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Overview
- TGV 6180, which carries about 800 people, braked in emergency Monday evening near Marseille after striking a person and stayed stopped in a tunnel overnight.
- Police investigators, firefighters, and a medico‑legal officer worked on site for roughly five hours in what SNCF called an unusually long process compared with the typical two to three hours.
- Passengers reported little or no phone signal, scarce Wi‑Fi, and patchy updates during the wait, and the train returned to Marseille around 5 a.m. before a special 8:45 a.m. service took many on to Paris.
- SNCF said it will refund affected tickets and offer up to 150% compensation to those stuck on the train, and it reported knock‑on delays of one to several hours on Marseille–Nice and Paris–Marseille routes.
- French rail rules require police to secure and examine the scene after a track fatality before any trains can move, and the inquiry into this death remains underway.