For what it's worth here's my 2cents on the effects of the French rail strike on the Eurostar from London: not much it seems. I'm at St. Pancras now, 4:00 pm London time. Departures to Paris appear to be on time but completely sold out. No word here in London re effects IN France on Eurostar or any other SNCF service. I was advised to keep checking the web. One other pblm this weekend, if you're headed to the area btwn Marseille and Nice: track work appears to be the reason almost no trains at all are running btwn Marseille and Nice June 14-16! Including all the ones I was planning g to take! I'm told there may be substitute buses but I can't confirm. Hope this helps.
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10208 posts
Here's from Europe 1:
starts at 7 pm Wednesday French time until 8 am Friday. Eurostar and Thalys not affected according to SNCF management. Around Paris the regional trains will be a mess (Giverny, Chantilly, Chartres, etc.), including the RER B and D. TVG will be affected. Before anyone asks, there is absolutely no mention of the metro having a strike. La SNCF a indiqué mardi s'attendre jeudi à la circulation de 4 trains sur 10 en moyenne sur les lignes TGV et TER, suite à un appel à la grève des syndicats de cheminots, hostiles au projet de réforme ferroviaire du gouvernement. Le trafic sera normal sur les lignes Eurostar et Thalys, selon un communiqué de la SNCF. En Ile-de-France, le trafic sera très perturbé sur les ligne B et D avec un train sur trois. Les syndicats de cheminots CGT, UNSA, Sud-Rail et CFDT ont appelé à faire grève de mercredi 19H00 à vendredi 8H00.
Posted by
Napa, CA
3580 posts
Either fly to Nice or change destinations.
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10208 posts
Except 50% of the short haul flights will be cancelled on Thursday due to an air controllers' strike. ;-)