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Old May 7, 2003 | 11:07 am
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SNCF Strike?
A friend of mine is going to Paris this week. She was told by a US travel agency that there might be a strike of the rail workers in the near future and as a result they were unable to book rail tickets.

I've searched around online and can't find any recent mention of a potential rail strike. Does anybody know more recent news about this?

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Old May 8, 2003 | 7:15 am
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There may ALWAYS be a strike there....
A popular joke is "don't ask when they are on strike, ask when they will be working". And this applies to SNCF, Air France, and so on!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Old May 8, 2003 | 7:17 am
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In fact, no news about a possible strike so far...
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Old May 8, 2003 | 9:40 am
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Thanks for the update grenouille!
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Old May 8, 2003 | 10:49 am
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mea culpa... here is the latest news: a strike is planned on Tuesday, May 13th, which will affect several sectors including SNCF and air travel.
Sorry about this bad news...

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Old May 8, 2003 | 12:51 pm
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Oh well.

Do you have a web site (preferably in English) that has more info about the upcoming potential strike? I was trying to search www.lemonde.fr, but my French is pretty bad.

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Old May 11, 2003 | 5:25 pm
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One out of three TGV will run on 5/13 out of Paris. Local trains will be affected as well.

Thalys and Eurostar will run, except on the Paris-Brussels stretch.

Highway toll collectors will be on strike as well, so the autoroutes will be free
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Old May 12, 2003 | 12:41 am
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More info in English at:

http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/030511/franc..._strike_1.html

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