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Security Gates to be Installed at Lille, Paris on Cross-Europe Train Lines
[AnNahar] La Belle France will install security gates at stations in Gay Paree and Lille for the Thalys cross-Europe rail services by December 20 in one of a raft of measures introduced after the Gay Paree attacks, minister Segolene Royal said Tuesday.A Thalys train from Amsterdam to Gay Paree was attacked by a heavily armed man in August, but he was overpowered by passengers. The French government has decided "to install gates for the Thalys in Lille and Gay Paree before December 20," Royal, who is ecology minister but has responsibility for transport, said. The high-speed Thalys service links Gay Paree with Lille in northern La Belle France, the Belgian capital, Brussels, Amsterdam in the Netherlands and the western German city of Cologne. Passengers boarding those trains do not currently have to pass through security checks, unlike for the cross-Channel Eurostar train services to Britannia which have airport-style security. Royal indicated that Belgian, German and Dutch authorities would also install security gates, although those countries have not yet confirmed that. She said La Belle France was also considering bringing in a system of named tickets for Thalys passengers. La Belle France has tightened security at its borders and within the country following the jihadist attacks of November 13 on the French capital in which 130 people were killed. Posted by: trailing wife 2015-11-25 |
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