21.   Authorities supplied the trains with food but hoped to get the trains moving again overnight, said Gilles Faure, a spokesman for the national railroad SNCF.

22.   It is now trying to sell off the national railroad.

23.   Reflecting the frustration, Jean Bergougnoux, head of the French national railroad, announced even tighter security and vigilance on all subways and commuter trains.

24.   Protests are also expected over future plans to cut costs at the post office, public buses and the national railroad.

25.   The Eurostar passenger train service is operated separately by French and British national railroads.

26.   The Eurostar trains are operated by the national railroads of Britain, France and Belgium, but Eurotunnel is a private company.

27.   The fire broke out in a transformer station and shut off electricity to the signaling system operated by Japan Railway Co., the former national railroad, police said.

28.   The Dutch national railroad network is planning to run charter trains to popular French and Spanish summer holiday destinations next year, a spokesman said Wednesday.

29.   The French and Belgian national railroads also have stakes in Eurostar.

30.   The national railroad company SNCF said it expected that only one to five round-trip trains to major cities would function during the day.