditions

    Hundreds of passengers on the delayed TGV spent the night in basic conditions. They waited first at Dax station, then were offered options to return to Hendaye with reimbursement or travel to Bordeaux. Due to scheduled maintenance work on the Bordeaux-Paris line, the train could not proceed. Passengers subsequently waited overnight at Bordeaux-Saint-Jean station before departing for Paris at approximately 5 AM on August 21.

    1 corroborating report

  3. TGV train from Hendaye to Paris delayed by 11 hours 30 minutes

    A TGV train departing from Hendaye (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) at 3 PM on August 20 was delayed by more than 11 hours 30 minutes. The train was scheduled to arrive at Paris-Montparnasse around 9 PM but did not arrive until 8:30 AM on August 21 due to the railway power failure.

    1 corroborating report

  4. Lightning strike damages railway catenary between Dax and Bordeaux

    A lightning strike caused a power supply failure on the French railway line in the Ychoux sector between Dax (Landes) and Bordeaux (Gironde). The damage affected the catenary cable that supplies electricity to trains. Gironde was under yellow alert for storms on Thursday by Météo-France.

    1 corroborating report

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