Strike affects rail traffic between France and Switzerland
A strike against the pension reform in France also affects train services in Switzerland. Fast all TGVs from Paris are canceled tomorrow.
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the essentials in brief
- In France there will be a strike against the pension reform on Thursday.
- As a result, several TGVs to Switzerland were canceled on Wednesday evening.
- Also tomorrow there will be no trains from Paris to Zurich or Geneva.
Because of a strike against the pension reform the french government already fallen on Wednesday evening several TGV high-speed trains between Paris and Switzerland. Three of them should start in Paris, two in Lausanne and Zurich.
As the operating company Lyria on announced on their website, all TGVs on the route between Paris and Zurich via Basel were canceled on Thursday, the day of the strike. The same applies to trains on the Paris – Lausanne connection via Geneva.
Only connection via Vallorbe VD possible
On the other hand, the TGV trains that go to Lausanne via Vallorbe VD. According to Lyria, there should still be disruptions on Friday.
Because of the announced major strike against the planned pension reform threaten on Thursday also on the Parisian Airport orlie cancellations and delays. France’s General Directorate for Civilians warned of this on Tuesday aviation. The middle–government under president Emmanuel Macron announced a week ago that it intends to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64.
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