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title: SNCF (train) Strike
date: 2014-06-17 11:53 UTC
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Though strikes are less common in France than they were a decade ago, they 
still happen. Normally they don't inconvenience too many people, and the French
people generally support the rights of the workers so a little inconvenience is
tolerated. However, the current train strike is causing a lot of pain to a lot
of people, and most people don't really understand the reason for the strike.

We're not going to try to explain it either, sorry. But you should be aware
that it is currently hard to know whether it will get better or worse over the
next few days. Plan ahead, allow extra time for your transportation via SNCF
(and to a lesser degree, TER), and watch the [info
site](http://www.infolignes.com/previsions.php?zoneId=3&zoneName=Sud-Est&lang=fr)
[(English
translation)](https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fr&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infolignes.com%2Fprevisions.php%3FzoneId%3D3%26zoneName%3DSud-Est%26lang%3Dfr&edit-text=)
for updates on the traffic forecast.

Add a short blog post on the train strike
Add a short blog post on the train strike
