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Normandy rail strike: five lines disrupted this Friday and Saturday
Ticket inspectors walk out after a knife attack on a colleague, with four unions backing the action
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French PM says diesel stockpile release will cut prices by up to 18 cents per litre
Sébastien Lecornu used televised speech to promise release of ten million barrels of diesel and address lycée protests
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Temperatures to drop by 12C as first snowfall to hit Pyrenees and Alps
Storms to continue in the south
Bordeaux-London in 5 hours by train plan
A private rail company wants to launch a Bordeaux to London service with a trip time of less than five hours in 2020. Lisea, which built and maintains the Bordeaux-Tours TGV line, says the route would bypass Paris. The plan is to begin with a once-weekly trial leading to a daily return service.
