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Rail Strikes

Anyone having problems with the Eurostar from London to Paris? We have tickets for May 28 which is listed as a strike date. Yikes!

Posted by
1530 posts

interesting....the Rail Europe site implies the strike will be over on May 31st. I thought it was scheduled to last through June?

Posted by
380 posts

We are coming back to London from Paris on what is listed as a strike day in June. Based on what people on the France page and my conversation with someone from the Eurostar website:

  • It's too early to know if your train will be affected
  • Per the lady at Eurostar, its possible none of the Eurostar trains will be affected
  • if you have entered your contact information with your ticket, they will notify you at least 1 week prior to your train departure if it will be affected
  • not all trains could be affected. In other words the train before or after yours may still run if they cancel yours.
  • the websites that someone else listed were the same ones I was given to check the status.

Hope this helps some. I hope they settle whatever it is before our trains.

Posted by
9 posts

Thank you all. I have read all the same info, but wondered if anyone had actually experienced it yet? Must be a real mess at the station. Horrible situation with Air France also on strike off and on. Good luck to all of us this year. :-)

Posted by
3961 posts

I just read an article in The Seattle Times, "Stranded in London after a canceled train." Discusses Eurostar's policy and resolution to canceled train from London to Paris. Seattletimes.com/travel. Good information for both inexperienced and experienced traveler's.