Planning to catch a train in France this weekend? Good luck.
Travellers are being warned major disruptions to French rail services will likely last until Monday morning.
Industrial action by SNCF train managers started on Thursday and is also affecting Eurostar services, Travel Mole reports.
“Due to a train manager strike in France, we’ll be running a revised timetable on our routes until Sunday,” Eurostar said.
The strike - which followers delayed negotiations over wages deals - will continue to affect national and regional services over the weekend with travellers being advised to check train operator’s advice before travelling.
The French love a strike, of course, particularly at a busy time.
The SNCF expected that only half of high-speed TGV services would run over the holiday weekend.
SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou criticised the strike action for "disrupting the lives of French people who want to go on holiday".
”We will try to run all the trains that head to the Alps and the Pyrénées for the winter holidays,” he said. Because nothing is more important than a ski break.
Jet2 warned travellers on half-term breaks to plan ahead for transport to and from airports.
“Allow extra time for your journey to the airport as we are operating all our flights as scheduled.” it said.
“If you have a Jet2holidays transfer, this will not be affected by this industrial action.”
SNCF has advised people not to travel.
“Passengers are urged to postpone travel if possible,” it said.
The SNCF expected that only half of high-speed TGV services would run over the holiday weekend.
SNCF CEO Jean-Pierre Farandou criticised the strike action for "disrupting the lives of French people who want to go on holiday".
”We will try to run all the trains that head to the Alps and the Pyrénées for the winter holidays,” he said. Because nothing is more important than a ski break.
Jet2 warned travellers on half-term breaks to plan ahead for transport to and from airports.
“Allow extra time for your journey to the airport as we are operating all our flights as scheduled.” it said.
“If you have a Jet2holidays transfer, this will not be affected by this industrial action.”
SNCF has advised people not to travel.
“Passengers are urged to postpone travel if possible,” it said.
Here is the SNCFR advice: https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/help/disruption-information
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