An **Intercités** train traveling from Limoges to Paris broke down on Monday morning, forcing the evacuation of around 300 passengers after they had waited for three hours and 30 minutes for a rescue locomotive. The train was operating on the Paris-Limoges-Toulouse rail line, which has a history of incidents, delays, and breakdowns. The malfunction occurred due to a failure in the locomotive, causing the train to stop in the middle of the track. The affected trains are old Corail models, powered by locomotives from the 1980s, which have suffered multiple breakdowns due to a lack of spare parts. To address the rising number of malfunctions, the SNCF, France’s national rail operator, has placed rescue locomotives at key points along the line to assist stalled trains. However, according to France 3 Nouvelle Aquitaine, no rescue locomotive was sent to the immobilized train. Passengers were told by the conductor that a rescue locomotive was expected to arrive from Brive around 8:30-9:00. By 10:00, after three and a half hours of waiting, no locomotive had arrived, leading to the decision to evacuate passengers. They were instructed to walk along the tracks to the nearest village, where at least three buses were waiting to transport them to Paris. The buses departed at 10:45 and reached Paris in the early afternoon, more than five hours late. SNCF Voyageurs stated that a rescue locomotive had indeed been sent, but hiring buses was deemed the fastest way to move the passengers. The rescue locomotive allowed the train to take on passengers from intermediate stations. The long history of breakdowns with the Corail trains is expected to change with the introduction of new Oxygène trains, manufactured by the Spanish company CAF, which are scheduled to enter service in the summer of 2027. These new trains will have a capacity of 420 passengers, compared to the previous 396, a maximum speed of 200 km/h, and improved comfort and reliability. Major upgrades to the rail network are set to begin in 2025 on these two lines, which have been described as very fragile. The improvements aim to enhance the reliability and safety of the rail system, addressing the ongoing issues with aging infrastructure and equipment.