Metro lines and suburban trains will be heavily disrupted, with some metro lines only running at peak hours. Read more at straitstimes.com.
“There will be very strong impacts,” Transport Minister Clement Beaune said in an interview with France 3 TV station, adding that he expected the strike to be “one of the most difficult ones” for travellers since the start of the protests.Some unions, such as the hardline CGT, called for a rolling strike at refineries and at the national railway operator SNCF.
“We are moving up a gear,” the head of CGT, Mr Philippe Martinez, told French weekly JDD. “The ball is now in the president’s court. It is up to him to withdraw this reform,” he said, referring to President Emmanuel Macron. Mr Macron is pushing for the reform, which would raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64, calling it vital to avoid the collapse of the state pension system.SNCF said in a statement that it expected one high-speed train in five to run on Tuesday. Almost all of its regular Intercites trains will be cancelled, it predicted.
RATP, the public transport operator for the Ile-de-France region around Paris, also said metro lines and suburban trains will be heavily disrupted, with some metro lines only running at peak hours. France’s DGAC aviation authority said earlier this week it had asked airlines to reduce flights by 20 per cent at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and by 30 per cent at Orly airport on March 7-8. REUTERS
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