Schools and trains hit in strike
Mainly localised transport problems as trains are cancelled, but pupils see canteens shut
SCHOOLS and public transport bore the brunt of today’s pension protest strike, with mainly localised transport problems on trains and buses and some schools closed.
School disruption was very localised with, for example, six schools shut at Toulouse, three in Nantes and none in Bordeaux. The main problems concerned cantines, with the school meals service disrupted in many areas.
Intercités trains were worst affected of the long-distance trains, with only one in two running, while TGVs were running normally except for the TGV Atlantique, which had three trains out of four, and the Nord and Sud-est lines which had some problems.
Eurostar, Thalys and Lyria trains are unaffected.
In Ile-de-France, seven trains out of 10 are running on average with lines out of Paris St-Lazare (services J and L) having just four trains in 10 and line R out of Gare de Lyon having just one train in two. RER line C has two trains out of three and line D one in two.
In Paris, the RATP transport network reported few problems.
TER services are hit in six regions, with Bourgogne, Centre, Limousin, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur and Rhône-Alpes seeing just one train in two at best.
Airports are little affected, with some delays at Paris Orly but little disruption at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle.
