Recently, a serious cable theft case occurred on the high-speed rail line in northern France, and the impact was very bad.

According to reports, the length of the stolen cable exceeded 600 meters, and the power outage caused the "Eurostar" train service between the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium to be seriously blocked on the 25th, and some trains were forced to be delayed or cancelled.

The theft occurred near the Lille Europe station in France, which is the main interchange point on the London-Paris, Paris-Brussels, and Amsterdam lines.

The hardest-hit London St. Pancres railway station fell into chaos on the 25th, thousands of passengers were stranded, it is said that 6 trains from London to Paris were canceled on the same day, many trains were delayed for more than 90 minutes, and the lines to Brussels and Amsterdam were also affected.

Not only that, but the cable theft even threatened the ongoing NATO summit in the Netherlands, forcing some participants to cancel or postpone their trips.

In order to resume operation as soon as possible, the French national railway company has sent 15 engineers to make emergency repairs, and as of 2 pm on the 25th, the railway was reopened to traffic.

It is worth mentioning that this is not the first time that similar cable thefts have occurred, as in May this year, Spain's high-speed rail was also halted due to an "organised" cable theft that left more than 10,000 passengers stranded.